Thursday, February 15, 2024
Parliamentary finance likely ‘freeze’ of new Iraqi banks by US Treasury, 15 FEB
Parliamentary finance likely ‘freeze’ of new Iraqi banks by US Treasury
Shafaq News / A member of the parliamentary financial committee, Ikhlas al-Dulaimi, on Wednesday, the US Treasury Department will include new Iraqi banks on the sanctions list unless the Central Bank of Iraq finds solutions to them.
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“On the evening of last Sunday, I met the US Treasury Attache in Baghdad and asked him about the reasons for the freezing of 24 Iraqi banks, and he explained to me that most of the banks transferred large amounts of dollars to Iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and this was the reason for their freezing and stopping them from work,” Al-Dulaimi told Shaf News.
Al-Dulaimi added, “At the moment, there are no banks that may be closed unless there are new breaches, and the banks that have closed some of them are dealing with false documents regarding financial transfers.”
She suggested that “if the situation remains as it is now and the central bank did not find treatments for the situation of these banks in the near future, we could see another meal of banks being frozen and their dealing in dollars banned and this affects the economic situation in the country.”
The US Treasury Department has previously included a number of Iraqi private banks and banking companies on the sanctions list, most recently on January 29, where the US Department announced the placing of Iraq’s “Huda” Bank, on the sanctions list, as a major concern regarding money laundering because it “acts as a channel for the financing of terrorism by Iran.”
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About the sanctions. “Economy News” publishes the outputs of the meeting of the Association of Banks with the Economics of the Parliament, 15 FEB
Economy News – Baghdad
The Committee on Economy, Industry and Trade, headed by MP Ahmed Salim Al-Kanani, discussed today, Wednesday, with the Association of Iraqi Banks and directors of private banks, the sanctions imposed by the US Federal Bank.
The Information Department of the House of Representatives said, in a statement received by “Economy News”, that “the Committee of Economy, Industry and Trade, headed by MP Ahmed Salim Al-Kinani and the presence of its members hosted the Association of Iraqi Banks and Directors of private banks,” noting that “the meeting discussed the sanctions imposed by the US Federal Bank on a number of Iraqi private banks.”
The committee listened to “a detailed explanation provided by the Association of Iraqi Banks and Directors of National Banks about the most important problems and obstacles suffered by private banks, including freezing their balances abroad and stopping foreign transactions and transfers with correspondent banks.”
The Association of Iraqi Banks indicated that “the ban imposed on these banks came with a letter from the Central Bank of Iraq without stating the reasons,” calling on “the House of Representatives and the Parliamentary Economy Committee to intervene to address this issue in cooperation with the Central Bank and the Council of Ministers.”
The participants stressed that “the ban imposed on private banks negatively affected the Iraqi economy, as the private banks constitute more than 47% of the assets, 36% of deposits and 37% of the capital, adding that the prohibited banks constitute 50% of the private banks in Iraq, and this directly affects the performance of the Iraqi economy in a scientific way.”
For his part, the head of the committee stressed that “the House of Representatives pays great attention to this issue as it negatively affects the growth of the Iraqi economy.”
He added that “the committee is following up the matter with the Council of Ministers and the Central Bank of Iraq to find effective solutions that contribute to lifting the ban on these banks.”
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THE IRAQI CENTRAL BANK CANCELS THE OPERATION OF THE LARGEST IRANIAN BANK IN THE COUNTRY
The Central Bank of Iraq has canceled the operating license of the largest Iranian bank in Iraq, the National Bank of Iran (Milli), due to international sanctions and the bank’s limited operations in Iraq, according to what Reuters reported on Thursday.
Reuters said that this decision was contained in a document from the Central Bank of Iraq dated January 31, 2024.The document stated, “In light of the losses incurred by your branch in Iraq, its limited activities, its inability to implement or expand banking activities, and…its inclusion in international sanctions, it has been decided to cancel your license.”
In 2018, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Bank Melli, claiming that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is using it to “distribute funds to Iraqi Shiite armed groups, and that Bank Melli’s presence in Iraq is part of this scheme.”
Iraq, which has reserves of more than $100 billion in the United States, is counting heavily on Washington’s goodwill to ensure that its access to oil revenues and money is not blocked.
Iraq recently banned eight local commercial banks from conducting transactions in US dollars and took measures to limit fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of the US currency in a move welcomed by the US Treasury Department.
According to Iraqi and American officials, Iraq prevented 14 banks in July 2023 from conducting dollar transactions as part of a broader campaign aimed at reducing the smuggling of dollars into Iran through the Iraqi banking system after a request from Washington, according to Reuters.
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