November 2: Nabil Bank is has announce the launch of “Nabil ViberBanking” for its customers for the first time in Nepal. Issuing a press statement, Nabil Bank said that ViberBanking is a chat-bot enabled service integrated with the public account of the bank on Viber.

“A chat-bot is a service powered by rules and artificial intelligence that one interacts with via a chat interface of Viber.  By using Nabil ViberBanking, customers of the Bank can access their bank account and perform various activities such as check account balance, mini-statement, check account details, make exchange rate/interest rate queries, etc,” reads the statement.

Nabil ViberBanking customers can also obtain the latest news/notices, information about the bank’s branches and ATM locations, banking hour information, information about products/promotions being offered by the bank. Customers can register themselves for this service through the public account of Nabil Bank available on Viber.   

"This service is a milestone in Nepali banking sector which will help promote digital banking to the next level by facilitating online access to customers' accounts enabling them to have their bank on their finger tips," said CEO of Nabil Bank, Sashin Joshi.

During FY 2016/17, Nabil Bank said it was successful in posting the highest profit in the industry at Rs 3.613 billion on a balance sheet size of Rs 140.33 billion with Return of Equity (ROE) of 26.65% and Earning Per Share (EPS) of Rs 58.41. The Bank has distributed 48% (30% bonus + 18% cash) for the year. The Bank has also earned a net profit of Rs 851 million in the first quarter under the current fiscal year 2017/18.