Granting facilities to more than 1 million people in 9 months
to report Iran is an economistSeyyed Abbas Hosseini, Deputy Minister of Banking, Insurance and State Companies of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, stated in the joint meeting of the Minister of Economy with the representatives of the northern provinces of the country in the Islamic Council: There are many bottlenecks in the country’s banking network that hinder the provision of facilities. It faces problems, one of the most important of which is the issue of banks’ capital; This year, the government and parliament helped to raise 35 thousand billion tomans to increase the capital of state-owned banks through the transfer of shares.
He continued: If we can resolve the concerns in the next year’s budget, which of course we are following up on several issues using different tools, such as the banks seriously sell their surplus property early and from the place of sale of surplus property The basic capital of banks should increase, and in this situation, the power of banks can increase several times.
The Deputy Minister of Economy also said: If we can improve the financial structure of banks by increasing cash capital, a large part of their problems in the field of providing facilities will be solved.
Referring to the direction of the government in facilitating the granting of micro-facilities, he reminded: From February of last year to Mehr, nearly 38 hemats were paid to more than one million people, which is very significant and this amount has not been paid in the history of banking. . Hosseini reminded: This issue is one of the main orientations of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, and in line with this orientation, while the capital of Qarz Al-Hasneh Mehr Bank of Iran was 2500 billion tomans, with the order of the Minister of Economy and the support of the shareholders, it was increased to 5 thousand billion tomans. In the future, it is supposed to reach 10 thousand billion tomans and this direction is being followed up in all covered banks.
He also said: According to the report of the Central Bank, in the first 8 months of this year, 87 loans have been paid, which is equivalent to 108% of the total last year.