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Prime Minister: The government has placed the issue of economic and banking reform among its most important priorities
2/22/2024 Baghdad
Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani confirmed, on Thursday, that the Iraqi government has placed economic and banking reform among its most important priorities, indicating its endeavor to welcome work in this field.
The Prime Minister’s media office said in a statement, seen by Al-Iqtisad News, that “Al-Sudani received, this afternoon, Thursday, the regional president of Visa, in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Andrew Toure and his accompanying delegation.”
The Prime Minister stressed, according to the statement, that “the government has placed the issue of economic and banking reform among its most important priorities, and it seeks and welcomes cooperation in this field,” pointing to the approval of the electronic payment system in the Council of Ministers, praising the company’s cooperation in expanding electronic payment technology and digital transformation, Whether through training workers in Iraq or by contributing to education for the electronic payment process.”
For his part, the regional president of Visa expressed “the desire to continue cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq and all Iraqi banking sector institutions,” noting that “Visa’s interest in supporting the Iraqi government’s plans towards electronic payment and economic and banking reform, by offering advanced solutions and technologies.” To the market, as well as its readiness to bring expertise, in addition to employing more Iraqis in its office in Baghdad, with the aim of reaching 500,000 acceptance points from points of sale for electronic payment in Iraq. LINK
The outlets seized money in Iraqi dinars and dollars whose owners tried to smuggle them out of the country
Baghdad
On Thursday, the Border Ports Authority announced the seizure of funds in Iraqi dinars and dollars whose owners attempted to smuggle them out of the country.
A statement by the authority, seen by Al-Iqtisad News, said: “The Trebil border port was able to arrest an Iraqi traveler in possession of (7) MasterCard cards at the departures checkpoint without declaring them, and after examining them with the POS machine at the Civil Customs Center, it was found that the total amounts amounted to (52,829,000) fifty-two million eight hundred and twenty-nine thousand Iraqi dinars.”
The statement added, “The Shalamcheh border port was able to arrest an Iraqi traveler in the departure hall who did not have official documents in possession of (62) thousand US dollars. He tried to smuggle it by concealing it in a professional manner.”
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He pointed out, “Their statements were duly recorded and they were referred, along with the seized items, to the competent judicial authorities to take legal measures against them.” LINK
Source: Dinar Recaps
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