SEC, CSE sign MOU with DRP

From left: CSE Chief Executive Officer Rajeeva Bandaranaike, CSE Board Director Dilshan Wirasekara, CSE Board Director Jayantha Fernando, CSE Chairman Dumith Fernando, DRP Commissioner General Viyani Gunathilaka, SEC Chairman Viraj Dayaratne PC, SEC Director General Chinthaka Mendis and SEC Commission Member Naresh Abeyesekera

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) embarked on a progressive national digital initiative by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commissioner General, Department for Registration of Persons (DRP). 

This will enable the CSE and the Central Depository Systems (CDS) to obtain digital verification of the National Identity Card (NIC) details available with the DRP when a person wishes to open a CDS account via the CSE digital App, based on the consent obtained from the ID card holder. The feature of obtaining consent is also built into the app.

This was part of the initiative to digitalise the end-to-end operations of the Sri Lankan stock market, which was launched by Prime Minster Mahinda Rajapaksa on 17 September. 

The system to digitally verify the particulars of an ID card holder is supported by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). 

This is the first time this verification process with the Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) has been made available based on the provisions of the Registration of Persons Act read with the Regulations made under the Electronic Transactions Act No. 19 of 2006.