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The Bank of Bhutan's principal office is in Phuntsholing. In 1991, there were twenty-six branch offices throughout the country; [5] by 2014, the bank had expanded to 28 branches, 12 extension counters for covering limited banking services, and over 60 ATMs in Bhutan; [2] and as of July 2017, there were 47 branches across the country. [6]
In 2022, The High Court of Bhutan upheld the Thimphu Dzongkhag court's verdict, sentencing a senior executive of Druk PNB, to three years in prison for fraudulently remitting Indian currency from Bhutan. In the ruling on December 15 of last year, the officer was found guilty of aiding Indian vendor in remitting Indian rupees from Druk PNB to ...
Bhutan National Bank is a commercial bank founded in 1997 and located in Thimphu, capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan. [ 1 ] Bhutan National Bank Limited started operations as Unit Trust of Bhutan (UTB) on 25 July 1980, with an initial funding of Nu. 2.5 million by Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan .
Bank of Bhutan (BoB) is the largest and oldest commercial bank in Bhutan. It was established under the provision of the royal charter of May 1968. [5] It was also the only central bank before the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan in 1982. It is registered under the Companies Act of Bhutan, 2000 as a public sector commercial bank. [6]
The following is a list of banks based and operating in Bhutan. Bank of Bhutan [1] Bhutan National Bank; Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan; Druk PNB Bank; No Full form (T Bank) Bhutan Development Bank; Druk Kidu Digital Bank
There are a number of sectors in which banks may be involved. The general bank license allows a bank to engage in all banking activities, such as retail banking, merchant acquiring, cash management, asset management and trading. An applicant can apply for a limited banking license, such as an offshore banking license. [2]
With the historic enactment of the Royal Monetary Authority Act of Bhutan 2010, and the appointment of Bhutan's first Central Bank Governor, Dasho Daw Tenzin by the 5th Druk Gyalpo on August 18, 2010, the status of the RMA has been elevated to that of an autonomous Central Bank with greater powers in terms of its mode of functioning and ...
Location of Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country and the second largest Himalayan state in Asia. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it is bordered by China in the north and India in the south. Bhutan is separated from Nepal by the Indian state of Sikkim and from Bangladesh by the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam.