Director of Payment Systems Department: Digital Rial will be unveiled on February 18

According to Mohammad Reza Maniketa, Director of the Central Bank’s Payment Systems Department, digital rial will be put into operation in all banks on February 18 with the permission of the Central Bank and used for small payments . It should be noted that other officials of the Central Bank have not yet confirmed the implementation of the digital Rial operational phase on this date.

According to Erzdigital and to quote From the attachment, the digital Rial project has been on the Central Bank’s agenda since 1997, and its pilot implementation was started in 1400 and finally entered the trial phase in 1401.

So far, according to Mohammad Reza Manikta, director of the central bank’s payment systems department, the trial phase of this project has been implemented with 500 users in three banks, Melli, Mellat and Tejarat, and it is planned that with the official unveiling of this project in the middle of February, it will be possible for all banks in the country to distribute Rials. Digital and authentication of users to be provided for its use. It should be noted that other officials of the Central Bank have not yet confirmed the implementation of the digital Rial operational phase on this date.

According to the digital Rial draft, the Central Bank is responsible for managing the life cycle of the digital Rial and defining the access of banks and blocking and activating, and defining and applying macro-policies for the management of the digital Rial ecosystem, and is in charge of the distributed ledger and participates in the verification of transactions and the implementation of smart contracts. . Also, “custodian member” banks are responsible for user authentication and activation of Rial digital wallets.

Ali Salehabadi, the former head of the central bank, said in early 1401 that this year and after the release of the digital rial, people can hand over their rial banknotes to the central bank and receive the equivalent of the rial, that this digital rial cannot be used for investment and is merely a substitute. It will be a banknote.