Bankers: isolating the banking sector by the Central Bank Saeb procedure and would disrupt the work

Bankers: isolating the banking sector by the Central Bank Saeb procedure and would disrupt the work of banks in the domestic market

08-10-2013 10:07 AM


Baghdad (news) / report / Hussein Faleh / .. Despite the appeal to some members of the Finance Committee and parliamentary bodies the country's economic isolation of the banking sector by the Central Bank through the enactment of a special allow the establishment of a supreme body an independent banking sector in the country, so that the central bank full-time work to support and stabilize the exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar, but that the number of bankers have expressed their rejection of this proposal, calling it harmful to the banking sector and market activity, he will lose control over the work of banks and makes it work as you like without the presence of sergeant or Haseeb.

They confirmed their talk (of the Agency news) that the body which will be subject to محاصصات partisan and sectarian and will be managed by the people is professionals which ستربك the work of banks and make the economy is moving towards the unknown.

Executive Director of the Association of private banks Abdul Aziz Hassoun, said: You can not isolate the banking sector by the Central Bank in any way, because the banks are permitted itself by the central bank operates under the supervision and control, there is no reason to move away from one another.

Hassoun said (of the Agency news): that the proposal, which goes towards the establishment of a supreme body to monitor the work of banks will not solve the problems of the Iraqi banking sector, saying there are many problems afflicting the sector and need enough time to consider it.

He pointed out: that the Iraqi private banks in particular, they are not deficient work, but work as requested including the central bank, according to the instructions and regulations imposed on them.

He explained: that local banks have evolved a lot and work according to modern technological and now has external relations, and its fully consistent with the work of the central bank, there is no need to isolate this sector by the Central Bank of Iraq.

The banking expert wholesome Abbou has warned: asylum towards a proposal to isolate the banking sector by the Central Bank, stressing that it would disrupt the work of banks and impair the activity of the local market and thus harm the national economy in general.

He said (of the Agency news): that this proposal does not hurt the interests of the economy, not even sector banks, that will make a floundering job banks without having control of the centralized control it, pointing out that the body that will be established, they could not resist what is going on banking and financial activities in country.

He added: that the work of the central bank is monitoring the performance of banks and ensure that depositors' money, through the continuous tracking of the workflow, in addition to policy-making and public interest and the nature of the credit and given the value of the mandatory reserves.

He explained: there are bodies such as the Federation of Iraqi banks and the Government of the civil society organizations, is working to collect opinion and supplement the common policies of the banks studies to develop their work but they are not the Her sinks decision.

While the Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Ahmed iceberg God, he believes: that it is necessary to work towards isolating the banking sector by the Central Bank through the creation of a special body dealing with banks for the purpose of organizing its work and development.

Faizullah said (of the Agency news): The Central Bank of Iraq did not achieve the desired goals in regulation and control and develop the work of the Iraqi banking sector because of concern the monetary policy of the country, and how to support the stability of the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar.

He added: that most of the developed countries, including the United States have a financial center is called the central bank Fed Federal consists of 12 center spread over a number of U.S. mission control and supervision of the work of banks in those states and regions, so as to facilitate the work of banks and financial transfers.

He explained: that in the case of a center or a specialized body to the work of the banks are linked to the work of the central bank and directly, and this is what makes it an urgent necessity to isolate the Iraqi banking sector by the Central Bank after the establishment of an independent body of private banks and banks interested in working on development.

Moreover, the parliamentary Finance Committee demanded the establishment of a special independent body concerned with the affairs of Iraqi banks are in isolation from the central bank to support the development of the banking sector in the country.

A member of the National Alliance MP Secretary Hadi in an earlier statement (the news): The committee called on the federal government to form an independent and non-affiliated private banks hand, focused its work to monitor and develop the work of local banks, two branches of government and the private sector.

The condition Hadi: that shall be composed of persons professionals and people with competence and have a long tradition in the field of banking and non-affiliated to any political party, in order to continue its work towards the development of the banking sector, pointing out that the body is supposed to be in isolation from the Central Bank in order to devote himself to the central bank to stabilize the Iraqi dinar exchange rate against the U.S. dollar.

It is noted that the banking system in Iraq consists of forty-three banks as well as the Central Bank and distributed by ownership between (7) state banks and (30) Bank Ahli including (7) Islamic banks in addition to (6) of foreign banks. / End / 8.'s . /


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