Employees in Sulaimani province register for MyAccount initiative

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – A reliable source on Thursday told Kurdistan24 that technical affairs employees in Sulaimani province were instructed to register for the MyAccount initiative.

According to the source, representatives of the prime minister's office met with district education directors and directors general of education yesterday in order to discuss the process.

As part of the meeting with the Prime Minister's Office staff, Dilshad Omar, Director General of Education of Sulaimani, met with the directors of education in Halabja, Raparin and Garmiyan.

As part of the meeting, representatives of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government presented several instructions for the quick implementation of the MyAccount initiative.

The pilot project will be finalized in 2025 with the goal of integrating all civil servants into the digital payment system.

The government’s Department of Information Technology (DIT) designed, tested, piloted, and implemented a secure application for onboarding KRG employees into the program in line with the Central Bank of Iraq’s Know-Your-Customer (KYC) needs, according to a press release previously shared with Kurdistan 24.

Four private banks have so far taken part in the project, including Ashur, BBAC, Cihan, and RT Bank.

Erbil currently has about 50 ATMs from five private banks, namely: RT Bank, Cihan Bank, Ashur International Bank, National Bank of Iraq, and BBAC Bank, all of which are synchronized with MyAccount, except for the National Bank of Iraq.

MyAccount Initiative is the KRG's financial inclusion program which aims to "provide public sector beneficiaries with a safe and convenient way to access their salaries."