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If you receive any calls (except from BoB Contact Center when you have lodged a concern with them +975 2 349903), SMS and Email asking for personal details such as Account number or ATM Card number, please do not share. Bank of Bhutan will never ask for personal details of clients. It’s all spam.

Notification on ATM Withdrawal Charge

All customers are requested to note that cash withdrawals from other bank’s ATM machines are chargeable @Nu 9/- per withdrawal transaction from the sixth transaction onwards, and is recovered at each month end. This is a common charge across banks and as mandated by the Central Bank.

ELIGIBILTY

  • All Bhutanese residing in a third country (with valid business license) issued by MoEA

QUANTUM

Maximum 75% of the project cost.

INTEREST RATE

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TENURE

20 years

CHECKLIST

  • Application form duly filled in and signed on all the pages (Full Signature).
  • CID copy of the applicant/co-owner and guarantor if applicable.
  • One recent passport size photo of the applicant.
  • Business proposal/ detail project report: the report should include the following information
    A. The proper description of the project/business
    B. Proper project cost break up
    C. Details of Promoter (Proposed Shareholding of the business)
    D. Details of Consultants /FDI(if any)-
    E. Location details of the project – Pictures to be emailed
    F. Financial & Investment details (Means of Financing the project)
    i. Debt Equity Ratio
    G. Loan Security and Project Viability
    H. Total numbers of rooms and types of rooms (working days in a month and a year)
    I. Details of Services and product line
    J. Project GANNT chart
    K. Human Resources- Management Analysis
    L. Markets/Industrial Analysis
    i. SWOT Analysis
    ii. Pestle Analysis
    iii. SAM/TAM/TOM
    iv. Critical Success factor
    v. Details of competitors
    M. Impact on Environment
    N. Audited financials for the past 3 years for an existing business.
    O. Financial Details- Proper breakup
    i. Income source analysis (Installed Capacity)
    ii. Details of expenses
    iii. Power cost analysis
    iv. Administration, selling, and other fixed expenses
    v. Depreciation schedule
    vi. Interest on Loans
    vii. Preliminary & Pre-operative expenses
    viii. Financial statements for proposed loan tenure (profit & loss a/c, cash flow statements, balance sheet & changes in equity statement)
    ix. DSCR
    x. BEP analysis
    xi. IRR
    xii. NPV analysis
    xiii. Pay-Back period
    xiv. Interest During Construction /Interest Provisioning
    xv. Term loan payments and periodic interest schedules
    xvi. Working capital loan payments and periodic interest payments schedules
    xvii. Working Capital requirement
  • Valid Trade License
  • Certificate of Incorporation
  • Articles of incorporation
  • Endorsed FDI agreement by ROC (if applicable)
  • Work permit/ copy of residence permit(non-citizen)
  • Bank statement of latest 6 months/ statement of foreign currency account if any
  • Project Approval letter from TCB /DOI/concerned Authority
  • Construction approval letter from Concerned authority and Approved drawing
  • NEC Clearance Certificate
  • Tax Clearance if applicable
  • Details of loans with other FIs if any
  • Letter from BPC for Power Supply
  • Technical clearance from TCB of the drawings for the construction
  • Estimates for Civil Works/Quotations for machinery & miscellaneous fixed Assets- proper break up along with quotations/invoices
  • Ownership Certificate of the land/lease agreement etc.
  • Technical Collaboration Agreement/Technical Know-How Agreement.
  • Letter assuring release of foreign exchange from Ministry of Trade and Industry in cases involving import of machinery/raw material/vehicles.
  • Insurance Details
  • Copy of Lag thram (Provisional if original Lag thram is not there)
  • Board Resolution/ Power of Attorney
  • Sovereign guarantee / any guarantee, the letter from the concerned authority to be submitted.

General Terms and Condition

  • Email the duly filled loan form and other required documents to the Bank at [email protected]
  • The land rate shall be based on the prevailing valuation of the Bank/common land rate.
  • Original documents should be mailed to CRM, Loan Section at Thimphu Main Branch, BoB.
  • Power of Attorney (POA) given by the rightful owner for execution of loan documents may be accepted only in case of people residing outside Bhutan/unable to present themselves in the Bank. However, it should be witnessed by a person having a good track record with the bank. For acceptance of POA, refer to the following Guidelines on issuance of Power of Attorney by the client.
  • POA issued by an Individual has to be special or Limited POA issued for one-time financial or banking transaction;
  • POA issued by an individual has to be issued to a family member(Transaction pertaining execution of Legal documents, agreements);
  •  An Individual issuing a POA to a person has to specify the purpose for which the POA has been issued. The POA issuer has to fill up Bank’s POA form witnessed by a Bank’s client having a good track record.