Armenia’s CB Chairman to attend Basel III seminar on banking supervisory in Vienna

Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.

Ardshinbank and Ameriabank accounted for 50.30% of the net growth in assets and 51.58% of the net growth in loan portfolios among Armenian banks during the third quarter of 2026, according to an operational bulletin from the ARKA news agency.

In the face of a significant influx of foreign capital, the Central Bank of Armenia periodically conducts currency interventions to prevent serious turmoil in the currency market.

An increase in the refinancing rate does not necessarily mean higher loan prices, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.

Opportunities for attracting private capital, expanding public-private partnerships (PPPs), and implementing the "Crossroads of Peace" project were discussed at a meeting between Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and an Asian Development Bank (ADB) delegation led by Vice President Wempi Saputra.