Himalayan Bank Limited

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Himalayan Bank Limited
Type	Private
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Himalayan Bank Limited Sanchayakosh Bhawan Thamel, Kathmandu
Key people	Prachanda B. Shrestha Ashoke SJB Rana
Industry	Banking
Products	Loans, Credit Cards, Savings, Investment, Merchant Banking

Himalayan Bank Limited (HBL) is the largest and one of leading private sector banks of Nepal. The Bank was incorporated in 1992 by a few distinguished personalities of Nepal in partnership with the employees Provident Fund and Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan. The Bank commenced its operations from January 1993. Himalayan Bank is also the first commercial bank of Nepal whose maximum shares are held by Nepalses private sectors. Besides commercial banking services, the Bank also offers industrial and merchant banking service.

With its head office or the corporate office at Thamel,Kathmandu, the bank has 17 branches. Six of its branches are located inside the Kathmandu Valley and the rest are spread across the nation.

Branches in Kathmandu Valley:

Thamel Branch
Maharajgunj Branch
New Road Branch
Patan Branch
Card Centre
Bhaktapur Branch
Royal Palace Counter

Branches outside Kathmandu Valley:

Banepa
Butwal Branch
Bharatpur Branch
Tandi Branch
Birgunj Branch
Bhairahawa Branch
Pokhara Branch
Hetauda Branch
Biratnagar Branch
Dharan Branch

Mr. Prachanda Bahadur Shrestha is the chairman of the Executive Committee and Mr. Ashoke SJB Rana is the Chied Executive Officer of the Bank. Among the top management are Mr. Masood Ul Hasan (General Manager), Mr. Mushtaq Ali (Chief, Internal Audit), Mr. Sushiel Joshi (Deputy GM) and Mr. Kishore Kumar Maharjan (Deputy GM).