KATHMANDU: Mega Bank Nepal Ltd has become the youngest Bank in Nepal to receive the ‘Bank of the Year’ award. The Banker, a highly recognised UK-based international financial affairs magazine with over 90 years of history, presented the internationally prestigious ‘Bank of the Year 2019, Nepal’ award to Mega Bank, as per a media release. The Chairman of the bank Bhoj Bahadur Shah and Chief Executive Officer Anupama Khunjeli received the award on Thursday evening in a formal ceremony organised in London. Every year, The Banker selects one winning bank each, from over 120 countries out of over 1,000 banks. This week, Mega Bank has also been certified by ISO 9001:2015 by United Registrar of Systems in recognition of compliance of quality management systems. The bank currently operates with 111 branches, 21 extension counters, 112 ATM terminals, 119 branchless banking outlets and more than 2,500 Mega Remit agents under its growing network.