Kathmandu, June 20 -- Despite constant push from the Asia/Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering to make policy and structural changes, Nepal continues to fall short on delivery and will thus remain on the FATF's grey list.

Even as the APG, the regional arm of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), had been repeatedly warning the country, the task force on Friday came up with the latest review report and recommendation, retaining Nepal under the "jurisdictions under increased monitoring" or externally referred to as the "grey list".

Since February 2025, when Nepal made a high-level political commitment to working with the FATF and APG to strengthen the effectiveness of its Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (C...