List of banks in Nepal

The Nepal Rastra Bank has licensed 107 BFIs[1] as of mid-Jan 2025 and 4 of them are declared problematic a& transactions are suspended. This is a list of banks and financial institutions in Nepal licensed by the Nepal Rastra Bank and their branches/ extension counters.[2]

Class A: Commercial banks

Commercial banks are classified as Class "A" banks by the Nepal Rastra Bank. There are 20 commercial banks as of Mid July 2025.[3]

Class B: Development banks

Nepal Rastra Bank has licensed 17 development banks and has classified these on national and province level as per working area. There are 8 national level and 8 are regional ie province/district level development banks operational as of Jan 2026. The list of National Level Development Banks are. The list of regional (Province/District) Level development banks are.

Class C: Finance Companies

Nepal Rastra Bank has licensed 17 finance companies as of mid Jan 2026. Among them 2 finance companies are problematic and 15 are operational.[3]

Class D: Micro Finance Financial Institutions

Microfinance financial institutions are classified as Class "D" banks by the Nepal Rastra Bank. There are 51 microfinance companies as of march 2026. Microfinance in Nepal are divided as retail and wholesale institutions.[3] Retail microfinance provide services to individual institutions whereas wholesale microfinance provides services to retail microfinances and cooperatives. The list of wholesale microfinances are. There are 48 retail microfinance licensed by NRB. Retail microfinance are further sub divided in national and regional (province/district) level. the list of national level retail microfinance and their details are.

The list of regional (Province/District) Level microfinanc are.

Infrastructure Development Bank

Infrastructure Development Bank is non-classified Financial Institution licensed by Nepal Rastra Bank. There is one BFI as of January 2024.[3]

• Nepal Infrastructure Bank Limited