Biswas Dhakal (Nepali: विश्वास ढकाल, born 14 December 1981 in Bharatpur, Mahottari) is a Nepali tech entrepreneur, innovator and a dynamic investor. He serves as the President of F1Soft International Pvt. Ltd, an ecosystem of digital products and services that facilitates Nepali consumers access to financial services. His journey begins in 2004 when he founded F1Soft. He founded a digital wallet company in 2009, CashOnAd, Logica Beans, Shiran Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Dhakal was selected by The US Department of State for the

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(IVLP) and the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 from Nepal.

Business

Dhakal founded F1Soft International Pvt. Ltd. in 2004 while in his freshman year at

Nepal College of Information Technology Nepal College of Information Technology, commonly known as NCIT, is an Engineering college in Nepal. It was established in the year 2000. Its campus is located at Balkumari, Lalitpur. The college currently offers Engineering and Management courses ...

. F1Soft currently serves more than 90% of financial institutions in Nepal with

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products, and connects over 3 million people in Nepal to various financial services. In 2009, Dhakal co-founded , Nepal's first mobile wallet. It carries out over 80% of digital payment in Nepal and process more than 130K transactions a day.

Education

Dhakal attended

Kantipur Engineering College Kantipur Engineering College (KEC) (Nepali: कान्तिपुर इन्जिनियरीङ कलेज), affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Nepal, is an engineering college in Dhapakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal. The college offers course ...

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is ...

for Computer Engineering and

Pokhara University Pokhara University (PU or PoU) ( ne, पोखरा विश्वविद्यालय) was established in 1997 (2054 B.S.) and is Nepal's fifth university. Its central office is located in Pokhara, Kaski District, Gandaki Province. Alo ...

for Software Engineering. He studied

certificate course in

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Personal life

Dhakal was born in Bharatpur, Mahottari District of Nepal. He lives with his wife, Isha Sharma and daughter Bibhusa Dhakal in

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, Nepal.

References

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