Nearly 200 billion dinars in “fines” from the Central Bank of Iraq on banks and exchange companies

Shafaq News / The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Tuesday that fines imposed on banks and non-banking institutions (exchange companies) amounted to more than 181 billion Iraqi dinars during the past six months.

A table of the bank, which Shafaq News Agency has reviewed, showed that “the fines imposed on banks and financial companies during the past six months, starting from January until the end of last June, amounted to 181 billion, 842 million, 854 thousand, and 458 dinars,” indicating that “the fines also included 151 administrative penalties for these banks and non-banking institutions, distributed between warnings, alerts, and grace periods.”

The table showed that “January witnessed the highest fines on banks and non-financial institutions, as these fines reached 98 billion, 277 million, 722 thousand, and 62 dinars, with 17 administrative penalties, while June witnessed the lowest fines, reaching 2 billion, 829 million, 157 thousand, and 288 dinars, with 30 administrative penalties.”

The table did not show the names of the banks that were fined and subjected to administrative penalties.

The Iraqi Stock Exchange Investors Association had criticized the Central Bank of Iraq’s increase in fines on banks, noting that it would affect the profitability of investors in the shares of these banks.

Shafaq.com