Unibank has completed the placement of a new issuance of dram denominated perpetual bonds ahead of schedule. In total, perpetual bonds worth AMD 6.5 billion and USD 9 million were placed in December, resulting in heightened activity in Armenia’s securities market.

'Monetary transmission – the way in which central bank interest rate decisions transmit to bank loan and deposit rates and hence influence the lending and saving decisions of consumers and businesses – remains constrained by dollarization and shallow local capital markets. It is thus important to develop Armenian dram capital markets, and the CBA is advancing several initiatives in this regard,', IMF Resident Representative in Armenia, Umang Rawat, said in an interview with the ARKA news agency.

Armenia's international gross reserves rose to $4.6 billion in October, which corresponds to 3.7 months of import coverage, as stated in the World Bank's review "Armenia Monthly Economic Update - December 2025".

The IMF views Armenia's banking system as well capitalized and liquid, said Umang Rawat, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia, in an interview with ARKA news agency.

Unibank has completed the placement of a new issuance of dram denominated perpetual bonds ahead of schedule. In total, perpetual bonds worth AMD 6.5 billion and USD 9 million were placed in December, resulting in heightened activity in Armenia’s securities market.

Banks in Armenia and Serbia have tightened checks on Russian transactions following Russia's inclusion on the EU's money laundering blacklist, RBC reports, citing lawyers and international business consultants.

The Eurasian Development Bank's (EDB) total investments in Armenia for 2022-2025 (actual volume) amounted to $380 million, announced Yaroslav Mandron, Deputy Chairman of the EDB Management Board.