Visa organized “Visa Leadership Conclave – Payment Innovation for Digital Nepal”
where Mr. Anil Sharma, Executive Director – Nepal Bankers’ Association (NBA) participated as Guest of
Honor. During the speech, he shared about Nepal’s accomplishments in digital banking as well as its
challenges and future prospects; improving knowledge on payment systems; rising cyber security
concerns; as well as highlighted the current services offered to customers. He also proposed to have
close collaboration and support from all the stakeholders.
The program was graced by Dr. Neelam Dhungana Timsina, Deputy Governor, Nepal Rasta Bank, as the
Chief Guest of the event; Guest of Honor – Mr. Mark Templer, DCM, U.S. Embassy Nepal and Mr. Guru
Prasad Poudel, Executive Director, Nepal Rastra Bank. Along with CEOs and senior officials from banks,
representatives from PSPs, PSOs and various other organizations were present during the program.
A presentation was shared by Mr. Soumya Basu, Country Manager, Bangladesh- Nepal-Bhutan, on how
the industry can scale up and adopt more digitization to support the Vision of Digital Nepal and
showcased the payment solutions. The goal of the program was to bring the financial industry leaders
together, recognize the clients, and celebrate its achievements.
