Iran Banking News

Iran’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…

Croatian 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.

Four 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…

Reports 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…

The 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. 

Following 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…

The Central Bank of Iran has released new guidelines for the way banks' capital adequacy ratios are calculated. 

According to a circular published on CBI's website on Saturday, the…

When 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’…

Iranian 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…

Iran'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…

As 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…

Lawmakers 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.…

Iran’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.

Lack of banking ties is a major issue concerning Iran’s relations with Sweden as it is with most other countries.

According to a senior member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries,…

 The Central Bank of Iran’s policy to cap bank interest rates at 15% effectively changed the composition of deposit contracts signed with financial institutions.

The Iranian Association of Private Banks and Credit Institutions has released a statement, assuring the public that banks and credit institutions are well-regulated by the Central Bank of…

Months after the Central Bank of Iran clinched an agreement with the Export Insurance Agency of Russia to pave the way for Russian banks to fund Iranian projects, four Iranian banks have signed…

The total value of Iranian banks' foreign assets stood at 2.69 quadrillion rials ($64.33 billion) by Oct. 22 to register an increase of 14.2% compared with the same period of last year.

A senior Iranian official announced that there are no significant banking issues with China and the UAE, as hurdles with Turkish Halkbank are being removed.

In what were the first finance deals clinched with cautious European banks after the implementation of the nuclear accord provided sanctions relief in January 2016, Iran signed two agreements…

Austria's Oberbank signed a finance deal worth €1 billion with 14 Iranian banks Thursday in Vienna.

The Austrian finance is set to be used for development of civil and production…

A key change in President Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet for his second tenure will potentially impact both state-owned and private lenders, and subsequently influence the outcome of his central…

The Central Bank of Iran has unveiled the blueprint based on which state-owned lenders must make their financial data publicly available in line with the government's efforts to boost transparency…

Iranian banks’ progress in adapting to their financial statements with the new model set by the Central Bank of Iran was around 20-30% during the previous Iranian year (ended March 20), said a…

The Central Bank of Iran has notified the lending priorities of the banking system for the current fiscal year (started March 21), outlining the roadmap for lenders as they seek to support…