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Blu

FintechneobankSaman Bank ›In the registry
Entity IDIR-CO-2225
SectorFintech
Founded2021
HQTehran
VerificationReported
Last reviewed2026-08-13

Blu (BluBank) is the digital neobank of Saman Bank, offering fully online account opening in under seven minutes, unsecured loans without an in-person guarantor, and card management through a mobile app. Launched in 2020, it provides digital banking services without requiring branch visits under Saman Bank's banking license.

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Decision snapshot
Parent and positioning
A fully digital banking service of Bank Saman, which titles its page for Blu the first Iranian neobank. All banking runs through the mobile app and online: the account is opened in under seven minutes with identity checked entirely online, is activated within two hours, and needs no minimum balance.
As at 27 September 2026Company disclosed
Bank Saman electronic banking page on Blu ↗ · retrieved 2026-08-19

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Corporate family
Saman Bank
Blu JuniorFintech

Tracked entities in the same corporate family. Ownership percentages appear in Ownership & capital only when disclosed.

Ownership & capital
Brand to operator, stated by the company itselfCompany disclosed
The company's own page names بلوبانک سامان as the operator behind the brand. The passage is quoted verbatim in the source passage.
blubank.com (company website) ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-17Single read. The sentence appears only after JavaScript runs, so a plain fetch of this URL will not find it.
Signals & timeline, Blu mentions
2026-10-12SnappMarket and Blu Bank launch loans for active supermarkets2026-08-23Tapsifood launches in-store BNPL with Tara, Digipay, Bluebank, AzkiVam

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Source ledger, every field, its evidence
Parent and positioningCompany disclosedAs at 27 September 2026
A fully digital banking service of Bank Saman, which titles its page for Blu the first Iranian neobank. All banking runs through the mobile app and online: the account is opened in under seven minutes with identity checked entirely online, is activated within two hours, and needs no minimum balance.
Bank Saman electronic banking page on Blu ↗ · retrieved 2026-08-19retrieved 2026-08-19
Brand to operator, stated by the company itselfCompany disclosed
The company's own page names بلوبانک سامان as the operator behind the brand. The passage is quoted verbatim in the source passage.
blubank.com (company website) ↗ · retrieved 2026-09-17retrieved 2026-09-17

Last full review: 2026-08-13 · Tehran Index research desk · corrections: desk@tehranindex.com

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Registered entity
Entity notesDigital-only brand of Saman Bank (blubank). App: com.samanpr.blu. CEO loaded 2026-08-13: رضا حیدری, appointed managing director of Blubank. Appointment date not established. Blu is a digital banking platform operating under Bank Saman's licence rather than a separate legal entity.
Official contact
Instagraminstagram.com/blubank_com
Evidence & verification
Verification tierReported, single public source
Primary evidenceblubank.sb24.ir
Registry identifiersWithheld for compliance

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Quick facts
Tehran, Iran
Founded 2021
blubank.sb24.irLinkedIn
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