By Winthrop Rodgers, for Rest of World. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Why cash is still king in Iraq After decades of war, displacement, and sanctions, Iraq remains cut off from the global financial system. Click here to read the […]
Miswag, Iraq's leading e-commerce platform, today announced the successful closing of its second round of seed funding. Coordinated by Iraq Tech Ventures and led by Euphrates Iraq Fund and Shwan Ibrahim Taha, Chairman of Rabee Securities, this round was funded by the same consortium of institutional and individual investors from the Middle East and United […]
Ooredoo is expanding its mobile financial services (MFS) following the launch of AsiaHawala exclusively with Asiacell, part of Ooredoo Group, in December 2015. AsiaHawala is the first-ever mobile money service provider to launch in Iraq, licenced by the Central Bank of Iraq. The service enables Asiacell customers to make a number of Mobile Money transactions […]
