Section 28
Prohibition On Carrying On Financial Transactions By Any One Other Than Bank Or Financial Institution
No one other than a bank or financial institution incorporated pursuant to this Act shall carry on the financial transactions referred to in this Act. Provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent any body
corporate, other than a bank or financial institution, which has been established under the laws in force and licensed under the Nepal Rastra Bank Act, 2058 (2002) to accept deposits and extend credit, from carrying on such transaction.
(2) No person shall use the name of a bank or financial institution for the purpose of carrying on the financial transactions, without obtaining the approval of the Rastra Bank.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1) or (2), any bank or financial institution which has obtained approval to carry on the financial transactions pursuant to the laws in force at the commencement of this Act may carry on the financial transactions using the name existing at the time of obtaining the approval to carry on such transactions.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, class “B”, class “C” and class “D” licensed institutions shall be entitled to use the names development bank, finance company and micro- finance development bank, respectively.
(5) The conditions required to be observed by the banks and financial institutions which have obtained approval pursuant to Sub- section (3) in the course of carrying financial transactions shall be as prescribed by the Rastra Bank.