At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted in the first reading a legislative package amending the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and related laws.
Cross-border remittance inflow to Armenia increased by 2.4% year-on-year in 2025, reaching $5.9 billion, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's March macroeconomic review.
The likelihood of the Central Bank of Armenia switching to tougher monetary rhetoric and potentially raising the rate in the short term may increase, Rafael Mkrtchyan, Head of Corporate Finance at Freedom Broker Armenia, told ARKA news agency.
In January 2026, commercial bank deposits in Armenia decreased by 0.3% (MoM), while loans grew by 1.1% (MoM), according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – March 2026."
The Central Bank of Armenia, together with banks, is ready to introduce stricter mechanisms to prevent telephone fraud, stated regulator head Martin Galstyan, responding to a question from the ARKA news agency.
The loan portfolio of Armenia's banking system increased by 29.89% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, reaching AMD 7.16 trillion.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted amendments to the RA Bankruptcy Code in the first reading, along with the accompanying legislation.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Marnix von Rey noted the importance of approving a new standby arrangement with the IMF and its full implementation.
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
Interest in financial markets is growing in Armenia, and more and more people are thinking about how to build long-term capital. Many don't know where to start or how to avoid mistakes.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted in the first reading a legislative package amending the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and related laws.
Cross-border remittance inflow to Armenia increased by 2.4% year-on-year in 2025, reaching $5.9 billion, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's March macroeconomic review.
The likelihood of the Central Bank of Armenia switching to tougher monetary rhetoric and potentially raising the rate in the short term may increase, Rafael Mkrtchyan, Head of Corporate Finance at Freedom Broker Armenia, told ARKA news agency.
In January 2026, commercial bank deposits in Armenia decreased by 0.3% (MoM), while loans grew by 1.1% (MoM), according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – March 2026."
The Central Bank of Armenia, together with banks, is ready to introduce stricter mechanisms to prevent telephone fraud, stated regulator head Martin Galstyan, responding to a question from the ARKA news agency.
The loan portfolio of Armenia's banking system increased by 29.89% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, reaching AMD 7.16 trillion.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted amendments to the RA Bankruptcy Code in the first reading, along with the accompanying legislation.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Marnix von Rey noted the importance of approving a new standby arrangement with the IMF and its full implementation.
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
Interest in financial markets is growing in Armenia, and more and more people are thinking about how to build long-term capital. Many don't know where to start or how to avoid mistakes.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
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
