From April 21, transactions made to pay bills will also become strictly possible through a specialized system and by using mobile phone numbers instead of bank card numbers, the CBI’s directive was published on its website.
EghtesadOnline: In what the Central Bank of Iran has referred to as the “first step in improving the security level of platforms for people’s monetary transactions”, the regulator has issued a directive stating that as of Feb. 4, all card not present (CNP) transactions without end-to-end encryption, except those aimed at paying public bills, will be prohibited and any bank that engages in them will be cut off from Shetab interbank and Shaparak payment networks.