Iraq's notary offices ground to a complete halt today after a sudden breakdown in the Ministry of Justice's electronic payment system (Switch), turning citizens into victims of suffocating overcrowding under scorching summer heat. Left unable to complete transactions using the mandatory electronic card in place of cash, hundreds of pending transactions piled up as people wasted hours in endless queues. The outage has raised pressing questions about the absence of a reliable infrastructure to protect the digital payment system from collapse, alongside a suspicious silence from officials who collect commissions without bearing responsibility for the service failure.
Source: Iraqi Fintech Network
