NRB revokes licenses of three remittance companies (rep 27/12/2024)

Protests erupt in Janakpur as Siddhartha Bank allegedly auctions land ender false pretenses (kh 27/12/2024)

Karnali Development Bank declared troubled, management taken over by NRB (kh 25/12/2024), NRB declares Karnali Development Bank as crisis-ridden bank, takes management control : The central bank has taken over the development bank’s management to protect depositors and ensure financial stability (kp 26/12/2024)

Commercial banks adjust interest rates for Poush (kh 15/12/2024)

Margin loans surge amid low interest rates (ae 13/12/2024)

Banks have Rs 671bn in lending funds (ae 12/12/2024)

Nepal’s credit guarantee potential : It could channel excess liquidity into productive sectors without burdening the funders, by Nischal Dhungel and Nidhaan Shrestha (kp 12/12/2024)

Excess Liquidity Challenge in Banking Sector : An excess amount of liquidity which is more than Rs 100 billion has been idle in the banking channels due to growing remittance and low demand for loans, by Suraj Ghimire (rep 26/11/2024)

Nepal’s first credit rating: A historic event, by Shanker Man Singh (ae 25/11/2024)

Banks struggle with high  NPLs amid protracted economic slowdown (rep 19/11/2024)

Over 94,000 debtors added to blacklist in FY 2023/24 (rep 18/11/2024)

NRB to mop Rs 50 billion in liquidity (rep 17/11/2024)

Banks reduce interest rates for Mangsir (kh 15/11/2024)

Strategic Importance of Countercyclical Capital Buffer, by Rupa Rai (rep 09/11/2024)

Commercial banks experience 21.63% surge in Q1 profits (kh 23/10/2024)

NRB takes action against half a dozen BFIs for failing to abide by its directives (rep 22/10/2024)

BFIs’ private sector lending grew 1.4 percent in the first two months of FY 2024/25 (rep 16/10/2024)

Nepal’s digital future : Digital innovation has boosted fintech, but its future depends on addressing operational risks, by Nischal Dhungel (kp 08/10/2024)

Dialing into Prosperity, by Adhiraj Regmi (kh 04/10/2024)

NRB warns BFIs’ executives of dismissal for overlooking money laundering issues (rep 03/10/2024)

Banks’ base interest rate comes down to as low as 6.03 percent (rep 02/10/2024), Fixed deposits decline as interest rates come down (ae 02/10/2024)

Saipal gets its first bank branch. But locals are not happy : Everest Bank’s branch opens in Dhuli, but for the elderly and differently-abled people, it still takes days to reach the bank for the social security allowance, by Basant Pratap Singh (kp 29/09/2024)

NRB adopting new measures to estimate 'Consumer Price Index' (rep 26/09/2024)

Ease e-transactions : If only the most obvious roadblocks are cleared, Nepal will be on its way to a near full digitisation of its economy (kp 23/09/2024)

Commercial banks earn Rs 9.17 billion net profit in first month of current FY (rep 17/09/2024)

Banks reduce interest rate for Ashoj (rep 16/09/2024)

NRB to mop Rs 100 billion from BFIs : Money piles up in banks with no demand for loans (rep 15/09/2024)

Nepal’s financial sector sees significant reforms, by Mahaprasad Adhikari (kh 13/09/2024)

Cheque bounce offenses could result in up to two years in prison (kh 08/09/2024)

Commercial banks reduce base interest rate to as low as 6.22 percent for this month (rep 07/09/2024)

NRB to mop Rs 40 billion from banking system for liquidity management (rep 04/09/2024)

Vehicle loans drop by 22 percent (ae 03/09/2024)

Banks’ interest rate on fixed deposit dropped to 6.54 percent from 10.53 percent per annum in the past one year (rep 29/08/2024)

NRB holds gold worth Rs 82.43 billion, with an addition 25.3 percent more investment in last FY (rep 28/08/2024)

Money earned abroad must be brought to Nepal within 35 days of returning: NRB (rep 20/08/2024)

Nepal’s foreign currency reserve reaches Rs 2.041 trillion, sufficient for imports of 13 months (rep 19/08/2024)

Nepal’s Economic Landscape: Know the latest macroeconomic and financial trends (kh 18/08/2024)

Most banks reduce deposit interest rates (rep 16/08/2024)

Commercial banks earned net profit of Rs 64.15 billion in last FY; Nabil Bank topped the list with Rs 7.06 billion (rep 05/08/2024), Commercial banks report 13.4 percent net profit growth (ae 06/08/2024)

Q4 FY 2080/81 Financial Report: Nabil Bank leads with Rs 7.06 billion profit (kh 05/08/2024)

Awash with foreign cash, Nepal’s central bank relaxes exchange rules : The central bank has allowed Nepali travelling abroad to carry $2,500 per trip. Earlier, it was $2,500 twice a year, by Krishana Prasain (kp 02/08/2024)

