Nabil Bank receives Gold Award for its annual award

Kathmandu, July 1

Nabil Bank Limited has received the Gold Award in the private sector bank category at the annual awards presented by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN), marking its third consecutive win.

In addition, the bank received Certificates of Merit in both the Corporate Governance Disclosure Award and Sustainability Reporting Award, which were introduced in the Best Presented Accounts (BPA) Awards for the first time this year.

“With these two new recognitions, along with the Gold Award for Best Annual Report for the third consecutive year, the bank has been honoured with three awards simultaneously,” the bank said in a statement.

The awards were presented to Nabil Bank’s CEO Manoj Gyawali and Chief Financial Officer Sandip Babu Poudel by ICAN President CA Nil Bahadur Saru Magar at a programme on Tuesday.

ICAN conferred the awards based on the bank's annual report published for the fiscal year 2025. The selection criteria included financial transparency, accountability, corporate governance and sustainability. According to ICAN, Nabil Bank excelled in all these areas and was therefore selected for the awards.

The bank had also received the Gold Award for its annual reports for 2023 and 2024. According to the organisers, the award-winning annual report has also been nominated to represent Nepal at the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) Best Presented Annual Report Awards, read the statement.

Nabil Bank currently provides banking services to more than 2.5 million customers through a network of 266 branches and 318 ATMs across the country.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 2 July 2026.