Iran banks lending

EghtesadOnline: Iranian banks allotted loans worth 1.533 quadrillion rials ($40.2 billion) to various economic sectors during the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), indicating an 18.4% growth compared with the same period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian banks' loan portfolio expanded by 40% during the year to March 20 despite grappling with a credit shortage, said the governor of the Central Bank of Iran.