Iraq's Corruption
The Ledger

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.

147 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 2013Investment Bank of Iraq$43.7 million$43.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
1 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$37.1 million$37.1 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
30 May 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$35.1 million$35.1 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
2 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$34.3 million$38.3 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية الرصيد المصرف
21 May 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$34.3 million$34.3 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Bank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف 1-تكرار اسماء (شركة الانيق وشركة عبر الخليج) 2-نقصر
2 June 2013Al-Huda Bank$34.1 million$38.1 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
1 June 2013Al-Huda Bank$34.1 million$34.1 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
6 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$31.8 million$31.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documents; Held back for auditلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف 1-شركة الكرادة والفيحاء والسهيل وبلودان والسنان والافضل والسبر و الاباء !لاغراض تدقيقية )2-شركة السلسبيل والرونق!عدم وجود
8 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$30.7 million$30.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
8 June 2013International Development Bank (IDB)$30.6 million$30.6 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
22 May 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$29.9 million$29.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undatedAl-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment & Finance$27.8 million$27.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documents1- لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف الذي يبلغ ,!43638038) مليار دينار عراقي 2-بالنسبة للنقد يستبعد لتقديم الطلب في غير الموعد المحدد
undatedUnited Bank for Investment (UBI)$22.9 million$22.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsف لتغطبة طلب لعدم كفاية الرصيد
undated$20.8 million$20.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsالعدم كفاية الرصيد للمصرف لتغطية طلب
undatedAl-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment & Finance$20.7 million$20.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documents20,686,000 لعدم كفاية الرصيد لتغطية طلب البنك
6 June 2013International Development Bank (IDB)$20 million$24 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
6 June 2013Region Trade Bank (RTB, formerly Emerald Bank)$20 million$24 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
23 June 2013Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment & Finance$19.7 million$19.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
30 June 2013Cihan Bank for Islamic Investment & Finance$19 million$19 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undatedUnited Bank for Investment (UBI)$19 million$19 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية الرصيد لتغطية طلب البنك
28 July 2013National Islamic Bank$18.9 million$18.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف حيث ان الرصيد يبلغ 14742655000 دينار
undatedUnited Bank for Investment (UBI)$18.9 million$18.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request18,850,000 البنك كفاية الرصيد للمصرف لتلبية طلب
19 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$18.6 million$18.6 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
18 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$18.6 million$18.6 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
19 June 2013Iraqi Islamic Bank for Investment & Development$17.4 million$17.4 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undatedAl-Huda Bank$17 million$31.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsتم استبعاد احد طلبي الحوالة لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
23 June 2013Iraqi Islamic Bank for Investment & Development$16.9 million$16.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
24 June 2013International Development Bank (IDB)$16.8 million$16.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
8 June 2013Babylon Bank$16.6 million$16.6 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undatedAl-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment & Finance$15.8 million$15.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestلمعدم كفاية قيد RTGS
14 April 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$15.7 million$15.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestعدم كفاية الرصيد
undatedSumer Commercial Bank$15.6 million$15.6 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestالبنك كفاية الرصيد للمصرف لتلبية طلب
undatedIraqi Islamic Bank for Investment & Development$15.2 million$15.2 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
21 July 2013Region Trade Bank (RTB, formerly Emerald Bank)$15.2 million$15.2 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف حيث ان الرصيد يبلغ ,2177604) مليار دينار عراقي
9 June 2013Iraqi Islamic Bank for Investment & Development$15.1 million$15.1 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
12 September 2013Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for Investment & Finance$14.9 million$14.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية الرصيد
undatedSumer Commercial Bank$14.9 million$14.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestالعنه كفاية الرصيد للمصرف لتغطية طلب
undatedSumer Commercial Bank$14.8 million$14.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsالحوالة والنقد لعدم كفاية الرصيد لتغطية طلب البنك
21 July 2013Al-Huda Bank$14.8 million$14.8 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف حيث ان الرصيد يبلغ ,2949110) مليار دينار عراقي
1 July 2013Cihan Bank for Islamic Investment & Finance$14.6 million$14.6 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
23 June 2013Dijlah & Furat Bank for Development & Investment$14.2 million$14.2 millionThe same customer at more than one bank; Bank below the capital requirement; Bank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documents1-لعدم استكمال راس مال المصرف الى 150 مليا 2-لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف 3-لتكرار الاسماء
2 July 2013Cihan Bank for Islamic Investment & Finance$14.2 million$14.2 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undated$14 million$14 millionBank's funds did not cover the requestالينك كفاية الرصيد المصرف لتغطية طلب
18 June 2013Economy Bank for Investment & Finance$14 million$14 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsأ1- عدم كفاية رصيد المصرف 2-لعدم وجود ختم المسؤولين على قوانم
undatedNational Islamic Bank$13.7 million$13.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documents13,704,000 العدم ارفاقه ال RTGS ليوم 2014/03/08
28 May 2013International Development Bank (IDB)$13.7 million$17.7 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsستبعاد الحوالة لعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undated$13.2 million$13.2 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsمرف لتغطية طله العدم كفاية الرصيد للمص البنك
20 June 2013Economy Bank for Investment & Finance$13 million$13 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undatedAl-Huda Bank$12.9 million$12.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف
undatedIraqi Islamic Bank for Investment & Development$12.9 million$12.9 millionBank's funds did not cover the request; Missing or faulty documentsلعدم كفاية رصيد المصرف لتغطية طلب
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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.