Financial Tribune - In a recent meeting with lawmakers, chief executives of banks expressed their opposition towards implementation of banking sector reforms. The current economic conditions plus shortcomings in the proposals, especially the inability to address the independence of the Central Bank of Iran, are said to be the main reasons behind ...

IRNA Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemati says banking reforms is on the CBI agenda. 'Necessary programs have been devised for the purpose (banking reforms) and it will run the course gradually after obtaining relevent authorities' consent,' Hemati wrote on his Instagram. He said a group of economists, monetary and banking ...

Financial Tribune - Approved by the Supreme Council of Economic Coordination, the much-touted banking reform plan has officially been put into motion by the Central Bank of Iran. During the councils last meeting, the heads of the three branches of government expressed support for CBI measures to implement the plan. The CBI has pledged to present ...

Al-Monitor | Maziar Motamedi: The arduous path to independence in monetary decision-making from the government that many central banks have gone through remains the road not taken for Iran. But the new Iranian year, which beganMarch 21, holds promise to prove the turning pointbestowing the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) with its long overdue independence ...