Iranian banks to amend structure!

Market News

– The Majlis approved an amendment on the General Policies Pertaining to Principle 44 of the Constitution on Wednesday, based on which, Iranian banks & credit institutes, including state and non-governmental banks, established both before and after this law, or state banks whose shares are divested, are only allowed to operate in the form of public joint companies and public joint corporations and up to 10% of their shares can be freely purchased by their owners without needing any permission. Furthermore, the acquisition of shares between 10-20% and 20-33% by the owner is only allowed by the CBI based on the instruction proposed by the CBI and approved by the Money and Credit Council. In addition, the acquisition of other credit institutes’ shares by the owner, who is already in possession of more than 10% of one credit institute, is only possible after the CBI permission.