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Currency Auction Results, 17th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 28 banks and 20 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Wednesday. A total of $102,220,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 16th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 28 banks and 21 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Tuesday. A total of $101,450,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 15th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 29 banks and 21 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Monday. A total of $118,137,024 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Dana Gas Seller Turns Buyer

By John Lee. An investment manager who correctly predicted that Dana Gas would miss payments on its Islamic bonds in 2012, has said the company's stocks and bonds are now core holdings for his company. Ghassan Chehayeb, who helps manage about $30 million of assets at Houston-based SanctaCapital Group, told Bloomberg that the $2 billion […]

Germany to Lend Iraq $566m

By John Lee. Germany has agreed to lend 500 million-euros ($566 million) to Iraq to help rebuild the country's infrastructure. At a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany also wants to help with the demining of cities and towns in Iraq so that the country's 3 million internally […]

Currency Auction Results, 11th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 28 banks and 19 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Thursday. A total of $130,183,718 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 10th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 26 banks and 19 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Wednesday. A total of $120,740,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

UK Software Firm Wins Contract with TBI

UK-based financial software company Misys announced today that it has been selected by Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) as a strategic partner to assist the bank in upgrading to a next generation digital platform in order to gain a competitive edge in Iraq’s growing banking industry. Hamdiyah Mahmood Faraj Al-Jaff, Chairman, Trade Bank of Iraq […]

Currency Auction Results, 9th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 24 banks and 16 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Tuesday. A total of $121,075,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 5th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 24 banks and 20 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Thursday. A total of $138,559,667 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 3rd Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 25 banks and 20 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Wednesday. A total of $145,982,444 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 28th Jan

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 23 banks and 21 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Wednesday. A total of $150,002,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)