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Here's some articles of Dinarian interests... -Bank Launches E-Loans In Four Catagories. -A Private Company Established To Oversee Development Projects. -Iraq Encourages AMAZON To Build Facilities In Iraq. -US Urges Iraq To Alow Kurd Oil To Flow. Treat as rumors. Not verified. Your opine. KTFA via Clare: A Government bank launches "electronic loans" for four categories. ARTICLE: The state-run Rashid Bank announced on Thursday the launch of personal loans for employees, security forces personnel & retirees whose salaries are domiciled at the bank, as well as entrepreneurship loans. The bank clarified in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, "The application must be submitted exclusively through the Rasheed Bank's electronic application." -Clare: A Gov Meeting Discusses The Establishment Of A Private Company For The Development Road Project. PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired the regular meeting of the Higher Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the Development Road Project on Thursday, in the presence of the Ministers of Transport & Industry, the Chairman of the Investment Commission, the Chairman of the Iraq Development Fund, the Director General of Ports & representatives of Oliver Wyman, which is providing consulting services for the project. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office, a copy of which was received by {Euphrates News}, stated that "the meeting followed up on the project's developments, the progress of work in all its details &discussed establishing a private company for it, in addition to matters related to the conflicts that affect the progress of work on the railway & the highway, the designs of which have been completed & the progress made in the subject of expropriations, antiquities & the treatment of the remains of minefields." The statement added, "The meeting reviewed the Grand Faw Port project & its key developments, such as the submerged tunnel & container yard. A vision was presented regarding the port's expected imports over the coming years, in addition to discussing the costs of insurance & maritime services." The meeting discussed "the issue of identifying and arranging economic opportunities for the financial model, as well as discussing the investment zones that will be offered for investment along the development path." -Clare: Iraq Attempts To Encourage Amazon To Build Facilities Iin Iraq. The Director of the General Company for Post and Savings, Zainab Abdul-Sahib, revealed on Wednesday that the Iraqi Ministry of Communications is trying to encourage Amazon & SHEIN to establish branches in Iraq. In a statement to the state news agency (INA), Abdul-Sahib said that the required facilities & warehouses to establish branches of international e-commerce companies in Iraq have been set up. The Iraqi official explained that the launch of an e-commerce platform in Iraq has become imminent. Plans have been developed for 2025 following the establishment of the fundamental infrastructure by the Ministry of Communications, according to Abdul-Sahib. In order to stay up with global developments, the Iraqi government started planning in 2023 to turn the country’s postal system into automated services as part of its digital transformation initiatives. Increased internet penetration & changing consumer behavior are two factors that have contributed to the enormous growth in e-commerce in Iraq in recent years. Additionally, this change has increased Iraq’s need for trustworthy e-commerce platforms. -Clare: US Urges Iraq To Reach Agreements To Allow Resumption Of Kurdish Oil Exports. WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan 24) Addressing reporters on Wednesday, State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce explained that the U.S. was “urging the Iraqi Government” to reach an understanding with the international oil companies to allow the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region. According to Iraqi authorities, those exports are to restart shortly. although the international oil companies say that more discussion is needed to reach an agreement that will allow for the export of Kurdish oil. As one knowledgeable source told Kurdistan 24, that developments have come as far as this has a lot to do with the pressure exerted by the Trump administration on Baghdad, including the pro-Iranian elements there. As a 2nd source affirmed to Kurdistan 24, the Trump administration is very friendly toward the Kurdistan Region. That was apparent, for example, in a post last week by President Donald Trump on X, highlighting the role of the Peshmerga in the recent assassination of a key ISIS figure. "Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,” Trump wrote last Friday. “His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government & the Kurdish Regional Government.” Background to Oil Export Dispute: Kurdish oil exports stopped in March 2023, when the International Court of Commerce (ICC) ruled in favor of Iraq in a dispute that was 1st brought to the court by Nouri al-Maliki eleven years before—in 2012—when Maliki, a strongly sectarian Shi’ite figure, was Iraq’s PM.