By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reportedly ruled that banks may disburse customers' dollar-denominated deposits in cash, effective 15 July 2026. According to the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA), a CBI circular sets out the following provisions: Banks may continue to open foreign-currency accounts for customers, with customers entitled to withdraw […]
By John Lee. The Ministry of Planning has hosted a consultative session on the "Journey of the Dollar in the Iraqi Economy: Between Monetary Policy and the Market." Organised by the Department of Economic and Financial Policies, the session brought together department heads and staff to analyse the sources, flows, and impact of foreign currency-primarily […]
By John Lee. Turkiye's Global Odeme Hizmetleri (Get Money Global) has been approved to provide foreign remittance services in Iraq within a credit agreement involving Western Union and MoneyGram. The announcement was made by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) and confirmed by Global Odeme Hizmetleri. (Sources: CBI, Global Odeme Hizmetleri)
Al Taif Money Transfer Co (TMT), the largest money transfer services provider in Iraq has signed up Covalent, a joint venture between TPS and Access Group, for a digital payments platform. Farhan Al Musawi, CEO of Al Taif Group and Al Taif Money Transfer said: “We are pleased to engage with a strategic partnership with […]
Iraq has reportedly reached an agreement with Egypt on the so-called 'yellow remittances' - money owed to Egyptian workers in Iraq since the 1980s. The Egyptians left Iraq after the U.S. invasion, leaving their jobs and their money behind, and did not receive compensation.This has been a source of tension between the two countries ever […]
By T. Keyzom Ngodup, co-founder at Ideas sYnergy. Ideas sYnergy is Iraq’s first multiple bottom line advisory company committed to inclusive economic and social development through market-based solutions that help build and scale youth-driven innovative ideas for social change. An Economist report rightly pointed out that when people in the developed countries worry about […]
