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.

145 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
6 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$56.8 million$56.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
8 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$41.5 million$41.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
9 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$27.1 million$27.1 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
undatedNorth Bank for Finance & Investment$26 million$26 millionOther reasons2074/0412 26,021,000 الصيرفة العرقمة 41318/2/9
23 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$24.3 million$24.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
18 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$22.8 million$22.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
10 April 2014North Bank for Finance & Investment$22.7 million$22.7 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankالحوالة بموجب مذكرة الصيرفة المرقمة 1318/2/9 في 2014/04/02 وهموجب كتاب المصرف المر 2654 في 2014/4/8 النقد بداء على طلب المصرة 2600 في 2014/4/7
19 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$22.1 million$22.1 millionHeld back for auditالاغراض تدفيقية
27 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$21.4 million$21.4 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
20 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$21 million$21 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
13 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$21 million$21 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
24 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$21 million$21 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
29 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$21 million$21 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
3 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$20.9 million$20.9 millionHeld back for auditيستبعد لاغراض تدقيقية
undatedNorth Bank for Finance & Investment$20.9 million$20.9 millionOther reasonsو يسْع املر 4 دع لمناء عن حي الصال الساعة من فإل الندهر المفرض
12 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$20.3 million$20.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
1 July 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$20.3 million$20.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
11 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$20.3 million$20.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
22 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$20.3 million$20.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
30 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$20.3 million$20.3 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
26 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$19.5 million$19.5 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
2 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$19 million$19 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
25 June 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$18.8 million$18.8 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية
8 January 2014North Bank for Finance & Investment$16.7 million$16.7 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
11 February 2015North Bank for Finance & Investment$15.9 million$15.9 millionOther reasons15/2ب المصرف المركم 934 في
undatedNorth Bank for Finance & Investment$15.9 million$15.9 millionOther reasons15/2ب المصرف المركم 934 في
25 November 2014North Bank for Finance & Investment$15.6 million$15.6 millionHeld back for audit15,584,000 لاغراض تدقيقية
8 January 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$14.9 million$14.9 millionOther reasonsكون شركة افاق المستقبل شركة واجهيه لم تقدم اي اوليات عند طلبها من قبل المستوردين
10 January 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$14.7 million$14.7 millionOther reasonsكون الاختام مستنسخة على الطلبات
9 October 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$13.7 million$13.7 millionMissing or faulty documentsعدم تقديم معلومات السويفت
6 November 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$13.6 million$13.6 millionNo reason given, or unreadable
undatedNorth Bank for Finance & Investment$13 million$17.2 millionOther reasonsتفل 3و 4 الهم ام مض عالاية
10 April 2014North Bank for Finance & Investment$11.7 million$11.7 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankبزقة المرقسة 1318/2/9/د موجب مذكرة ال 1127/مزاد في 2014/4/9
14 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$11.4 million$11.4 millionProblem with the import licenceتاريخ اجازة الاستيراد قديم
24 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$11.4 million$11.4 millionHeld back for auditاوراق تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
19 February 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$11.1 million$11.1 millionMissing or faulty documentsعدم وجود ختم المصرف على اوراق شركتي الصيرفة
undatedNorth Bank for Finance & Investment$10.6 million$18.4 millionHeld back for auditاستبعاد !ت اوت2) لاغراض تديقية
24 February 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$10.3 million$10.3 millionCustomer in breach of anti-money-laundering rulesوجود زبون مخالف لتعليمات غسيل الاموال
10 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$10.3 million$14.3 millionCustomer in breach of anti-money-laundering rulesوجود زبون مخالف لتعليمات غسيل الاموال
21 November 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$10.2 million$14.5 millionOther reasonsسئصل 1 و 2و 3 لاكراض تكقيقية
7 October 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$10.1 million$10.1 millionNames or details do not matchلمبلغ المقدم لا يتطابق مع المبلغ في كشف الحوالة
18 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.9 million$9.9 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
7 April 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.7 million$9.7 millionCompany's activity does not match the goods; Names or details do not matchاختلاف النشاط التجاري للزبون
19 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.7 million$9.9 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
14 December 2014North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.5 million$9.5 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bankم* الزبون محروم بحسب مذكرة الصي لمة 4176/2/9 فى 14/10/19
5 April 2014North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.5 million$9.5 millionPenalty on, or suspension of, the bank9,471,000 وفقا لمذكرة الصيرفة المرقمة 1318/2/9 في
28 February 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.2 million$9.2 millionCustomer in breach of anti-money-laundering rulesوجود زبون مخالف لتعليمات غسيل الاموال
13 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.2 million$9.4 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
3 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9.1 million$9.1 millionCustomer in breach of anti-money-laundering rules; Missing or faulty documentsوجود زبون مخالف لتعليمات غسيل الاموال 1-حسب القوائم المرفقة 2-لعدم ورود الطلب
12 March 2013North Bank for Finance & Investment$9 million$9 millionHeld back for auditلاغراض تدقيقية تتعلق بالزبون
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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.