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Shangri-La Development Bank launches SCT-UnionPay card service

Starting from Ashoj 29, 2082, Shangri-la Development Bank customers can easily obtain SCT-UnionPay cards from any of its branches.

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KATHMANDU: Smart Choice Technologies Ltd. (SCT), licensed by Nepal Rastra Bank to operate payment systems, has officially launched the SCT-UnionPay card service in collaboration with Shangri-La Development Bank Ltd., a ‘B’ class financial institution.

Starting from Ashoj 29, 2082, Shangri-la Development Bank customers can easily obtain SCT-UnionPay cards from any of its branches.

The new service aims to make digital payments more convenient, accessible, and secure for customers across Nepal.

SCT currently issues SCT-UnionPay cards through 23 banks and financial institutions and over 100 cooperatives.

Through its own card-switching infrastructure, Smart Switch, SCT supports both SCT-UnionPay and VISA card issuance and accepts transactions made via VISA, RuPay, MasterCard, and Discover networks.

As Nepal’s first domestic card scheme, SCT has been providing safe, reliable, and simple payment services nationwide for over two decades.

In addition to card services, SCT also offers Smart QR, Smart Pay–IBFT (interbank fund transfer), and Smart Banking mobile banking solutions to partner banks and financial institutions.