{"id":40310,"date":"2026-10-07T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/news\/40310\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:10:07","slug":"kumari-bank-signs-mou-with-federation-of-women-entrepreneurs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.bankingsansar.com\/news\/40310\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumari Bank signs MoU with Federation of Women Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-293959\" class=\"mb-2 post-293959 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archive category-corporate category-hamro-patro category-nepali-patro\">\n<div class=\"flex md:flex-row gap-5 relative\">\n<div class=\"entry-content text-2xl leading-10 text-justify prose prose-neutral max-w-none prose-a:text-primary\">\n<p><span class=\"Arial\">Kathmandu. Kumari Bank and Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Nepal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU<\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span>) with Women Entrepreneurs Federation of Nepal.<span class=\"Arial\"><\/span>The Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Women Entrepreneurs Federation of Women Entrepreneurs <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span> through its product, manpower<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">and strategic partnership. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to promote women&#8217;s economic empowerment, sustainable finance, enterprise development and<\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">business resilience.<span class=\"Arial\"><\/span> The agreement was signed by Chandan Karki, Chief Investment &amp; Marketing Officer of Kumar<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">i Bank <\/span> and Mrs. Darshana Shrestha, President of Women<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">Entrepreneurs Federation <\/span> Nepal. This partnership is an important step towards further strengthening the supportive ecosystem for women-led businesses and enterprises.<span class=\"Arial\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Arial\"> The <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span>partnership will focus on women entrepreneurs&#8217; access to responsible finance, enterprise development, sustainable and climate resilient financing, digital solutions, market opportunities and expanding their engagement with the <\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> chain. <\/span> <span class=\"Arial\"> This collaboration will also explore innovative financing measures to address the financial challenges faced by women-led enterprises and enhance their growth and resilience and <\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> cash flow-based credit rating, movable asset-based financing facilities, guarantees, and other risk-sharing mechanisms. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Arpan Poudel, Head of the Sustainable Banking{<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> Banking<\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><span class=\"Arial\"><\/span> said that the partnership reflects the shared commitment to expand women entrepreneurs&#8217; access to finance, markets and knowledge while promoting inclusive and sustainable finance <\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo-disabled\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">. &#8220;We aim to integrate the strong network of Women<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">Entrepreneurs Federation <\/span> and Kumari <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> Bank&#8217;s <\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> sustainable {{}} banking{<\/span> to help make women-led businesses more financially viable, resilient and <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> growth-oriented{<\/span>. The collaboration is also aimed at promoting gender<\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo-disabled\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">equality in economic opportunities and<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">contributing to building a more resilient, inclusive and<\/span>sustainable economy. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Under this <span class=\"Arial\"><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> cooperation, mechanisms will be developed for <\/span> joint learning, impact measurement and <\/span> engagement with <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> stakeholders. Enterprise growth, access to finance, business <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> resilience, <\/span> job creation and sustainable business practices will be promoted as key areas of this initiative. The partnership reflects Nepal&#8217;s shared commitment to create viable, <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">expandable{<\/span> and sustainable<\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">opportunities for women entrepreneurs and women-led enterprises across Nepal. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p>With a focus on <span class=\"Arial\">customer-centric <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> innovation, <\/span> responsible <span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"> banking{<\/span>} and sustainable finance, Kumar<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\">i Bank has been continuously strengthening its contribution to the long-term economic transformation<\/span>of Nepal. The<\/span>Bank aims to contribute to the development of financially viable green enterprises, build resilient value chains, expand employment opportunities, and build a climate-resilient and sustainable economic future.<span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span><span class=\"npspell-typo\" data-cke-bogus=\"true\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Kumari Bank and Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Nepal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Women Entrepreneurs Federation of Nepal.The Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Women Entrepreneurs Federation of Women Entrepreneurs through its product, manpowerand strategic partnership. The partnership aims to promote women&#8217;s economic empowerment, sustainable finance, enterprise development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,126,129,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking-update-en","category-banking-news-en","category-special-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/agreementt.jpg","publishedDateNp":"\u0968\u0967 \u0906\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093f\u0928 \u0968\u0966\u096e\u0969, \u092c\u0941\u0927\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0967\u0968:\u096b\u0967","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40311,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310\/revisions\/40311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/40234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bankingsansar.com\/bs_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}