36 exchanges had no transactions in the last 6 months
According to the report of Iran Economist, citing the public relations of the Central Bank, due to the publication of some false and untrue news and information by a small number of money changers and false statements regarding the status of the activity license, as well as false accusations against the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This bank published a 6-point notice which is as follows.
1- The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to the approvals of the Money and Credit Council, especially the guidelines for the establishment, operation and supervision of exchanges, in order to protect the rights of the people and customers of exchanges, take serious measures to deal with exchanges that do not comply with the minimum requirements and approved regulations. has implemented One of these important requirements, which is based on financial standards, is the need to provide minimum capital for the activity of the exchange, which fortunately, a large number of exchange companies licensed by the Central Bank have adhered to it and have taken the necessary measures in this regard.
2- Cutting off the access of exchange companies to the Sena and Nima systems is not equivalent to revoking the activity license, and if the aforementioned companies take action to increase capital, their access to the aforementioned systems will be restored. In this connection, it should be mentioned that between 01/05/1402, a number of the aforementioned exchanges have taken the necessary action, and as soon as the documents were received by the Central Bank, their access to the aforementioned systems was restored.
3- The regulations related to the capital increase of exchange companies are part of the approvals of the Money and Credit Council and the Executive Board of the Central Bank. In this regard, exchange companies have been obliged to increase their capital since February 2017 according to the Central Bank’s Board of Directors, but after more than four years have passed and despite being given consecutive opportunities, unfortunately, no action has been taken to realize this. They have not done it. Therefore, their access to Nima and Sena systems was cut off on 12/29/1401; An important point is that more than 36 of these exchanges have not registered any transactions in the Senate’s currency monitoring system in the last 6 months, and they have been an example of violation of Article 41, Clause 5 of the Directive on the Establishment, Operation and Supervision of Exchanges. Therefore, the relevant claims about the effective activity of these exchanges in the official market of the country are baseless and untrue.
4- Promulgated regulations by the Money and Credit Council and the Central Bank in order to reduce the operational risk and prevent the losses of exchange customers, and the Central Bank considers itself obliged to protect the rights of the noble people of Iran.
5- Currently, there are 490 exchange companies with a valid license from the Central Bank operating in the country, which consider themselves obliged and bound to comply with relevant laws and regulations, including the laws approved by the Money and Credit Council as well as the regulations approved by the Central Bank Executive Board. .
6- The central bank reserves the right to file a lawsuit against the exporters in order to spread falsehoods and disturb the public mind regarding the published false accusations.
The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran will not make any concessions to the violators in order to stabilize the country’s currency market, and serious dealings with people who do not comply with laws and regulations are on the agenda of this bank, regardless of the media atmosphere, and it is definitely supported and strengthened. Legitimate exchanges are at the top of this bank’s plans.
Compatriots are once again urged to go to exchange offices with a valid license from the Central Bank, the list of which is located in the information base of this bank (https://cbi.ir/showitem/27115.aspx).
According to Fars report, a number of money changers recently published a letter addressed to the president, protesting against the action of the central bank in deactivating more than 100 money changers.
It is stated in this letter: In the harsh conditions of oppressive sanctions, money changers across the country import the currency needed by the country in various ways under difficult conditions that endanger their safety and their families, and in this economic war, as a frontline soldier, it is possible They facilitate economic exchange, but these same soldiers are disarmed every day by the central bank under false pretenses. The central bank, which every day with its strange decisions and directives, has become a factor in increasing the exchange rate and confusing and bothering the people… The rent of the central bank’s activities with a few special exchanges that earned huge revenues in this way, everyone’s voice It has removed money changers and exporters.
In another part of this letter, it is stated: Currently, the central bank has deactivated more than 100 exchanges and is about to deactivate more than 200 exchanges under the pretext of the need to increase the capital of exchanges, that is in Rials. This wrong decision is clearly guided by the think tanks in the central bank that made such prescriptions for the previous heads of the central bank, and the result was nothing but a sharp increase in the exchange rate.
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