Iran Banking News
Trusted source for Iran Banking news. Daily news stories about Iran banking industry along with up-to-date statistics about the performance of Iranian banks.
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May 14,2018After reviewing Iran’s conformance to a host of international banking regulations and standards, the research arm of the parliament has noted that the country’s banking woes are rooted internally... -
May 13,2018Minister of Economic and Finance Affairs Masoud Karbasian called for increasing banking cooperation with Bulgaria, proposing that the EU member state open bank branches in Iran for facilitating...
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May 12,2018The Central Bank of Iran has allowed lenders to purchase the hard currency held by foreign tourists, transit drivers, foreign diplomatic missions based in Iran and representative offices of foreign...
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May 12,2018Iran’s banking sector has rebounded in the absence of sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal and will continue to rebuild its foreign correspondent relations despite the recent US withdrawal...
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May 11,2018Iran’s banking relations with the international community, excluding the US, will continue as usual following the United States’ May 8 withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the...
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May 07,2018Croatian Minister of Economy Martina Dalic called for closer cooperation to facilitate banking ties with Iran, describing them as critical to the expansion of bilateral trade. "Banking and...
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May 07,2018Four special committees are pursuing the liquidation of the last remaining illegal credit institutions and their main task is to identify the assets of these entities for auction, a deputy Majlis...
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May 02,2018Reports suggest that the planned merger of two lenders, namely Mehr Eqtesad Bank and Samen Credit Institution, with Ansar Bank will take place in the coming days. According to ISNA, Samen and Mehr...
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April 30,2018The governor of the Central Bank of Iran has decried analyses linking the recent volatility in the foreign exchange market to past woes besetting the banking system. Valiollah Seif wrote on his...
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April 29,2018Following a national currency swap deal that was recently implemented, Iran and Turkey are now pursuing the integration of bank cards in a move aimed at helping the massive flow of tourists...
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April 28,2018The Central Bank of Iran has released new guidelines for the way banks' capital adequacy ratios are calculated.
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April 28,2018When top-level officials and business representatives gathered in Tehran on Saturday as part of the two-day Sixth Iran-Europe Banking and Business Forum, the shadow of US President Donald Trump’s...
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April 25,2018Iranian banks have shrunk by 0.3% in the previous quarter ending March 20 compared with the previous year, fulfilling a long-held target for an industry marked by overcapacity and rapid...
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April 24,2018Iran's state-owned banks have sold excess assets worth 135 trillion rials ($3.21 billion), which included real estate, company shares and other resources, from the beginning of President Hassan...
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April 20,2018As a Swedish business delegation met with their Iranian counterparts at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture on Wednesday, the ambassador of the Scandinavian nation...
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April 20,2018Iran’s banking system is now preparing a new credit card scheme for supporting locally produced goods, following a previous plan that failed to take off. “In the meetings that we had with state-...
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April 20,2018Lawmakers have revised regulations for the ownership of non-governmental banks and credit institutions, which will remove ambiguities surrounding the ownership of these entities in the past. ...
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April 14,2018Lack of banking ties is a major issue concerning Iran’s relations with Sweden as it is with most other countries.
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April 11,2018The Central Bank of Iran’s policy to cap bank interest rates at 15% effectively changed the composition of deposit contracts signed with financial institutions. A review of data published by the...
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March 18,2018The Association of Banks and Private Institutions has released a statement, assuring the public that banks and credit institutions are well-regulated by the Central Bank of Iran. The body...
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December 26,2017Four Iranian banks have signed a deal based on which the Russian Exim-bank will provide funds "without a ceiling"
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December 18,2017The total value of Iranian banks' foreign assets stood at 2.69 quadrillion rials ($64.33 billion) by...
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November 20,2017A senior Iranian official announced that there are no significant banking issues with China...
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September 22,2017In what were the first finance deals clinched with cautious European banks...
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September 20,2017Austria's Oberbank signed a finance deal worth €1 billion with
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