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.

118 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 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$14.2 million$14.2 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
10 December 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$12.8 million$12.8 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$12.8 million$12.8 millionOther reasonsكراج تجس رام اتكاب
8 December 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$11.8 million$11.8 millionWithdrawn at the bank's requestحسب طلب المصرف بكتايهم المرقم 2367/2/971 في 2013/12/8
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$11.7 million$16.2 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$11.5 million$11.5 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$11.2 million$11.2 millionMissing or faulty documentsبسبب عدم تقديم السويات
6 June 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.8 million$14.3 millionThe same customer at more than one bankالثاني لتكرار الفاتورة ايضا تسلسل ,2)
4 November 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.8 million$17.6 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Missing or faulty documentsاستبعدت الحوالة لعدم ختم كشف الحوالة من قبل المصرف استبعد من النقد لتكرار الاسماء في قوائم المصرف والشركات
15 January 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.7 million$11.1 millionOther reasonsالنقد شركة قصر الذهب الختم مستنسخ
19 February 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.6 million$11.4 millionBank below the capital requirement; Missing or faulty documents2-لعدم زيادة راس المال لشركتين لاستلامه الحصة الاسبوعية بتاريخ
14 February 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.6 million$10.6 millionOther reasonsعدم وضوح نوع البضاعة المستبعدة
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.6 million$10.6 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankمب مذكرة المديرية العلمة للصيرفة 192/2/9 في
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.6 million$10.6 millionMissing or faulty documentsستبعد لعدم تقديم سؤيفتات
18 May 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.5 million$10.5 millionBank below the capital requirement; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم قيام المصرف بزيادة رأس ماله بموجب التعليمات
30 May 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.5 million$10.5 millionDuplicate or reused invoiceلاستخدام الفاتورة لأكثر من طلب تحويل تسلسل ,1,2,3)
28 January 2014Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.1 million$10.1 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$10.1 million$10.1 millionOther reasons2014012يفة المرقمة 192/219
5 March 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$10 million$10.3 millionProblem with the import licence; Names or details do not matchاختلاف اسم المحول عن اسم المثبت على اجازة الاستيراد
22 January 2014Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.9 million$9.9 millionOther reasons2014/121سيردة والانتايا ا 0130
4 March 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.8 million$13.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
7 April 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.8 million$10.6 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
16 January 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.7 million$10 millionNames or details do not match; Missing or faulty documents; Penalty on, or suspension of, the bankالحوالة لعدم وضوح اسم المستفيد /النقد شركة قصر الذهب لاختلاف المبلغ المطلوب رقما وكتابة
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.6 million$18.3 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Bank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsاستبعد من النقد لتكرار اسماء الزبائن استبعدت الحوالة لعدم كفاية الرصيد الجاري في حساب المصرف
24 March 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.4 million$10.4 millionHeld back for auditلغرض تدقيق رقم وتاريخ الفاتورة
7 March 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.4 million$9.5 millionHeld back for auditلغرض تدقيق رقم وتاريخ الفاتورة
31 March 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.3 million$10.3 millionMissing or faulty documents25!-2) من شركة الطرد لعدم وجود عدد كامل للاشخاص
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.2 million$9.2 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankحصب كتاب المسيرفة 192/2/9 في 2014/01/21
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$9.1 million$9.1 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
17 November 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9 million$9 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
13 January 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$9 million$9 millionOther reasonsكون توقيع مراقب الامتثال مستنسخ
25 March 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.8 million$13.1 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم ذكر اسم المصرف على الاستمارة
30 October 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.8 million$12.1 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Missing or faulty documentsتبعدت الحوالة لعدم وضوح اسم المدير المفوض على استمارة الشرا تبعد من النقد لتكرار الاسماء ضمن قوائم المصرف نفسه ومع شركة الرياض
9 October 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.7 million$8.7 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankعدم ختم كتاب الاقرار من قبل المصرف
22 September 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.6 million$8.6 millionMissing or faulty documentsلعدم تقديم معلومات السويفت رغم تبليغ المصارف مسبقا بضرورة تقديمها
30 October 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.6 million$8.6 millionOther reasonsعدم ختم كشف الحوالة من قبل المصرف
7 January 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.5 million$8.5 millionMissing or faulty documents; Penalty on, or suspension of, the bankذلك لعدم الاشارة في كتاب التحويل لتعليمات المزاد الاخيرة
28 May 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.5 million$8.8 millionOther reasonsلتجزئة الفاتورة وهذا يخالف التعليمات
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.5 million$8.5 millionOther reasonsعدم وضوح اسم الموقع على استمارة الشراء
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.5 million$8.5 millionOther reasonsتنفسل 2 تحيد الجر ابط لون فى دجرة الاستورر
24 August 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.3 million$8.3 millionOther reasonsزجل لان كشف الحوالات الصادرة يخص يوم 2013/8/31 وهو مقدم يو 2013/8/24 فهو يخص جلسة المزاد التي سوف تنعقد بعد سبعة اي
21 November 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.3 million$8.3 millionMissing or faulty documentsعدم تقديم مبلومات السويات
1 July 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.3 million$17.2 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documents1-لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف بالنسبة للحوالة 2-عدم معرفة اسم الموقع عن المدير المفوض ,شركة المدماك)
23 July 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.3 million$8.3 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bank1- بالنسبة للحوالة ,!حسب كتاب مديرية الصيرفة والانتمان)
15 September 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.2 million$8.2 millionHeld back for auditاغراض تدقيقية
9 September 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.2 million$16.4 millionThe same customer at more than one bankتكرار اسماء الزبائن في الكشوفات المقدمة
undatedMosul Bank for Development & Investment$8.2 million$8.2 millionOther reasonsعدم ختم استمارة المصرف
2 June 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$8 million$8 millionDuplicate or reused invoiceلاستخدام الفاتورة لاكثر من طلب تحويل
12 September 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$7.9 million$7.9 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bank; Withdrawn at the bank's requestحسب طلب المصرف بكتابهم المرقم 1555 في 2013/9/12
22 July 2013Mosul Bank for Development & Investment$7.7 million$16.2 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bank1- بالنسبة للحوالة تم الاستبعاد حسب كتاب مديرية الصيرفة والانتمان اسم المدير المفوض المذكور في كشف المديرية العامة لمراقبة الصيرفة والانتمان مع اسم المدير المفوض الحالي للشركة
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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.