CBI Chief: Iran to replace dollar with new foreign currency
FNA- Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif underlined that the country is working hard to replace dollar with a…
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Iran to ditch US Dollar in official reports
Financial Tribune- Iran will stop using the US dollar as its currency of choice in its financial and foreign exchange reports from…
CBI chief: Curbing inflation an achievement of Central Bank independence
IRNA – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif has said that control of the inflation rate is an…
Tehran, Bishkek to bump up banking ties
MNA– Iranian and Kyrgyz central bank governors met and discussed elevation of bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Governor of Central Bank…
Iran to chair Islamic finance body IFSB in 2017
Press TV- The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) says Iran will assume its chairmanship in 2017 – a move expected to help…
Seif: Currency switch poses no problem
Financial Tribune- Changing Iran’s monetary unit from rial to toman and the subsequent replacement of all banknotes with the new currency present…
NZ Favors Pickup in Iran Banking Ties
Financial Tribune- New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay emphasized the development of business and banking relations with Iran following the lifting of…
US hindering Iran ties with international banks: Iran central bank governor
Press TV- The governor of the Central Bank of Iran says the US Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act shows…
European insurance company ready to participate in Iran’s market
November 22, The Iran Project – In a meeting with Valiollah Seif the Governor of Central Bank of Iran on Monday, Munich Reinsurance Company officials…
CBI chief urges closer banking cooperation between Iran, Afghanistan
Tasnim– Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif called for efforts to boost banking cooperation between the Islamic Republic and…
Iran criticizes US for blocking trade ties
Iran has refreshed criticisms against the US for failing to facilitate international trade with the country as required by a nuclear deal…
Iran, China set to boost banking coop.
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – CBI governor, while pointing to age-old ties between Iran and China, called for deeper banking relations as…
Iran’s economic growth to reach 5% this year, next: CBI chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif, who is on an official visit to Singapore, predicted that…
CBI chief meets Singaporean bankers
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 25, IRNA – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif has held talks with senior officials…
Iran calls for broadening of banking cooperation with Luxembourg
TEHRAN (FNA)- Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif called for the broadening of economic and banking cooperation with Luxembourg.…
CBI governor blasts US for not fulfilling undertakings under N. deal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif once again lashed out at Washington for not complying with…
Why Iran’s central bank can’t control money markets
TEHRAN, Iran — On Sept. 28, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced a plan that would urge commercial banks as well as…
Iran’s coverage: Iranian official raps US role in Saudi attack on funeral in Yemen
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: US must be held accountable for crimes in Yemen: SNSC official The…
Iran, Malaysia to boost cooperation in Islamic banking: CBI Chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Chief Valiollah Seif, who is in Southeast Asia on an official visit, said Tehran…
CBI chief calls for facilitation of banking ties with Hanoi
Hanoi, Oct 6, IRNA – Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif said that Iran would continue consultations with Vietnamese banking officials to…
CBI Governor: US blocking improvement of Iran-Europe banking ties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif blasted the US for troubling improvement of the relations between…
No ‘Effective’ step taken by West on JCPOA implementation: CBI chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Chief Valiollah Seif on Tuesday slammed the Western parties to the July 2015 nuclear…
CBI chief: Iran-Greece cooperation prospect promising
Athens, Oct. 1, IRNA – Governor of Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif who is on a visit here at the invitation…
Official says US intimidating foreign banks into avoiding business with Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif lashed out at Washington for its lack of commitments to…
Iran introduces credit cards for first time
Iran introduced credit cards for the first time on Sunday, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. Iran is looking to bolster…
France calls for improvement of banking ties with Iran
Tehran, Sept 8, IRNA – Visiting President of French National Assembly Claude Bartolone called for improvement of banking cooperation with Iran in…
Any restriction on giving banking services to Iranians is forbidden
Tehran, Sept 5, IRNA – Imposing any limitation on giving banking services to the Iranians on the pretext of sanctions is forbidden,…
Photos: Tehran hosts Islamic banking conference
“Interaction of Usury Free Banking with International Banking” conference gathered the experts in Tehran today and was attended by Valiollah Seif, Governor…
Iran stands first in Islamic banking assets
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran stands in the first place in terms of Islamic banking assets, said Central Bank of Iran Governor Valiollah Seif.…
Iran seeking major financial reforms: CBI chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Chief Valiollah Seif announced plans for a comprehensive reform of the country’s financial sector,…
Iran assumes SEANZA presidency
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – During the 30th SEANZA’s meeting of central bank governors in Nepal, Iran received the rotating presidency of…
Seif: Economic growth rate pegged at 5%
Mashhad, Razavi Khorassan Prov, July 29, IRNA – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif said on Thursday that…
CBI not to give away banking accounts info. to foreigners
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) dismissed certain assumptions that the CBI would consign banking…
Tehran, Beijing to bolster banking ties
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – CBI governor has announced the plan to develop economic and trade relations with countries which backed Iran…
200 foreign banks start business links with Iran: CBI
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said some 200 foreign banks have so far forged business ties with Iran since…
Iran Central Bank chief hails outcome of JCPOA
Karaj, Alborz prov., June 15, IRNA – Chief of Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif on Wednesday hailed the outcome of Joint…
Iran-Azerbaijan joint bank to operate next year – Iranian CB governor
Tehran. Suleyman Farzaliyev –APA. Iran-Azerbaijan joint bank will begin to operate next year, Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif told APA. “Iranian…
Is Rouhani’s economic team about to crack?
TEHRAN, Iran — A dispute between Ali Tayebnia, the Iranian minister of economic affairs and finance, and Valiollah Seif, the governor of…
Hammond: UK bound to its JCPOA obligations
London, May 21, IRNA – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that his country is bound to its obligations enshrined in the…
Global banks need immunity from allegations of sanctions breaches: CBI chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said the global banks need “reassurances” that they will not…