KATHMANDU, June 14: Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) have increased their loan issuance against share collateral by 15.5 percent to Rs 162.53 billion in 10 months of the current Fiscal Year (FY).
As per the records with Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the BFIs provided margin loans of Rs 140.70 billion as of mid-July, 2025. They injected additional Rs 21.83 billion as loans under the heading.
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Segment wise, loans above Rs 10 million increased by the largest of 17.2 percent. During the review period, the BFIs’ lending for large investors has reached Rs 115.94 billion, up from Rs 98.92 billion.
Similarly, loans against share collateral worth more than Rs 5 million and up to Rs 10 million have reached Rs 18.39 billion, a growth of 14.7 percent.
Similarly, share collateral loans between Rs 2.5-5 million surged 11 percent to Rs 19.50 billion. Likewise, the margin loans of up to Rs 2.5 million increased by 6.3 percent to Rs 8.69 billion.
