Kathmandu. The NRB Fintech Innovation Showcase Event 2026 has concluded with an aim to promote technology-based financial services and showcase emerging innovations based on fintech. The event was organized by the Department of Payment Systems, Nepal Rastra Bank.
Governor Prof. Dr. Bishwanath Poudel inaugurated the program organized at the bank’s premises in Baluwatar. Bishwanath Poudel inaugurated the program. Addressing the inaugural session, Governor Poudel said that the NRB has been giving high priority to the promotion of technology-based financial services.
He also informed that the NRB is making efforts to develop a regulatory and supervisory system based on innovation. Governor Poudel said that the NRB has a dual responsibility to manage the challenges created by the expansion of fintech. He said, “On the one hand, financial stability, safe payment and customer protection have to be ensured and on the other hand, the new risks and challenges associated with the development of financial technology and innovation have to be managed.” ’
He stressed on the need for coordination and collaboration among the Government of Nepal, regulatory bodies, banks and financial institutions, technology companies and financial institutions for the promotion and development of fintech innovation. On the occasion, Deputy Governor Kiran Pandit talked about the policy and structural efforts made by the NRB for the promotion of fintech. Executive Director of the Department of Payment Systems, Nischal Adhikari, highlighted the objectives of the program and informed about the arrangements adopted by the Rastra Bank in the context of digital technology-based financial services.
Deputy Governor Dirgha Bahadur Rawal, senior officials of Nepal Rastra Bank, chief executive officers of banks and financial institutions, government agencies, payment system operators, fintech companies and representatives of stakeholders participated in the inaugural session of the program. As part of the program, 27 stalls of financial institutions and fintech companies were put on display. The exhibition covered innovations made by these organizations in digital banking, digital payments, digital lending, cyber security systems, cloud computing, financial fraud and risk management, technology-based regulation (Regtech) services. More than a thousand people from Nepal Rastra Bank, banks and financial institutions, fintech companies and other institutions visited the exhibition. A panel discussion on Digital Lending and Credit Card for Underserve was also organized during the program.
Manoj Ghimire facilitated the discussion on behalf of Fintech Alliance Nepal, while Nischal Adhikari, Executive Director, Department of Payment Systems, Suman Pokharel, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Global IME Bank and Amit Agrawal, President of Alliance participated in the panellist. Under the recently released Fintech Strategy Per Digital Financial Services (2026/27(203031) released by Nepal Rastra Bank, it aims to coordinate and collaborate with the innovators and other stakeholders of the fintech ecosystem. As part of this strategy, the bank has also created Fintech Workshops, Hackaths, and Innovation Challenge Mechanisms to make the Digital Finance Innovation Hub and Regulatory Sandbox ‘NRB Fintech Nexus’ effective.
