{"id":231,"date":"2020-11-10T17:01:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/?p=231"},"modified":"2020-11-10T17:01:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T11:16:08","slug":"bfis-to-remain-close-for-three-days-in-tihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"BFIs to remain close for three days in Tihar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"modal-header\">\n<div class=\"modal-title\">\n<h4 id=\"headline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232 \" src=\"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/download-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"481\" \/>Considering the coronavirus infection, the commercial banks have announced to close their branch offices during the three-day-long Tihar vacation. The Nepal Bankers\u2019 Association, the umbrella organization of banks, today said that all the counters of the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) would remain closed during the time of Tihar vacation. The Association said the decision was taken as the risk of coronavirus infection was more while providing banking services by opening limited branches. Association\u2019s CEO Anil Sharma said the BFIs will close three days from 12 November. \u201cSo far, more than 6,000 bankers of the commercial banks have tested positive for the virus. We decided to close the banks considering the threat of coronavirus infection and limited transaction,\u201d he said. Likewise, the Association has urged the customers to prioritize the use of ATM, digital transactions, mobile banking and internet banking. &#8212;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering the coronavirus infection, the commercial banks have announced to close their branch offices during the three-day-long Tihar vacation. The Nepal Bankers\u2019 Association, the umbrella organization of banks, today said that all the counters of the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) would remain closed during the time of Tihar vacation. The Association said the decision was taken as the risk of coronavirus infection was more while providing banking services by opening limited branches. Association\u2019s CEO Anil Sharma said the BFIs will close three days from 12 November. \u201cSo far, more than 6,000 bankers of the commercial banks have tested positive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/download-10.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.nepalpostkhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}