Bank Keshavarzi (Agricultural Bank of Iran)

Overview

Bank Keshavarzi (Agricultural Bank of Iran) is Iranian state-owned commercial + agricultural specialist bank + Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling + Iran's primary agricultural + rural commercial bank + founded May 28 1933 in Tehran Iran as Iran's national agricultural commercial bank [1, ir-cro].

History

May 28 1933 — Bank Keshavarzi founded in Tehran Iran as Iran's national agricultural commercial bank under Reza Shah Pahlavi-era Iranian state banking modernisation distinctive Iranian agricultural banking heritage.

1979 — Bank Keshavarzi nationalised post-Iranian Revolution under Islamic Republic of Iran banking nationalisation.

2014 — Bank Keshavarzi Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Bank Keshavarzi Agricultural Bank of Iran (Iranian state-owned commercial + agricultural specialist bank).

Major shareholders: Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling.

Regulators: Central Bank of Iran CBI Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran.

Technical integration

Bank Keshavarzi Mobile app (Android primary; iOS limited due to US sanctions on Apple App Store distribution in Iran) + bki.ir online + Bank Keshavarzi branch network across Iran (Iran's primary agricultural + rural commercial bank) + Keshavarzi Shetab cards (Iranian national card scheme); Shetab Iranian national interbank payment processing system + Shaparak QR Iranian national QR payment scheme + Iranian Rial IRR domestic transfers.

Implementations & partners

Major Iranian banking + payments competitors: [[melli-iran]] (Bank Melli Iran BMI) + [[saderat-iran]] (Bank Saderat Iran BSI) + [[mellat-iran]] (Bank Mellat) + [[tejarat-iran]] (Bank Tejarat) + [[sepah-iran]] (Bank Sepah; Iranian state-owned commercial bank) + [[refah-iran]] (Refah Kargaran Bank) + [[maskan-iran]] (Bank Maskan).

Regulators: Central Bank of Iran CBI Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran.

Status

Active, Iranian state-owned commercial + agricultural specialist bank + Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling + Iran's primary agricultural + rural commercial bank + founded May 28 1933 in Tehran Iran as Iran's national agricultural commercial bank [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Keshavarzi — official
• 2 Keshavarzi — Wikipedia
• ir-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/IR-iran.md

Source

Biography extracted from keshavarzi-iran.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.