Fintech In Iran
Unofficial reports show that about 50 fintech startups are operating in Iran’s financial markets. Lack of a unique regulatory body and a proper legal framework, are named as Iranian Fintechs' main obstacles. Recently, the Central Bank of Iran has announced that it was working on a comprehensive rulebook to authorize operation of Fintechs in the country.
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January 21,2023Digital banking professional say innovative credit services, namely lendtech and BNPL (buy now and pay later), will dominate Iran's fintech ecosystem this year, thanks to the galloping inflation... -
February 26,2022The Central Bank of Iran's executive board has approved a framework for the regulatory sandbox. The sandbox will operate under the supervision of a strategic council in charge of setting...
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August 22,2021Iranian Fintech Association, a non-governmental body formed by fintech applications, has strongly opposed newly announced regulations demanding payment facilitator applications to get the online...
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July 07,2021Launching a regulatory sandbox is on the agenda of the Central Bank of Iran for promoting financial technology, the CBI deputy governor for innovative technologies said.
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September 02,2020The Central Bank of Iran in a bid to help facilitate micropayments on Tuesday unveiled a regulatory framework for fintechs dealing with electronic wallets. Banks and credit institutions are now...
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August 26,2020Banks and non-bank credit institutions can offer electronic wallets to help facilitate micro transactions, says the Money and Credit Council, the highest supervisory and regulatory body of Iran's...
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August 23,2020Iran’s Fintech Association has proposed a new fee system for online payment in which payment aggregators and payment service providers cover the network fees, which are currently paid by banks.
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November 22,2019Banks have to keep abreast of innovative technologies mainly when it comes to payment instruments to be able to maintain their fair share of the payment market, says the managing director of...
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February 01,2019The Nourbakhsh Award ceremony was held Wednesday on the sidelines of the Eighth Conference on Electronic Banking and Payment Systems organized by the Monetary and Banking Research Institute. The...
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January 29,2019The Eight Conference on Electronic Banking and Payment Systems opened at Tehran’s iconic Milad Tower on Tuesday. The two-day event, organized by the Monetary and Banking Research Institute, was...
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January 13,2019To claim a share of Iran’s growing fintech market, Bank Mellat has launched an innovation center to help promote the application of smart technologies in banking. ‘Polwinno’ will offer startups...
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January 11,2019Blockchain technology is set to decentralize mechanisms governing the world’s financial systems and the Central Bank of Iran has focused efforts on studying ways to benefit from that technology,...
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September 03,2018Shaparak Company, the Central Bank of Iran’s arm for operating the country’s payment network, on Saturday signed an agreement with six major fintech firms– the first such firms to work within CBI’s...
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July 15,2018A new platform has been launched to facilitate interactions between the Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) and Iran Fintech Association. “It aims to serve as a channel of safe and quick communications...
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June 26,2018Established in early 2018, Iranian startup "Finto" is an online payroll management system, promoting workplace transparency. Farabi Accelerator developed by Shahid Beheshti University has provided...
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June 22,2018The 5th round of Iran’s Financial Technology Event known as FinUp is set to put women active in financial technologies in the spotlight trying to draw attention to their significant contributions...
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May 28,2018The Central Bank of Iran was until now considered the only entity in charge of devising regulations for fintech companies, but President Hassan Rouhani’s Cabinet on May 23 announced its own...
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April 15,2018The Central Bank of Iran is expected to announce its regulatory framework for fintechs in the coming months and according to the regulator's deputy for innovative technologies, European standards...
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April 07,2018Ahead of the publication of the latest regulatory framework by the Central Bank of Iran for fintechs operating electronic wallets and account management facilities, the regulators’ deputy for...
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March 04,2018The Central Bank of Iran’s next regulatory framework document for fintechs dealing with personal finance and account information management will be publicly disclosed early next fiscal year that...
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January 19,2018Targeting Iranian stock traders and investors, the local startup ‘Raahkar’ (meaning solution...
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November 24,2017Iran’s High Council of Cyberspace, one of the main entities deciding the fate of virtual....
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November 13,2017While the Central Bank of Iran has yet to adopt an official regulatory stance on...
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October 24,2017Banks, fintechs, financial solution vendors and startups were present in full force at the...
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October 08,2017The Central Bank of Iran on Sunday published a document on policies related to the operation of fintech firms
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