Monetary politics : Nepal Rastra Bank eased monetary policy under corporate pressure, but that does not fix structural woes (nt 02/08/2024)

Monetary policy orchestration : The policy has blatantly failed to reinvigorate the small-and-medium- enterprise (SME) ecosystem, by Achyut Wagle (kp 30/07/2024)

Nepal Rastra Bank unveils monetary policy (kh 26/07/2024), NRB reduces bank and policy rates (kh 26/07/2024)

Promote Literacy On Financial Technology, by Rudra Prasad Adhikari (rn 25/07/2024)

NRB takes action against five development banks and three finance companies for regulatory violations (rep 21/07/2024)

Commercial banks earn nearly Rs 56.5 billion in profit over 11 months (kh 13/07/2024), Business slowdown and increased operational costs take toll on banks’ profits in first 11 month of current FY (rep 13/07/2024)

Banks holding non-banking assets worth over Rs 27bn (ae 11/07/2024)

Foreign exchange reserves rise by 27.8 percent (kh 11/07/2024)

NRB to promote digital platforms for cross-border payment settlement through upcoming monetary policy (rep 10/06/2024)

Governor blames regulatory gaps for cooperatives crisis : Identifies unlimited expansion, unregulated deposits, undefined operational boundaries as contributing factors, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 09/07/2024)

NRB recorded 57 percent more cases of suspicious transactions in 2023 (rep 02/07/2024)

Nepal permits QR code payment in India and Bhutan : Nepali payment system operators say they will soon begin the service in India. The daily transaction limit for merchant payment is Rs15,000 or Rs100,000 per month, by Krishana Prasain (kp 28/06/2024), NRB eases digital financial transactions between Nepal and India (rep 28/06/2024), A progressive step for cross-border transactions (rep 29/06/2024)

NRB to implement market conduct supervision to protect banks’ customers from next FY (rep 26/06/2024)

Record high deposits in banking sector, but no signs of increased loan demand (kh 23/06/2024)

Degrading quality of BFIs’ assets poses threat to the stability of country’s financial sector: NRB report (rep 21/06/2024)

Monetary policy not as flexible as during COVID-19, banking sector under pressure: Governor Adhikari 20/06/2024)

NRB mops Rs 50 billion from financial system amid liquidity surge (rep 20/06/2024)

The menace of microfinance : There is no comprehensive research on the benevolent outcomes of microfinance activities, by Achyut Wagle (kp 18/06/2024)

Commercial banks reduce interest rates except for Himalayan and Nabil (rep 15/06/2024)

Net profit of BFIs down by 15.03 percent in 10 months (ae 13/06/2024)

Banks’ lending rates likely to decline further as economic slowdown continues. In the last month of every fiscal year, banks are usually flooded with additional deposits: Bankers (rep 12/06/2024)

IMF shows concern over the audit report of the credits issued by BFIs (rep 09/06/2024)

NRB mops Rs 30 billion from financial system for liquidity management (rep 09/06/2024)

Banks maintain 78 percent of their investment portfolio in government securities (rep 08/06/2024)

Paper-based transactions belie Nepal’s digital growth : Nepal’s digital payment race started quite late, and cash transactions still outweigh digital transactions, by Krishana Prasain (kp 08/06/2024)

Over Rs. 600 billion unused in banks amid stagnant loan demand (kh 04/06/2024)

RB forwards 13-point policy to extend financial access (rep 01/06/2024)

Banks yet to return premium charged on loan interest against rules (rep 27/05/2024)

Recessionary fallout on banking : The economic revival looks challenging if the government fails to take bold countercyclical measures, by Achyut Wagle (kp 21/05/2024)

Bank deposits witness Rs 26 billion surge (kh 21/05/2024)

Monetary policy review: Risk weightage of vehicle loan reduced (rn 17/05/2024), Monetary policy review seeks to boost equity supply, housing, and auto loans (rep 18/05/2024)

Most banks lower deposit rates (ae 15/05/2024)

Commercial banks lowering interest rates on deposits from Tuesday (rep 14/05/2024)

Global IME Bank named ‘Best Bank in Nepal for 2024’ by Global Finance Magazine (rep 14/05/2024)

Nepal’s banking industry is a leader in South Asia in employing women : They make up 45 percent of financial service staff, but much less in senior positions, by Krishana Prasain (kp 11/05/2024)

Blacklisting Of Banking Defaulters, by Dibakar Bashistha (rn 10/05/2024)

Blaming NRB and Monetary Policy is Inappropriate, by Mahaprasad Adhikari (kh 10/05/2024), The Imperative of Correlating Finance and Monetary Policy, by Madhu Marasini (kh 10/05/2024)

Govt advances ‘Sovereign Credit Rating’ (kh 27/04/2024)

Standing deposit facility in monetary policy : The money market is expected to remain vibrant and dynamic under the interest rate corridor framework, by Ram Sharan Kharel (kp 23/04/2024)

