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The Central Bank of Iran has launched a new framework to help finance the supply chain, a senior bank official said.
Mostafa Qamari-Vafa, head of CBI public relations, made the announcement in a...
Data released by the Central Bank of Iran show that money supply grew at a slower pace in the Iranian calendar month ending Nov 21 compared to the month before.
Broad money stood at 43,159.5...
The Industries Ministry and Central Bank of Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate the foreign trade programs of the former with the forex policy of the latter.
According to a...
The Central Bank of Iran said it has put into effect major parts of the Check Issuance Law, outlining a timeline for enforcing the remaining segments.
The new legislation was passed by parliament...
The Central Bank of Iran will launch an electronic trade platform to register retail demand for foreign currency, the governor Ali Salehabadi said.
Salehabadi was speaking during a rare tour of...
The Central Bank of Iran said its next step toward controlling broad money will be robust monitoring of lending by banks.
The regulator wants to tap existing electronic platforms to control...
The Central Bank of Iran is to launch an instant payment platform in late December, a deputy governor of the bank said.
"Development of the instant payment platform is in accord with global...
The Central Bank of Iran issued new gaudiness to further limit banking services to and transactions by minors and the legally incapacitated.
Banks are banned from “granting any type of payment...
Central bank officials from Iran and Iraq met Wednesday in Baghdad to review issues related to the extended delays in the repayment of Iraqi government's debts.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Ali Salehabadi says foreign currency revenue of the bank has increased in recent months and improved its leverage to curb volatility in the forex market...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Ali Salehabadi said equal access to Covid-19 vaccine is a priority of the G24.
He was addressing members of Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four, held...
Money supply has jumped to unprecedented levels as government borrowing from the Central Bank of Iran takes on extraordinary proportions.
CBI data on Saturday show the net value of government’s...
The Governor of Central Bank of Iran Akbar Komijani conferred with Udaya Prabath Gammanpila, the visiting Sri Lankan energy minister on Saturday.
Recalling the longstanding commercial relations...
The Central Bank of Iran is working on several measures aimed at combating online betting and gambling websites.
"We have been monitoring online casinos to detect and block the common payment...
Governor of Central Bank of Iran, Akbar Komijani, has instructed relevant officials to reconsider new rules set for transferring money via bank cards.
The move came after concerns that the new...
The Central Bank of Iran has imposed new limits on money transfer via bank cards in a renewed bid to control and curb suspicious transactions.
In a bylaw to banks, the CBI has required them to...
Four members of President Ebrahim Raisi’s administration were sworn in on Wednesday for the Money and Credit Council, the top monetary and banking decision-making body.
The council convened headed...
The governor of the Central Bank of Iran said the banking sector is saddled with high and rising legal obligations to grant loans, which has led to agonizing macroeconomic consequences.
“Legal...
Former governors of the Central Bank of Iran called on policymakers to recognize the independence of the central bank, otherwise it will not be able to play its mandate in managing monetary markets...
The Central Bank of Iran in a statement Wednesday said it so far has no plan to issue the so-called “Wadia” or depository bonds.
The statement, seen on the CBI website, came in the follow-up to a...
The judiciary and Central Bank of Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to facilitate information exchange and help detect and prevent fraud and financial crime.
The Central Bank of Iran allocated $7.2 billion for importing essential goods in the first five mounts of the current fiscal year that started in March.
According to a CBI website report,...
The Central Bank of Iran says it will revise its policy interest rate in the interbank market if it discerns that inflation expectations are rising.
In a report analyzing macroeconomic variables...
The Central Bank of Iran continues to implement open market operation to curb the excess liquidity of lenders in the interbank market.
During its weekly implementation of OMO, the CBI conducted...