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Monthly Archives: July, 2015

VTB Bank (Armenia) refunds part of interest to faithful customers

About 1,000 customers of VTB Bank (Armenia), who had made their installment repayments in good faith, were refunded part of interest as part of "Super Rate» service

Armenia’s monetary base shrinks 5.1% to AMD 818 billion in June

Armenia's monetary base shrank 5.1% in June 2015, compared with the previous month, to about AMD 818 billion, the National Statistical Service of Armenia reports referring to the central bank's preliminary figures

Armenia’s money stock grows 0.5% to AMD 1 686.9 billion in June

Armenia's money stock grew 0.5% over June 2015 to AMD 1 686.9 billion, the National Statistical Service of Armenia reports referring to the central bank's preliminary figures

Greece denied IMF bailout package: what next?

The board of the International Monetary Fund decided Wednesday that Greece was disqualified for any IMF bailout given its high debt levels and poor reform record, vestifinance.ru reports referring to The Financial Times

VTB bank (Armenia) and Unistream launch ‘Successful Money Transfer’ campaign

VTB Bank (Armenia) and Unistream company have launched today a special campaign dubbed 'Successful Money Transfer' designed for the bank’s individual customers

EBRD places fourth issue of dram coupon bonds worth AMD 2 billion

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has successfully placed the fourth issue of dram coupon bonds (EBRDB4) worth AMD 2 billion with a floating interest rate at NASDAQ OMX Armenia, the press office of the stock exchange reported on Wednesday

AMD 22.5 billion sent to Armenia’s government budget by commercial banks in Jan-June 2015

All the commercial banks operating in Armenia’s territory (21 banks) are included in the list of the country's 1000 biggest taxpayers – they transferred around AMD 22.5 billion in Jan-June 2015 against the same period a year earlier, the government-affiliated State Revenue Committee reports on its website

Armenian economist says EEU member states should switch to mutual settlements in national currencies

In an interview with ARKA news agency Professor Ashot Tavadyan said members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) should switch to mutual settlements of accounts for energy resources in their national currencies

Currency fluctuations do not have impact on the rise in electricity prices, Ashot Tavadyan says

Currency fluctuations do not have a significant impact on the rise in electricity prices in Armenia, Professor Ashot Tavadyan said in an interview with ARKA news agency when presenting the findings of a relating research conducted by a team of experts led by him

Eurasian fund for stabilization and development expects armenian economic growth to slow down to 0.8 percent

Armenia’s economic growth in 2015 may slow down to 0.8%, according to Artak Azizyan, head of a department at the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development, managed by the Eurasian Development Bank

Armenian banks capital grows by 5.4% in first half of 2015 to 502.6 billion drams

The capital of 21 commercial banks operating in Armenia saw a 5.4% increase in the first half of 2015 as opposed to the same time span of 2014 making a total of 502.6 billion drams, according to ARKA news agency's quarterly bulletin "Banks of Armenia."

Central Bank auctions 500 million drams worth short-term government bonds

Armenia’s Central Bank has auctioned today 500 million drams worth short-term government bonds of AMGT1326A159 issue maturing in 13 weeks