# Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI)

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> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
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Specifications:
- [EDBI — official](https://edbi.ir/)

## Overview

**Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI)** is **Iranian state-owned commercial + export specialist bank** + **Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling** + **Iran's primary export finance commercial bank** + **founded Jul 22 1991 in Tehran Iran as Iran's export development commercial bank** <sup>[1][1], [Iran, Islamic Republic of report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IR)</sup>.

## History

**Jul 22 1991 — Export Development Bank of Iran EDBI Bank Tose'e Saderat Iran founded in Tehran Iran as Iran's export development commercial bank under Iranian government banking modernisation** distinctive Iranian export banking heritage.

**2014 — EDBI Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Export Development Bank of Iran EDBI Bank Tose'e Saderat Iran** (Iranian state-owned commercial + export specialist bank).

**Major shareholders**: **Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling**.

**Regulators**: **Central Bank of Iran CBI Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran**.

## Technical integration

EDBI Mobile app (Android primary; iOS limited due to US sanctions on Apple App Store distribution in Iran) + edbi.ir online + EDBI branch network across Iran + EDBI Shetab cards (Iranian national card scheme); Shetab Iranian national interbank payment processing system + Shaparak QR Iranian national QR payment scheme + Iranian Rial IRR domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Iranian banking + payments competitors**: [Bank Melli Iran](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/melli-iran) (Bank Melli Iran BMI) + [Bank Saderat Iran](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/saderat-iran) (Bank Saderat Iran BSI) + [Bank Mellat](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mellat-iran) (Bank Mellat) + [Bank Tejarat](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/tejarat-iran) (Bank Tejarat) + [Bank Sepah](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/sepah-iran) (Bank Sepah) + [Bank Keshavarzi (Agricultural Bank of Iran)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/keshavarzi-iran) (Bank Keshavarzi Agricultural Bank of Iran) + [Bank Maskan](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/maskan-iran) (Bank Maskan).

**Regulators**: Central Bank of Iran CBI Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran.

## Status

**Active, Iranian state-owned commercial + export specialist bank + Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling + Iran's primary export finance commercial bank + founded Jul 22 1991 in Tehran Iran as Iran's export development commercial bank** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://edbi.ir/ "EDBI — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Development_Bank_of_Iran "EDBI — Wikipedia"
[ir-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IR

- [1] [EDBI — official][1]
- [2] [EDBI — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Iran, Islamic Republic of report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IR)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/IR-iran.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [export-iran.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/export-iran). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.