Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Al-Sudani Directs The Formation Of A Working Group To Prepare Packages To Deal With The Economic And Financial Situation, 8 oct

 Politics |  07/10/2024   Mawazine News – Baghdad   Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani directed today, Monday, to continue simplifying procedures, pursuing speculators, and reviewing financial and banking reforms.

The Prime Minister's media office said in a statement received by / Mawazine News / that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired a meeting dedicated to reviewing the comprehensive reform plan for the financial and banking sector in Iraq, in the presence of the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, and a number of advisors and directors of government banks."


The Prime Minister stressed "the need to intensify inspection procedures in financial transfer operations, and not to be lenient or lenient in pursuing speculators who exploit the crises that the region is going through, in order to achieve personal profits and benefits at the expense of the public interest of the country, directing the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, and bank directors to simplify procedures for business owners, regarding financial transfers.

" Al-Sudani directed "the formation of a working team, working on preparing packages to deal with the current economic and financial situation, and resuming work with investment tools in the Central Bank of Iraq and linking them to the size of each bank's deposits."

According to the statement, "The meeting discussed financial reforms and monetary policies adopted in light of the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers, where His Excellency directed to fully activate all decisions and review the obstacles that prevented the implementation of some of them."

During the meeting, "the progress of work in the plans prepared within the framework of developing the work of banks, the reform measures undertaken by the banks' administrations with Ernst & Young, and the level of progress achieved in this regard were discussed, in a way that ensures providing the best services to their customers."

The meeting also discussed "the facilities provided by banks in the field of attracting deposits, which enhances the role of the banking sector in financing projects and promoting economic development, and His Excellency directed to review the benefits provided by banks to depositors."

The meeting also addressed "the measures taken to encourage citizens to continue using electronic payment systems, which are witnessing a significant increase in the number of users. In this regard, Mr. Al-Sudani directed to study and launch the government incentive program for the use of electronic payment tools, including cash refunds."   https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=255710

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