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Mar 2024
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Fintech, Crypto and Sanctions in Iraq an...

Lse Middle East Centre
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Iraq’s engagement with fintech is new but rapidly developing, amidst a contemporary economic history that has struggled with foreign intervention and internal corruption, while Iranians have been engaging with a form of fintech - alternative digital currencies - for some time, to evade and work around sanctions and a crippled economy. In this episode we spe ... Show More
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