Iran's Bank Melli has increased its ATM card-to-card transfer limits tenfold to 100 million tomans and introduced 500,000-toman cheques into its machines. The bank also reported that its internal branch systems successfully processed 150 million transactions today.
In a significant update to Iran's banking regulations, Bank Melli has announced a tenfold increase in its daily ATM transfer limits, effective immediately. Mainstream news aggregator Akharin Khabar announced that the bank raised the ceiling for card-to-card transfers at its ATMs from 10 million tomans to 100 million tomans. Furthermore, the limit for card-to-account cash transfers via Bank Melli ATMs has been extended to 200 million tomans.
The economic update is being widely circulated across Iranian Telegram channels, including crisis-focused platforms. The conflict-monitoring channel Akhbar Fori Khabar Fori Jang Amrika Fori reported, attributing the news to the state-aligned Tasnim News Agency, that alongside the increased transfer limits, new 500,000-toman Iran Cheques have been loaded into the bank's automated teller machines starting today. This was also confirmed by the similarly defense-oriented channel Khabar Fori Jang Iran.
Digital banking operations and internal branch stability were also key focal points of the announcement. The pro-government channel Hamiyan-e Pezeshkian (Supporters of Pezeshkian) noted that the web version of the BAM application is currently active, and the BAM mobile app will connect shortly. Emphasizing the system's operational stability, Khorasan Online stated that all internal branch systems of Bank Melli are connected and that 150 million transactions were successfully processed inside the bank's branches today. Local regional outlets like Akharin Khabar Khouzestan also posted the same update alongside channels such as Khabari Plus.
All sources are virtually identical, circulating a syndicated report originally from Tasnim News Agency. The mass distribution of a banking limit increase across channels typically dedicated to military or war news suggests a coordinated effort to reassure the public regarding the stability and liquidity of the state banking apparatus.