EghtesadOnline: Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati has again called on lenders to tap into the stock market to improve their books and balance sheets .

EghtesadOnline: A look at the balance sheets of Iranian banks and credit institutions shows that their capacity to create money and allocate credit has been significantly influenced by the current state of liquidity and is expected to drop.

EghtesadOnline: A senior banking official said the steep fall in the value of rial against the US dollar has strained banks’ balance sheets by dealing a blow to their capital levels.