36.3 million deposit accounts in Nepal, says NRB report

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: A report prepared by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has unveiled that there were 36.3 million deposit accounts in Nepal. The report added that financial access has expanded to 60.9 percent of Nepalis who have at least one deposit account in the bank.

There are altogether 5,978 banks of various classes such as A, B and C as of April this year.