NRB considers 18 out of 20 commercial banks in its watchlist for strict onsite inspection : The central bank received large number of complaints against functioning of these banks in question (rep 21/04/2024)

Exploring opportunities and Challenges of Increasing Online Transactions in Nepal, by Chinmaya Mishra (rep 20/04/2024)

Central bank panel proposes monthly QR code payment limit at IRs100,000 for Nepalis in India : But the limit does not apply for payments to be made for services in hotels, hospitals and chemist shops in India, by Krishana Prasain (kp 19/04/2024)

Govt’s tightening policy puts Nepali banks in jeopardy (ae 17/04/2024)

Banks flouting NRB directives; Board accountability questioned (kh 16/04/2024), Most of the commercial banks fail to adopt good governance practices: NRB (rep 16/04/2024), Strengthen oversight to ensure good governance practices in banking sector (rep 17/04/2024)

Commercial bank branches surge by 2,000 in six years (kh 16/04/2024)

Banking sector under scrutiny for KYC failures and lack of high-profile individual details (kh 16/04/2024)

Banks reduce interest rates for Baisakh, except for Everest and NMB Bank (rep 12/04/2024)

Economic slowdown and soaring bad debts hit banks’ profits (rep 11/04/2024)

Viability of the infrastructure bank : It prompts inquiry into why the government ostensibly chose to venture into the banking sector., by Lok Bhattarai (kp 07/04/2024)

Chitwan reports more than 700 banking offense cases in eight months (kh 29/03/2024)

Majority of commercial banks lower their base lending rates to single digit (rep 25/03/2024)

BFIs urged to flow credit in productive sector (ae 18/03/2024)

17 banks reduce interest rates for Chaitra except for NIC Asia Bank : Two banks maintain stability (rep 13/03/2024)

NRB to sell development bonds worth Rs 8 billion (kh 08/03/2024)

Need To Dispel Anti-banking Sentiments, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 05/03/2024)

Banks in Nepal are secure: Governor Adhikari (kh 03/03/2024)

NRB allocates Rs 380 million in fixed deposits (kh 28/02/2024)

Governor Adhikari asserts stability in banking and financial institutions amidst challenges (kh 26/02/2024)

RB takes action against three development banks and three finance companies (rep 15/02/2024)

Nepal’s 10 largest banks to be audited by external experts later this year : The IMF has promised to provide credit amounting to $395.9 million under the ECF facility (kp 14/02/2024)

NRB revokes licenses of five money exchange companies (rep 14/02/2024)

Commercial banks further reduce interest rates for Falgun (rep 12/02/2024)

BFIs invest Rs 32.74 billion in home loans during mid-July and mid-January (rep 11/02/2024)

Debt servicing eases as interest rate of internal loans lowers : Debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio rose to over 44 percent as of the second quarter of current fiscal year (kp 10/02/2024)

Central banks versus markets : The ability to manage market expectations plays a critical role in the execution of monetary policy, by Paban Raj Pandey (kp 08/02/2024)

Half-yearly economic review: Forex reserves reaches 1816.57 billion (kh 06/02/2024)

Banks grapple with excess liquidity as lending remains cautious (kh 05/02/2024)

Banks fail to attract investors to take loans despite lowering interest rates : ‘Interest rates likely to fall further in coming days’ (rep 04/02/2024)

Nepal’s central bank proposes peer-to-peer lending to support MSMEs growth : For the micro, small and medium enterprises in Nepal, the estimated financing gap is $3.6 billion (kp 31/01/2024)

Nepal’s banking sector faces impact of sluggish economy (rep 28/01/2024)

Banks and financial institutions face NRB’s regulatory action (kh 27/01/2024)

NRB Governor urges Agricultural Development Bank to diversify its services (rep 22/01/2024)

Nabil fails to cash hydel project bond from Chinese bank : Himalayan Bank, Bank of Kathmandu, and Investment Bank faced similar issues in the past in China and Italy, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/01/2024)

Majority of commercial banks reduce base interest rate on lending to single-digit (rep 17/01/2024)

Bank deposits reach Rs 6.1 trillion; borrowings increase Rs 22 billion in 4 days (kh 17/01/2024)

Nepali payment service providers grapple with operational challenges, report says : Nepal Rastra Bank’s ‘Payment Systems Oversight Report’ flags shortcomings, calls for reforms (kp 12/01/2024)

Foreign exchange reserve up by 14.8%, sufficient for 14 months imports (rep 11/01/2024), Nepal maintains record-high forex reserves of US $ 13.31 billion : Nepal gains a significant amount of foreign currency reserves due to a whopping rise in remittance inflows (rep 12/01/2024)

Banks look for reducing interest rates further citing excessive loanable funds with them (rep 10/01/2024)

Banks grapple with excess liquidity as demands for loan disappear (ae 09/01/2024)

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