The Central Bank of Armenia has decided to maintain the countercyclical capital buffer at 1.75%. This decision was made following an assessment of the macro-financial landscape and trends within the credit market.
In the first quarter of 2025, all 18 commercial banks in Armenia ranked among the top 1,000 taxpayers, collectively contributing AMD 28.3 billion in taxes and duties, as reported by the State Revenue Committee.
In February 2025, deposits in Armenian commercial banks grew by 1% (MoM), while loans decreased by 0.1% (MoM), in both cases the changes were due to funds denominated in drams.
The Armenian Parliamentary Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Affairs gave a positive conclusion at its meeting on Friday on the ratification of the agreement on the investment grant for the "Second Yerevan Energy Efficiency Program" in the amount of EUR 10.1 million.
Financial instruments for supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) were discussed by Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Lilia Sirakanyan and bank representatives.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Iva Petrova visited Yerevan from March 31 to April 10, 2025, to conduct discussions for the fifth review under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Armenia.
Financial instruments for supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) were discussed by Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Lilia Sirakanyan and bank representatives.
On the demand side, average real wages in Armenia have increased in 2025, and net money transfers have shown an upward trend, contributing to consumption growth, according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – April 2025.
Armenia's National Assembly has ratified today a 102 million euro loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, a WB division) on universal health coverage program.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
The Central Bank of Armenia has decided to maintain the countercyclical capital buffer at 1.75%. This decision was made following an assessment of the macro-financial landscape and trends within the credit market.
In the first quarter of 2025, all 18 commercial banks in Armenia ranked among the top 1,000 taxpayers, collectively contributing AMD 28.3 billion in taxes and duties, as reported by the State Revenue Committee.
In February 2025, deposits in Armenian commercial banks grew by 1% (MoM), while loans decreased by 0.1% (MoM), in both cases the changes were due to funds denominated in drams.
The Armenian Parliamentary Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Affairs gave a positive conclusion at its meeting on Friday on the ratification of the agreement on the investment grant for the "Second Yerevan Energy Efficiency Program" in the amount of EUR 10.1 million.
Financial instruments for supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) were discussed by Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Lilia Sirakanyan and bank representatives.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Iva Petrova visited Yerevan from March 31 to April 10, 2025, to conduct discussions for the fifth review under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Armenia.
Financial instruments for supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) were discussed by Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Lilia Sirakanyan and bank representatives.
On the demand side, average real wages in Armenia have increased in 2025, and net money transfers have shown an upward trend, contributing to consumption growth, according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – April 2025.
Armenia's National Assembly has ratified today a 102 million euro loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, a WB division) on universal health coverage program.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
In the first quarter of 2016 Armenia's state budget deficit grew to 31.35 billion drams from 14.5 billion drams in the same period of 2015, according to the National Statistical Service (NSS)
Armenia’s monetary base in March 2016 decreased by 0.8% when compared to February to about 849.8 billion drams, the National Statistical Service (NSS) said citing preliminary data of the Central Bank
A team from Ararat province has won Brain Ring financial and economic quiz, organized by the Central Bank of Armenia and Armenian Youth Achievements NGO
Employees at Areximbanks – Gazprombank Group CJSC have toured schools of Armavir province’s Noravan and Lukashin communities and provided open lessons ‘Armenia’s Financial System’ as part of 'My Finance Month 2016' campaign
Dear friends, on May 1, ARKA news agency will celebrate its 20th anniversary. After two decades of operation ARKA has become an integral part of the Armenian journalism landscape
The list of the 1000 largest Armenian corporate taxpayers in the first quarter of 2016 includes all six insurance companies operating in the country which paid a total of 499 million drams in various taxes
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved April 27 a US$30 million loan for the Power Sector Financial Recovery Program-for-Results (PforR) for Armenia
The list of the 1000 largest corporate Armenian taxpayers for the first quarter of 2016 includes all the local commercial banks, which paid a total of 9.32 billion drams in various taxes
Armenia’s commercial banks invested AMD 173 billion in processing industry in February 2016 showing a 1.46% month-on-month growth, the Central Bank of Armenia reports in a fresh issue of its monthly bulletin
About $730 million of unknown origin has come to Armenia from offshore zones, Heghine Bisharyan, head of Orinats Yerkir party's faction in the National Assembly, said Wednesday at a Q&A session in the parliament
The average market value of US dollar has dropped today by 0.11 percentage points over the Armenian national currency from April 26 to 479.38 drams, the Central Bank said
