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The exchange rate for the US dollar compared to the Iraqi dinar remained stable on Wednesday in Baghdad and slightly rose in ...
A deep dive into Iraq's new Electronic Payment Services Regulation No. 2 of 2024. Analysis from ALSAIF Law Firm on the rules, licensing & opportunities in the growing fintech sector ...
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Ten foreign companies to bid for Baghdad airport upgrade
Iraq has chosen 10 foreign companies to bid for a $400 million-600 million project to expand Baghdad’s international airport. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank ...
InstaBank, an Iraq-based digital banking platform, has secured US$15 million in funding to fuel its launch and growth, ...
Burgan Bank announced a partnership deal with SAP, a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, as a strategic ...
Islamic State (IS) militants attacked a village south of Mosul, killing several people including two journalists, even as ...
The jailed leader of a Kurdish militant group renewed Wednesday a call for his fighters to lay down their arms, days before a symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to ...
The negotiations are seen as key to resolving a long-running political and budgetary dispute that has strained ties between ...
By John Lee. State-owned Rasheed Bank has launched specialised loans for purchasing renewable energy systems, specifically solar panels, with financing provided directly by the Central Bank of Iraq ...
The broader impacts, however – inside Iran and across the Middle East – are becoming clearer. It will be a long time, if ever, before we know the full effect on the key targets, which included Iran’s ...
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has announced that bank lending to the private sector grew by 1.1% in Q1 2025, reaching IQD 44.1 trillion [$24.5 billion]. This was up from IQD 43.6 trillion in Q4 2024, ...
How Epirots, Euboeans, and Karpathians ended up in Iran – Their major contribution to the completion of the grand railway ...