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Central
bank to mop additional 30 billion (rep
16/04/2025)
Net
profit of commercial banks surge 2.81 percent
(ae 15/04/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 30 billion to manage liquidity (rep
13/04/2025)
Banks’
profit rises nominally in the first eight months of
current FY (rep 13/04/2025)
NRB
to mop up Rs 35 billion in deposits today (rep
07/04/2025)
NRB
allows entrepreneurs to receive foreign currency in
digital wallets (rep 05/04/2025)
Base
interest rate of banks falls to three-year low
(rep 03/04/2025)
IFC,
NRB launch report on impact of digital financial
services (rep 02/04/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 25 billion from BFIs (rep 30/03/2025)
Nepal
Rastra Bank launches digital finance innovation hub
to boost fintech, by Krishana Prasain (kp
28/03/2025)
Number
of blacklisted individuals surges with increasing
cases of loan default (rep 26/03/2025)
BFIs
scale back investment in NRB’s short term monetary
instruments (rep 23/03/2025), NRB
to withdraw Rs 20 billion to manage excess liquidity
(rep 23/03/2025)
Birendra
Mahato questions banking channels after foreign
currency seizure (kh 19/03/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 25 billion from BFIs (rep 19/03/2025)
Commercial
banks issued new loans worth Rs 22.74 billion last
month (18/03/2025)
Bank’s
deposits reach Rs 6.37 trillion, loans stand at Rs
4.85 trillion (rep 17/03/2025)
Commercial
banks’ weighted average interest rate drops to 8.55
percent (rep 12/03/2025)
Non-performing
loans of commercial banks: How AI can revolutionise
their management, by Jhalanath Gautam (ht
11/03/2025)
Commercial
banks’ profits increase by 1.6 percent in current FY
(rep 10/03/2025), Banking
sector profit sees 31.12% growth, led by commercial
banks (kh 10/03/2025), Commercial
banks’ net profit up by 1.62 percent (ae
11/03/2025)
Nepal’s
banking sector vulnerable to money laundering: NRB
Governor (rep 08/03/2025)
Nepali
commercial banks further reduce base interest rate
for this month (rep 02/03/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 25 billion from BFIs (rep 02/03/2025)
Monetary
Policy review expected to ease liquidity issues as
NRB Governor prepares to depart (kh 25/02/2025)
NRB
to withdraw additional Rs. 30 billion from market
(kh 23/02/2025)
Nepal
Rastra Bank to collect deposits worth Rs 40 billion
(kh 18/02/2025)
Managing
Non-performing Loans, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
18/02/2025)
Banks
struggle as non-banking assets surge by 71.89
percent (ae 17/02/2025)
Banks
increase lending but face liquidity quandary
(rep 16/02/2025)
Taking
banking access to rural Nepal (ae 14/02/2025)
Labor
Act not applicable to BFIs: SC (rep 14/02/2025)
Global
IME Bank raises interest rate on personal term loans
amidst Pathibhara cable car dispute (kh
13/02/2025)
Banks
keep interest rates unchanged amid low loan demand
(rep 13/02/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 35B from BFIs for liquidity management :
Meanwhile, Rs 121 billion previously withdrawn by
the NRB is yet to mature (rep 05/02/2025)
EPS
of commercial banks fell by Rs 5.37 in five years
(ae 04/02/2025)
Current
account in surplus of Rs 148.17 billion: NRB
(rep 02/02/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 40 billion for liquidity management
(rep 02/02/2025)
The
Unmet Objectives Of Bank Mergers, by Dyaipayan
Regmi (rep 01/02/2025)
Average
NPL of finance companies nearly doubles in Q2
(ae 30/01/2025)
NRB
to mop Rs 40 billion from BFIs for liquidity
management (rep 26/01/2025)
Bank
deposits grow by Rs 558bn in one year (ae
24/01/2025)
Lopsided
Focus on Loan Recovery (rep 23/01/2025)
NRB
provides Rs 25.5bn in loan subsidies (ae
21/01/2025)
Commercial
banks’ net profit declines by 4.36% in Q2 of FY
(rep 20/01/2025), Margin
loans of commercial banks surge 35.57 percent
(ae 20/01/2025)
ADBL:
Supporting Agricultural Growth, by Pratap Subedi
(rn 17/01/2025)
Stability
vs growth: Banking at a crossroads, by Prahlad
Giri (ae 14/01/2025)
Nepal
Rastra Bank proposes new standards to regulate
cooperatives (kh 14/01/2025), NRB
proposes strict guidelines for coops regulation
(ae 15/01/2025)
Financial
institutions increase loan disbursement in Madhesh's
industrial sector (rep 14/01/2025)
NRB
Steps To Avoid Liquidity Trap, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 14/01/2025)
Most
banks keep rates unchanged (ae 14/01/2025)
Commercial
banks earn profit of Rs 30.59 billion in five months
of current FY (rep 13/01/2025)
Six
more BFIs under NRB’s scrutiny (ae 10/01/2025)
NRB
makes national ID mandatory to open microfinance
accounts (kh 10/01/2025), NRB
directs BFIs to open accounts using Nat’l Identity
Card (kh 12/01/2025)
Banking
Institutions: Facilitators or new-age moneylenders?,
by Kalyan Shrestha (kh 01/01/2025)
Debate
sparks over criminalization of check bounces in
Nepal (kh 01/01/2025)
Stakeholders
warn of banking sector challenges as govt prepares
financial reforms (kh 01/01/2025)
Most
commercial banks lower dividend rates (ae
30/12/2024)
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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