▁Te h ran ▁ ▁Pay ment ▁Rece ived ▁controvers ial ▁CE O ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁CE O ▁of ▁the ▁bank ' s ▁ear nings ▁news ▁release ▁( A li ▁Sid qi ) ▁by ▁a ▁news ▁site ▁about ▁the ▁rights ▁and ▁benefits ▁administr ators ▁led ▁to ▁frequent ▁controvers y ▁and ▁debate . ▁ ▁Information ▁technology ▁Bank ▁Ref ah ▁established ▁its ▁first ▁Data ▁Process ing ▁department ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁Data ▁Process ing ▁department ▁was ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁a ▁small ▁IBM ▁ 3 7 0 ▁Main frame ▁computer , ▁which ▁was ▁mainly ▁used ▁for ▁batch ▁processing ▁of ▁depos it ▁and ▁mort g age ▁accounts . ▁The ▁bank ' s ▁IT ▁department ▁was ▁later ▁dissol ved ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁its ▁staff ▁were ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁IT ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁Social ▁Security ▁Organ ization ▁( I SS O ). ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁Electron ic ▁Data ▁Systems ▁( ED S ) ▁was ▁developing ▁a ▁social ▁security ▁application ▁for ▁I SS O ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁man aging ▁I SS O ' s ▁data ▁center . ▁After ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁Revolution ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁the ▁agreement ▁with ▁I SS O ▁( and ▁E DS ) ▁was ▁terminated . ▁Bank ▁Ref ah ▁stopped ▁using ▁I SS O ▁data ▁center ▁and ▁revert ed ▁to ▁manual ▁processing . ▁All ▁business ▁units ▁and ▁bank ▁branches ▁were ▁instruct ed ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁paper - based ▁customer ▁and ▁account ▁led gers . ▁ ▁A ▁few