History
Companies, products and programmes that closed, were acquired or became part of the record
2020s3
| Entry | Kind | Outcome | Years | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IME Pay Licensed digital wallet of the IME group. NRB approved its merger with Khalti in June 2025; the merged company is IME Khalti Limited and the unified app retains the Khalti brand, so the IME Pay brand is retired. | Product | Merged | –2025 | Khalti |
OrangeNXT App-based digital-only banking service launched by Laxmi Sunrise Bank on 25 January 2024 with fintech FoneNXT. More than 65,000 customers had opened accounts with deposits of Rs170 million when NRB ordered it suspended in August 2025. | Product | Dormant | 2024–2025 | — |
GME Remit Remittance company that merged with IME Remit; the combined entity began integrated operations on 14 Aug 2024 and NRB lists it as IME Limited (after acquiring GME Remit Pvt Ltd). | Company | Merged | –2024 | IME Limited |
Date not recorded2
| Entry | Kind | Outcome | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
Government business incubation programme (first phase) Government programme supporting young and prospective entrepreneurs through business incubation, run for five years from fiscal year 2006/07. It was discontinued for seven years and restored in 2019 under the Department of Cottage and Small Industries. | Programme | Dormant | 2006– |
Rs 1 billion startup promotion fund (2021-22 budget) Startup promotion fund of Rs 1 billion provisioned in Nepal's 2021-22 budget, with a credit procedure meant to provide seed capital. The finance minister later said it could not be implemented because the government changed. | Fund | Dormant | — |