Artur Nakhshikyan, Director of Operational Risk Management at the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, has been elected as an independent member of Unibank’s Supervisory Board.
Converse Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a financing agreement of up to USD 15 million aimed at expanding access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Armenia, including women-led businesses, and promoting sustainable investments.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has identified the services sector, construction, and industry as the main drivers of economic growth in Armenia in January–May 2026.
The week in Armenia's financial market was dominated by the debt agenda, Central Bank statements, currency dynamics, and decisions regarding non-cash payments.
The Armenian government aims to bring the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, approximately within five years, stated Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
Artur Nakhshikyan, Director of Operational Risk Management at the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, has been elected as an independent member of Unibank’s Supervisory Board.
Converse Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a financing agreement of up to USD 15 million aimed at expanding access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Armenia, including women-led businesses, and promoting sustainable investments.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has identified the services sector, construction, and industry as the main drivers of economic growth in Armenia in January–May 2026.
The week in Armenia's financial market was dominated by the debt agenda, Central Bank statements, currency dynamics, and decisions regarding non-cash payments.
The Armenian government aims to bring the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, approximately within five years, stated Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
The share of delinquent loans lent to individual customers stood at 32.13 percent of the overall outstanding loan portfolio of Armenian banks at the end of quarter 4, 2012, according to the findings of a study, made by ARKA news agency based on interim financial statements of the banks for the fourth quarter
Three Armenian insurance companies paid more than AMD 6.2 billion in 2012 on obligatory car insurance policies (67.2% of about AMD 9.2 billion, the total amount of the 2012 insurance market’s compensations), according to the information available on the website of Armenian Car Insurers’ Bureau
Armenia’s insurance companies paid 45,661 compensations totaling about AMD 9.2 billion on obligatory car insurance policies, according to the information available on the website of Armenian Car Insurers’ Bureau
Lending to private enterprises by Armenian banks rose by 17.5% to nearly 910 billion drams in 2012, according to interim financial reports of the banks for Q
Student Michael Malkhasyan who won “On a national scale and in the interest of every student” competition and received a personal scholarship from Areximbank-Gazprombank Group
