IME and Global IME Bank felicitate victorious Nepalese Football Team with cash reward

KATHMANDU February 1: IME Ltd., Nepal’s No.1 Remittance Company and Global IME Bank have jointly felicitated the victorious national football team who have just recently won the prestigious Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 with a cash reward of NPR 25,000/- each.

Amid a function organized at ANFA House, Satdobato, Executive Chairman of IME Limited and Chairman of Global IME Bank Mr. Chandra Prasad Dhakal felicitated the team and handed over the cash reward to each member of the squad consisting of 23 players, 2 coaches, 1 team manager and 1 physio in the form of savings accounts at Global IME Bank. In total of 27 savings accounts have been opened at Global IME Bank in the name of each member of the squad who also received debit cards for account operation.

Chairman Mr. Dhakal congratulated the team and said,” We are extremely happy and proud to felicitate our young football team who have brought so much of joy and inspired the whole country bagging the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 with the display of exemplary teamwork and flair.” Chairman Mr. Dhakal also declared that Global IME Bank will be providing zero minimum balance savings account along with Debit Card free of charge to all national team players. The Executive Director of IME Ltd. Mr. Hem Raj Dhakal also congratulated the team members along with Global IME Bank Acting CEO Mr. Janak Sharma Poudyal and IME Limited CEO Mr. Suman Pokharel. ANFA Acting President Narendra Shrestha thanked IME Limited and Global IME Bank for coming forward to encourage the national football team and expressed the need for the corporate sector to support Nepali football to scale newer heights of success.

Speaking at the function, the captain of Nepali national football team Biraj Maharjan and Coach Bal Gopal Maharjan also thanked both the institutions for the recognition and expressed their confidence in performing even better for the country in the coming days.

This felicitation comes as a part of the social initiative of IME Limited and Global IME Bank who have jointly collaborated in areas like education, environment, health & safety and community giving in the past.

IME Ltd. (formerly known as International Money Express Pvt. Ltd.) is the No. 1 Remittance Company of Nepal specializing in the delivery of world class money transfer services to families and friends around the globe. Established in 2001 as a money transfer company, with license from Nepal Rastra Bank, IME today brings in the largest volume of inward remittances in Nepal boasting of a widespread international presence spanning 25 countries, a network of over 100,000 locations worldwide, domestic network of more than 4300 agent locations, a highly efficient workforce of nearly 1000 diverse employees and a customer base of millions.

Global IME Bank Ltd. (GIBL) emerged after successful merger of Global Bank Ltd (an “A” class commercial bank), IME Financial Institution (a “C” class finance company) and Lord Buddha Finance Ltd. (a “C” class finance company) in year 2012. Two more development banks (Social Development Bank and Gulmi Bikas Bank) merged with Global IME Bank Ltd in year 2013. Later, in the year 2014, Global IME Bank made another merger with Commerz and Trust Bank Nepal Ltd. (an “A” class commercial bank).

Global Bank Limited (GBL) was established in 2007 as an ‘A’ class commercial bank in Nepal which provided entire commercial banking services. The bank was established with the largest capital base at the time with paid up capital of NPR 1.0 billion. The paid up capital of the bank has since been increased to NPR 5.01 billion. The bank's shares are publicly traded as an 'A' category company in the Nepal Stock Exchange.