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By Guest Blogger. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. One Year of Trump: Iraqi Dinar Speculators Still Waiting for a Miracle That Will Never Come As Donald Trump marks his first anniversary back in the White House on 20th January, one group […]
By John Lee. The United States and Iraq have held discussions focused on banking reform, financial compliance, and measures to counter illicit financial activity. According to a statement by the United States Special Envoy to Iraq, Mark Savaya, the talks involved the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), […]
By John Lee. Iraq's public debt management, covering both domestic and external obligations, was reviewed at a meeting focused on financial organisation, scheduling and reform priorities, with the participation of Oliver Wyman, the global financial advisory firm. The meeting examined detailed plans and programmes for managing public debt, including prioritised financial treatments and reform pathways […]
By John Lee. GroFin Mauritius has won a contract with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for "Date Palm Value Chain Financing and Enhanced Services for Building Resilient Businesses in the Southern Governorates of Iraq," - reference 10496036/UNDP-IRQ-02002. Contract value is stated as $80,200. (Source: UNGM)
The following were the ten most read dinar-related articles on Iraq Business News for the month of December: CBI on Banking Reform, "Digital Dinar", Dollar Transactions Iraqi Central Bank Reduces Supply of Dinars 10 Things the CBI Said About the Iraqi Dinar in 2025 CBI Training on Detection of Counterfeit Dinars CBI Chief on the […]
By Guest Blogger. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Will 2026 Be the Year Iraqi Dinar Speculators Finally Strike Gold? For nearly two decades, a peculiar investment subculture has persisted in the shadows of global finance: Iraqi Dinar speculation. Thousands of hopeful […]
8 things the IMF said about Iraq and the dinar in 2025 1. March 12: IMF Discusses Strengthening Iraqi Dinar Iraq's delegation concluded its meetings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Amman (February 24-26), with participants including Minister of Finance Taif Sami and the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). Discussions included […]
10 Things the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) Said About the Iraqi Dinar (IQD) in 2025 1. February 19: CBI's Dollar Distribution System Among World's Most Monitored Following meetings with the US Treasury and Federal Reserve in Dubai, the CBI reported recognition of Iraq's US dollar distribution system as one of the most monitored and […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) reported that total bank credit extended by operating banks increased by 1.88 percent in the third quarter of 2025, reaching 73,942 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $56.5 billion). This was up from 72,578 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $55.5 billion) in the same period of 2024. (Source: Central […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) reported that retail electronic payments using local cards increased in the third quarter of 2025 to 2,984,232 million Iraqi dinars (approximately $2.28 billion), up from 2,111,296 million Iraqi dinars (approximately $1.61 billion) in the same period of 2024. The bank noted that this growth supports financial […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has announced public tender No. 2025/4 for the provision of transport services for staff of its Mosul branch. The contract covers the operation of 18 vehicles on internal and external transport routes, both within and outside the governorate, in line with the bank's standard non-consultancy services […]
By John Lee. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmen (EBRD) has launched its first-ever investment in Iraq, providing a US$100 million trade finance facility to the National Bank of Iraq (NBI), the country's largest private bank. The facility, extended under the EBRD's Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), will support Iraq's import and export activity by enabling […]
