Kathmandu. Non-banking assets have been piled up in commercial banks due to the slowdown in the recovery of bad loans. Banks are also under pressure due to increasing liquidity on the one hand and new credit flow on the other. Currently, non-banking assets worth more than Rs 43.5 billion are deposited in commercial banks.
Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has released the current fiscal year 2082. According to the data of the first seven months of the fiscal year, 19 commercial banks have accumulated non-banking assets worth Rs 44.44 billion. In the same period of the previous FY, the bank had non-banking assets worth Rs 35.82 billion. In the review period, 21.27 percent of non-banking assets were added in commercial banks. Among the commercial banks, Standard Chartered Bank does not have non-banking assets.
Compared to the previous year, the non-banking assets of five commercial banks decreased while 14 increased in the review period. Among the commercial banks, Prime Commercial Bank Limited (MCBL) and Nepal SBI Bank (SBI) have increased the most in non-banking assets. However, Kumari Bank, Machhapuchchhre Bank, Everest Bank and Rastriya Banijya Bank have reduced their non-banking assets.
Himalayan Bank Limited (HBL) has the highest number of non-banking assets till mid-January of the current fiscal year. The bank has accumulated non-banking assets worth Rs 6.09 billion. In the same period of the previous year, the bank had non-banking assets worth Rs 4.48 billion. Such assets have increased by 35.94 percent compared to the previous year.
Similarly, Global IME Bank has the second largest non-banking asset and Prime Commercial Bank has the third largest non-banking assets. Global IME has non-banking assets worth Rs 5.99 billion and Prime Rs 4.40 billion in the review period. Compared to the previous year, such assets of both the banks increased by 2.19 percent and 117.56 percent, respectively.
Nepal Bank has the lowest number of non-banking assets. The bank has non-banking assets worth Rs 22.92 crore at the end of the review period. Non-banking assets (NPAs) have increased by 12.31 percent compared to the previous year.
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