Fri, 4 April
8.1 C
Yerevan
USD: 391.32 RUB: 4.67 EUR: 432.53 GEL: 141.78 GBP: 514.27
spot_img

Bank VTB Armenia receives another tranche of $5 million from EBRD

YEREVAN, December 21, /ARKA/. Bank VTB (Armenia) said today it has reached a fresh tranche of $5 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as part of a $10 million loan agreement to offer credits to micro and small sized enterprises (MSEs) across the country.

Artak Khachatrian, head of a bank department in charge of retail business development, was quoted in a press release as saying that it is the third tranche that will be used to continue lending to micro and small sized businesses.

He said also the bank wants to extend the lending to micro and small companies both in Yerevan and in the country’s regions. The loans are repayable in 5 years and given at 12% interest rate.

The $10 million loan agreement with EBRD was signed in 2009 January under the Armenia Multi-Bank Framework Facility II. It was accompanied by technical assistance under the Armenia Microlending Program, an institution-building Technical Cooperation Program designed to facilitate the MSE lending activities of partner banks. Technical cooperation funds have been provided by the EBRD’s Early Transition Countries Multi-donor Fund and Shareholders’ Special Fund

VTB Bank Armenia is an important player in the local banking sector of Armenia with the largest branch network in the country. It is fully owned by the second largest Russian state-owned bank VTB Group. -0-

spot_img

POPULAR

Insurance market of Armenia is in embryonic state

Insurance market of Armenia is in embryonic state

Arka news agency’s ranking of most profitable Armenian banks in 2019

In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019

Ranking of Armenia’s most profitable banks in 2024

ARKA news agency has released a ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in Armenia in 2024.

Top ten Armenian banks by size of lending in 2019

In 2019, the overall loan portfolio of Armenia's banking sector grew by 16.4% to 3.572.2 trillion drams

LATEST NEWS

spot_imgspot_imgspot_img