The list of licensed Commercial Banks:

1. Nepal Bank Ltd (November 15, 1937)
2. Rastriya Banijya Bank (January 23, 1966)
3. Nabil Bank Ltd (July 16, 1984)
4. Nepal Investment Bank Ltd (February 27, 1986)
5. Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd (January 24, 1986)
6. Himalayan Bank Ltd (January 18, 1993)
7. Nepal SBI Bank Ltd (July 7, 1993)
8. Nepal Bangladesh Bank Ltd
9. Everest Bank Ltd (October 18, 1994)
10. Bank of Kathmandu Ltd (March 3, 1995)
11. Nepal Credit and Commerce Bank (October 14, 1996)
12. Lumbini Bank Ltd (July 17, 1998)
13. NIC Bank Ltd (July 21, 1998)
14. Kumari Bank Ltd (April 3, 2001)
15. Machhapuchhre Bank Ltd (October 3, 2000)
16. Laxmi Bank Ltd (April 3, 2002)
17. Siddhartha Bank Ltd (December 24, 2002)
18. Agriculture Development Bank Ltd
19. Global Bank Ltd (January 2, 2007)
20. Citizens’ International Bank Ltd (April 20, 2007)
21. Prime Commercial Bank (September 24, 2007)
22. Bank of Asia Nepal Ltd (October 12, 2007)
23. Sunrise Bank Ltd (October 12, 2007)
24. Development Credit Bank Ltd (Upgraded in 2007)
25. NMB Bank Ltd (Established in 1996/Upgraded in 2007)