Bank Saderat Iran

Overview

Bank Saderat Iran (BSI) is Iranian commercial bank + Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance + Iranian Social Security Organisation + Justice Shares Plan ~80%+ aggregate ownership + one of Iran's largest commercial banks by assets + branches + founded Sep 5 1952 in Tehran Iran [1, ir-cro].

History

Sep 5 1952 — Bank Saderat Iran BSI founded in Tehran Iran as Iranian export commercial bank distinctive Iranian banking heritage.

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

2009 — Bank Saderat Iran TSE listing as part of Iranian Justice Shares Plan partial privatisation.

2014 — BSI Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Bank Saderat Iran BSI (Iranian commercial bank).

Major shareholders: Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance + Iranian Social Security Organisation + Justice Shares Plan ~80%+ aggregate ownership + Iranian retail + institutional investors free float.

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

Technical integration

BSI Mobile app (Android primary; iOS limited due to US sanctions on Apple App Store distribution in Iran) + bsi.ir online + Bank Saderat Iran branch network across Iran + Iraq + UAE + Oman + UK + France + Germany + Egypt + Bahrain + Lebanon + Qatar international branches + BSI 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; Iranian state-owned commercial bank; Iran's largest commercial bank by assets + branches) + [[mellat-iran]] (Bank Mellat; Iranian state-owned commercial bank) + [[tejarat-iran]] (Bank Tejarat; Iranian state-owned commercial bank) + [[parsian-iran]] (Parsian Bank; Iranian private commercial bank) + [[pasargad-iran]] (Bank Pasargad; Iranian private commercial bank).

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

Status

Active, Iranian commercial bank + Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance + Iranian Social Security Organisation + Justice Shares Plan ~80%+ aggregate ownership + one of Iran's largest commercial banks by assets + branches + founded Sep 5 1952 in Tehran Iran [1, 2].

Sources

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

Source

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