Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Everest Bank's 31st branch

9th June 2009


..........Press Release


"In an endeavor to provide banking facilities to large and well spread out sections of the society, we have strived to establish our branches in all the regions of the country. In this attempt, we have opened our 31st branch at Surkhet on 8th June, 2009."

Mr. K.K. Sharma, Asst. General Manager, GMR was the chief guest of the event. With the opening of the branch the bank has 31 branches and 5 extension counter all across the Nepal.

The bank has 28 ATM counters. EBL debit card also has access to 190 ATMs in Nepal and more than 2000 ATM locations in India where by EBL customers going to India need not carry cash but simply withdraw through EBL Debit cards.

The bank has recently launched recharge payment through mobiles, whereby EBL customer can now recharge their prepaid NTC (Namaste and Sky phones) through their mobiles itself. This is a service offered for the first time in Nepal.

Everest Bank is the first and the only bank in Nepal to open a representative office in India. The rep office facilitates the opening of the account of Nepalese from the identified branches of Punjab National Bank, India to any of the branches of Everest Bank Limited in Nepal and also facilitate in remitting the funds instantly with a very nominal charge.

It is a well-known fact that large numbers of people from Nepal have been moving abroad and remitting their earnings to the hometown. Thus with EBL's more than 250 payout location, people can easily remit money to their home town through Everest Remit.

Further with Everest Bank, customers can directly transfer money to the account of a person in India just like the way we use the ABBS facility in Nepal.As a part of its expansion strategies EBL also plans to open branches at Lagankhel, Maitidevi, Thamel, and Tulsipur in the near future. The bank believes that its expansion to these strategic locations would adhere to its objective of serving the middle and lower section of the society.