Minister of Information and Communications Technology Seyed Sattar Hashemi said that the Iranian government is ready to use capacity of the private sector to provide round-the-clock services to the public.
He
also urged the Post Bank of Iran to redesign its banking procedures in a bid to
meet the needs and expectations of the Generation Z.
The
minister made the remarks in separate meetings with the Iranian businessmen as
well as with the ICT Ministry management including the senior directors of the Post
Bank.
“Privatization
in the ICT sector has been a successful experience in the move toward taking
advantage of the private sector’s capacity as a facilitator to provide
services,” Hashemi said at the meeting with chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture of Iran and chairman of the Chamber of
Trade Unions.
He reiterated
the belief of the government of President Masoud Pezeshkian in the role of the
private sector and added, “This is a challenging but promising path.”
“A
three-phase procedure has been designed to launch the country’s first-ever
ecosystem with the participation of the private sector which will increase Iran’s
e-government index.”
In
the initial phase, the ICT minister continued, “We expect formation of the
ecosystem in at least seven fields of logistics, foreign trade, energy, health,
financial and tax services, and supply chain”.
Hashemi
said that the government does not intend to interfere in the participation of
the private sector and noted, “Public sector’s role will focus on architecture of
the ecosystem”.
Also
during the ICT Ministry’s weekly supervisory meeting dedicated to the operation
of the Post Bank of Iran, the minister termed the Generation Z the key partner
of the future banking.
“Generation
Z is not simply a client rather a partner in tomorrow’s banking,” he stressed, “It
holds the future of economy, technology and social trust in its hands.”
Hashemi
referred to the role of banks in entrepreneurship and said, “A significant
section of the society including the younger generation need vibrant and smart
financial services for their economic activities.”
Instructing
the Post Bank of Iran to increase its relations with the private sector, he
added, “Without such an interaction, it will not be possible to expect a
fundamental transformation in the banking system.”