CBO signs deal with Creditinfo to establish credit and financial information bureau
Muscat – The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) and Creditinfo Group signed an agreement as part of the development of a fullfledged independent credit and financial information bureau called Oman Credit Bureau (OCB).
H E Tahir bin Salim al Amri, executive president of the CBO, signed the agreement with Stefano Stoppani, chief executive officer of Creditinfo Group. According to the terms of the agreement, Creditinfo Group is responsible for providing the hardware equipment, the software, consultancy services, and substantive support for the Bureau.
“The signing of this agreement to establish the Bureau is part of Central Bank of Oman's 2019-2021 strategy,” H E Amri said. “The project is part of The National Program for Enhancing Economic Diversification (Tanfeedh) in coordination with the Implementation Support and Fol- low-up Unit (ISFU). The Bureau once launched will serve as an integrated national credit and financial information centre in the sultanate, which inevitably will help improve the sultanate’s ranking in the sub-index of the Overall Country Ease of Doing Business Ranking issued by World Bank,” he noted.
Aadil Khalifa al Saadi, project manager and manger of banking credit and statistical data department at the CBO said, “The CBO has finalized the draft of the legal framework for the Bureau which will regulate its functions and expand its scope of services in line with the best international standards. The project will be delivered over three phases of 12 months each. Phase1 is planned to be launched by the end of this year.”