# Bank Maskan

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/maskan-iran
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Maskan — official](https://bank-maskan.ir/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1979

## Overview

**Bank Maskan** is **Iranian state-owned commercial + housing finance bank** + **Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling** + **Iran's primary housing + mortgage commercial bank** + **founded 1979 in Tehran Iran via consolidation of pre-Revolution Iranian housing + mortgage commercial banks** <sup>[1][1], [Iran, Islamic Republic of report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IR)</sup>.

## History

**1979 — Bank Maskan founded in Tehran Iran via consolidation of pre-Revolution Iranian housing + mortgage commercial banks post-Iranian Revolution banking nationalisation** distinctive Iranian housing banking heritage as Iran's primary housing + mortgage commercial bank.

**2014 — Bank Maskan Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Bank Maskan** (Iranian state-owned commercial + housing finance 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

Bank Maskan Mobile app (Android primary; iOS limited due to US sanctions on Apple App Store distribution in Iran) + bank-maskan.ir online + Bank Maskan branch network across Iran (Iran's primary housing + mortgage commercial bank) + Maskan 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) + [Parsian Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/parsian-iran) (Parsian Bank) + [Bank Pasargad](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/pasargad-iran) (Bank Pasargad) + [Refah Kargaran Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/refah-iran) (Refah Kargaran Bank).

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

## Status

**Active, Iranian state-owned commercial + housing finance bank + Iranian government Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ~100%+ controlling + Iran's primary housing + mortgage commercial bank + founded 1979 in Tehran Iran via consolidation of pre-Revolution Iranian housing + mortgage commercial banks** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://bank-maskan.ir/ "Maskan — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Maskan "Maskan — Wikipedia"
[ir-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IR

- [1] [Maskan — official][1]
- [2] [Maskan — 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 [maskan-iran.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/maskan-iran). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.