Parliamentary Finance for / Nina /: Strengthening the balance of Iraqi banks in foreign currency supports the private sector and the local market, 26 NOV

 Parliamentary Finance for / Nina /: Strengthening the balance of Iraqi banks in foreign currency supports the private sector and the local market

The Parliamentary Finance Committee stressed the importance of strengthening the Iraqi banks’ foreign currency balance to support the private sector and the local market.

The head of the committee, MP Atwan Al-Atwani, said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency. Nina /, “The increase in the currency exchange rate by accredited banks provides another safe path to meet the local market’s needs for foreign currency.”

He added, "The government has established paths for banking work governed by the controls of applicable laws. This will open broad horizons for the national economy and will also provide hard currency to the local market without the need for the central bank to intervene and bear responsibility."

He continued to say, “The private sector can adopt this by dealing with the electronic currency exchange platform, and dealing with trade in a way that ensures controlling the rhythm of market movement, and also part of this initiative is to support the private sector by establishing local projects that can provide foreign currency and achieve automation in the ports.” Border, tax and customs.”

At the beginning of this November, the Central Bank of Iraq agreed with the American side to facilitate procedures for external transfers, including an agreement to directly enhance the advance balance of a number of banks (ten banks) in dollars.   LINK