As part of the “Side by Side” initiative, IDBank has launched a new partnership, this time supporting families forcibly displaced from Artsakh who are currently living in the Sevan community.
As part of the collaboration between Acba Bank and Armenian Programs, banking operations and accounting have been combined into a single, integrated system.
Unibank and a four-time champion of Armenia "Alashkert" Football Club, have expanded their partnership, with the Bank becoming the club’s title sponsor.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
On Wednesday, at the opening meeting with the IMF mission delegation to Armenia, led by Alexander Timan, the Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan, discussed recent macroeconomic developments, economic prospects, and key risks.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
Thanks to significant remittance and capital inflows, gross reserves in Armenia rose to a record $6.5 billion in August, equivalent to 4.3 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices account for 57% of inflation, despite a slowdown in their growth rate from 8.6% in June to 6.4% in August, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
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
As part of the “Side by Side” initiative, IDBank has launched a new partnership, this time supporting families forcibly displaced from Artsakh who are currently living in the Sevan community.
As part of the collaboration between Acba Bank and Armenian Programs, banking operations and accounting have been combined into a single, integrated system.
Unibank and a four-time champion of Armenia "Alashkert" Football Club, have expanded their partnership, with the Bank becoming the club’s title sponsor.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
On Wednesday, at the opening meeting with the IMF mission delegation to Armenia, led by Alexander Timan, the Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan, discussed recent macroeconomic developments, economic prospects, and key risks.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
Thanks to significant remittance and capital inflows, gross reserves in Armenia rose to a record $6.5 billion in August, equivalent to 4.3 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices account for 57% of inflation, despite a slowdown in their growth rate from 8.6% in June to 6.4% in August, according to the World Bank's Armenia "Monthly Economic Update – September 2026."
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
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
Robert von Rekowski, an independent member of Ameriabank's Board of Directors, says he is ready to share his experience and help to further the corporate governance of Ameriabank
Development of NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange will give a strong boost to attraction of foreign investments in the Armenian capital market, says Robert von Rekowski, an independent member of Ameriabank's Board of Directors
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, has set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which are effective for this week. The new prices are for one gram of chemically pure metals
On Monday, the Central Bank of Armenia auctioned 26-week AMGT2621A134 and 13-week AMGT13227135 government bonds worth 500 million drams each, the regulator’s press office reports
Last week, the average exchange rate of U.S. dollar at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange fell by 0.36% to 415.50 drams and the weekly trading totaled $7.87 million, which was 28.0% less than the previous week
Armenia’s insurance companies paid a total of about 2,763.6 million drams in 13,947 compensations for mandatory car insurance in the first quarter of 2013, Armenian Motor Insurers’ Bureau reported
VTB Capital, the investment business of VTB group, the second largest Russian bank, has acquired 9.9% of the capital of Bulgarian lender Corporate Commercial Bank from Dewa International Limited
Armenia’s top three insurance companies paid a total of about 1.9 billion drams or 68.7% of the overall volume of car insurance compensations in the first quarter of 2013
Armenian commercial banks purchased over $82 million at an average weighted rate of 416.05 drams per $1 from 15 to 19 April in intra-banking market of foreign currency
The Central Bank of Armenia said Monday total of about $7.87 million was traded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange from 15 to 19 April, as compared to $10.9 million in the week before
