N IC ASIA Bank has received ‘Bank of the Year 2013- Nepal’ award from The Banker-Financial Times Publication, London. ‘Bank of the Year’ is the world’s longest running prestigious international banking title. Earlier, NIC Bank was also awarded with Bank of the Year-Nepal in 2007. The award was announced by The Banker in the UK, amid a ceremony at the Hotel Intercontinental, Park Lane, London on 28th of November. The award was presented by the Editors of The Banker Magazine and Michael Buerk-former BBC Correspondent to Lokmanya Golchha, director of the bank and Sashin Joshi, CEO. NIC ASIA Bank is amongst the largest private sector commercial banks in the country interms of capital base, balance-sheet size, branch/ATM network, customer base and employees. It has a total of 50 ATMs and 53 branches and in the verge of expanding It to 66 branches within a year.