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Currency Auction Results, 2nd Mar

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 32 banks and 20 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Tuesday. A total of $110,748,491 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 1st Mar

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 32 banks and 19 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Tuesday. A total of $118,240,491 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 25th Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 29 banks and 20 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Thursday. A total of $107,780,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Mobile Money Service goes live in Iraq

eServGlobal has announced the commercial launch of mobile money services with Zain Iraq. According to a statement from the company, the service was soft-launched in January and has already attracted strong interest. The service is called 'Zain Cash' and is offered by Iraq Wallet, which is an authorised company from the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI).  […]

Currency Auction Results, 23rd Feb

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 30 banks and 21 remittance companies took part in its currency auction on Tuesday. A total of $103,650,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 22nd 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 Monday. A total of $107,570,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

Currency Auction Results, 18th 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 $111,400,000 sold at a price of 1182 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)

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 […]