The development of digital financial services today involves not only improving existing banking products but also creating specialized platforms that make financial services more efficient and accessible.
Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan and a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)—led by Elisabetta Falcetti, Managing Director for Turkey and the Caucasus—agreed to advance their cooperation agenda during a meeting on Thursday.
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.
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.
During a meeting with a delegation led by Alexander Tieman, Head of the IMF Mission to Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan discussed issues raised within the framework of the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) supported by the IMF.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept its inflation forecast for Armenia unchanged at 4.2% for 2026 and 3.5% for 2027, noting that inflation trends over the first seven months were generally in line with expectations.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan and Lyaziza Sabyrova, Country Director for Armenia at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed new areas of cooperation and infrastructure projects.
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.
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 development of digital financial services today involves not only improving existing banking products but also creating specialized platforms that make financial services more efficient and accessible.
Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan and a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)—led by Elisabetta Falcetti, Managing Director for Turkey and the Caucasus—agreed to advance their cooperation agenda during a meeting on Thursday.
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.
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.
During a meeting with a delegation led by Alexander Tieman, Head of the IMF Mission to Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan discussed issues raised within the framework of the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) supported by the IMF.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept its inflation forecast for Armenia unchanged at 4.2% for 2026 and 3.5% for 2027, noting that inflation trends over the first seven months were generally in line with expectations.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan and Lyaziza Sabyrova, Country Director for Armenia at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed new areas of cooperation and infrastructure projects.
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.
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
Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard&Poor’s have not revised their ratings of one of the largest Russian banks, Gazprombank, which is the sole shareholder of its Armenian subsidiary Areximbank-Gazprombank Group
Armenia’s international gross reserves in June 2014 stood at $1.774.5 billion, a decrease of 4.9 percent from the previous month, the Central Bank said today. The bulk of the reserves were in convertible currency ($1 774.1 billion)
Armenia’s monetary base shrank 5.3% in June 2014, compared with the previous month, to about AMD 713.3 billion, National Statistical Service reports referring to the central bank’s preliminary figures
Overdue loans at Armenia’s commercial banks totaled AMD 25.6 billion in late June after shrinking 7.8% over the month and made up 1.37% of their aggregate loan portfolio, National Statistical Service reports
Federal Reserve on Wednesday upgraded its assessment of the US economy, taking note of a decline in the jobless rate and signaling more comfort that inflation was moving up toward its target
The average weighted market value of the USD has dropped today by 0.05 percentage point against Armenian national currency from July 29 to 406.07 drams, the Central Bank reported
VTB Bank (Armenia), a subsidiary of Russia’s second largest bank, VTB, said on Monday that the new Western sanctions targeting major sectors of the Russian economy, including VTB Bank, will have no impact on its customers
The average market value of USD against Armenia’s national currency has dropped today by 0.05 percentage points from July 25 to 406.57 drams, the Central Bank reported
Six of the seven Armenia-based insurance companies were among the 1000 largest corporate taxpayers in the second quarter of 2014, having paid a total of 1.2 billion drams in various taxes
Dollar-dram exchange transactions made at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange over a period between July 21 and 25 totaled $18.84 million ($1= 406.66 drams, on average) against $21.2 million a week before
Commercial banks bought $84.9 million at 406.06 drams per one dollar over a period between July 21 and 25 at Armenia’s intra-bank forex market, the press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reports
The average market value of USD against Armenia’s national currency has dropped today by 0.04 percentage point from July 24 to 406.52 drams, the central bank reported
