The introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would represent a significant shift in Iraq's payment system, enhancing financial efficiency and supervision, according to Mazhar ...

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The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq disclosed that the government is developing a plan for a full-scale digital transformation.

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Aussie-born engineer Robert Pether has been held for the last four years on trumped up fraud charges in Baghdad ...

Central Bank of Iraq is an Iraq-based bank, which organizes the issue and circulation of the currency of the State of Iraq, regulates the exchange and credit policy, licenses and supervises banks, as ...

Mr Pether had worked in the Middle East for almost a decade before taking on a huge rebuild of Iraq's Central Bank headquarters in Baghdad in 2015. Towards the end of the project, a dispute arose ...

The project aims to reduce Iraq’s reliance on oil exports which, according to the World Bank, are virtually ... particularly between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous ...

The latest MENA Economic Monitor Report - Spring 2016, expects Iraq’s economy to recover from a low base ... particularly on investment projects. As a result, the non-oil sector is estimated to have ...