Financial tech gaining steam in Iran - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Alireza Ramezani

Alireza Ramezani

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A view of some of the stalls at the four-day FINEX 2017 exhibition, Tehran, Iran. Posted April 6, 2017. — Twitter/CCI_Brazil_Iran

An Iranian dealer checks her mobile phone next to stock market activity boards at the stock exchange in the capital Tehran on July 27, 2015. Iran's central bank chief said that Iran has assets of $29 billion in overseas banks that could be unlocked under a nuclear deal struck on July 14, far less than reported estimates of over $100 billion. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

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