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2017-09-14

Central Bank of Iraq Consumer Protection Guide 2023

The Central Bank of Iraq issued the 2023 Consumer Protection Guide to establish binding standards and practices that safeguard consumer rights in banking services. The framework mandates enhanced disclosure, transparency, and product suitability to ensure consumers receive appropriate financial services based on sound decision-making. It further requires banks to align their national operational practices with regulatory stability objectives by proactively addressing current and future consumer needs while mitigating improper service delivery.

Iraq

Central Bank of Iraq

Central Bank of Iraq

Consumer Protection Guide

Objective of Issuing the Consumer Protection Guide:

The issuance of this guide aims to achieve a set of objectives, the most important of which are as follows:

Emphasizing the Central Bank of Iraq's focus on protecting consumer rights, ensuring they receive financial and banking services within an integrated framework of disclosure and transparency, enabling consumers to make sound decisions. It also underscores the importance of banks addressing developments related to current and future consumer needs, providing suitable products for them, and fulfilling their aspirations.
Establishing a set of standards and practices related to bank consumer protection, which serve as the basis for evaluating banks' performance in protecting consumers and applying these standards in this field.
Formulating a general framework focusing on bank responsibilities that contributes to enhancing regulatory objectives supporting financial stability, by strengthening professional practices in providing financial services to consumers at the national level as a response to any improper practices when banks interact with customers.

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Emphasizing what the Central Bank of Iraq dedicates in terms of attention