Iraq's Corruption
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What the Central Bank refused

From January 2013 to February 2015 the Central Bank's committee turned down $24.6 billion of the banks' requests for dollars, 27% of what they asked for in 2013. The committee wrote down the reason for each refusal in its daily minutes. This page shows those reasons as read from the scanned minutes.

Year by year

YearBanks asked forCommittee refusedShare
2012$270.2 million$0.2 million0%
2013$64.58 billion$17.70 billion27%
2014$40.94 billion$5.97 billion15%
2015(January to February)$2.19 billion$889.6 million41%
Source: The Central Bank committee's daily minutes; rows that pass the arithmetic checks onlyTier A

The reasons the committee wrote down

A single refusal can carry more than one reason, so the amounts here add up to more than the total refused. 9.9% of the reasons cannot be read in the surviving scans.

Every refusal, as read from the scanned minutes

Largest first. Company names are given as read from the scanned minutes. They are not accusations.

193 rows

The reasons were read from scanned pages of the Central Bank's minutes, the reading may contain errors, and the scanned page is the authority.

DateBankRefusedOf a request forReasonAs read from the scanned minutes
8 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$32.7 million$32.7 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
17 May 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$28.6 million$28.6 millionNames or details do not match; Penalty on, or suspension of, the bankالحوالة والنقد لاختلاف اسم المخول لوحدة غسل 28,550,000 الاموال وحسب مذكرة الصيرفة المرقمة 6924/7/9 في 2014/5/6
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$25.3 million$25.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
18 May 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$24 million$24 millionNames or details do not match; Penalty on, or suspension of, the bankاستبعاد لاختلاف اسم مسؤول وحدة غضل الاموال حسب مذكرة الصيرفة المرقمة 6924 في 2014/5/6
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$23.1 million$23.1 millionNames or details do not match23,100,000 الاختلاف مخول وحدة غل الاسوال عن مذكر صيرفة 6924 فى 014/5/6.
27 February 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$21.5 million$21.5 millionOther reasonsامتلعة لحمل الأموافيل مراقب الامتثل يدلا من مدير
26 February 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$20.6 million$20.6 millionOther reasonsلايداعه المبلغ المطلوب قبل يوم واحد خلافا بذلك 20,550,000 للفقرة !أ-15) الاجراءات والضوابط من تعليمات بيع وشراء العملة الاجنبية
3 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$20.2 million$20.2 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$19.5 million$19.5 millionHeld back for auditالا غراض تدقيقية
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$18 million$22 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Missing or faulty documentsستبعدت الحوالة لعدم ادراج اسم المصرف في استمارة الشراء ستبعد من النقد لتكرار الاسماء ضمن قوائم المصرف نفسه ومع مصارف الخليج واميرالد
19 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$17.1 million$17.1 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
30 October 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$17.1 million$21 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Missing or faulty documents; Held back for auditستبعدت الحوالة لعدم تقديم معلومات السويفت وتسلسل 2 لاغراض تدقيقية استبعد من النقد لتكرار 12 اسم ضمن قوانم نفس المصرف ومع مصرف الاقتصاد
25 January 2015Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$17 million$25.3 millionHeld back for auditاستبعاد !ت1 وت3) لاغراض تدقيقية
18 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
22 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
30 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
9 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
13 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
22 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
25 November 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.5 million$16.5 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bank16,500,000 استبعاد كامل حسب مذكرة الصيرفة
16 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.2 million$16.2 millionHeld back for auditالاغراض تدقيقية
24 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.2 million$16.2 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
11 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.2 million$16.2 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
21 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.2 million$16.2 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.1 million$16.1 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
8 January 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16.1 million$20.6 millionOther reasonsميتت متطاية
17 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16 million$16 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
30 November 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$16 million$16 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankحسب مذكرة الصيرفة المؤرخة في
9 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$15.9 million$15.9 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
13 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$15.8 million$15.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
23 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$15.8 million$15.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
2 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$15.8 million$15.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
6 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$15.8 million$15.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
24 July 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$15.8 million$15.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
11 February 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$14.8 million$14.8 millionOther reasonsويعاد تقديم طلب شراء النقد
13 January 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$14.7 million$14.7 millionOther reasonsكون رقم استمارة الشراء مختلف
24 November 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$14.2 million$14.2 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankحسب مذكرة الصيرفة
2 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$14 million$14 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
11 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$14 million$14 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
1 December 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$14 million$14 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
12 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$13.5 million$13.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
3 March 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$13.4 million$13.4 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
27 June 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$13.1 million$13.1 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
3 February 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$13 million$13 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
11 December 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$12.9 million$21.1 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
9 October 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$12.2 million$12.2 millionMissing or faulty documents; Held back for auditاستبعدت الحوالة لاغراض تدقيقية ستبعد النقد لعدم توقيع مراقب الامتثال على قوائم البيع
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$11.8 million$18.1 millionHeld back for auditالاغراض تدفيقية
undatedErbil Bank for Investment & Finance$11.6 million$17.2 millionHeld back for auditاستبعاد جزء من !ت اوت2) لاغراض تداليقية
4 February 2014Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$11 million$11 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدايقية
18 February 2013Erbil Bank for Investment & Finance$10.7 million$10.7 millionProblem with the import licence; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم وجود رقم وتاريخ اجازة الاستيراد
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Company names in the Central Bank's notes are shown as read from the scanned minutes. They are not accusations. If a bank appears on this page, it means only that the committee refused part of its request on that day.