Converse Bank (Armenia) and Asia Alliance Bank (Uzbekistan) have officially launched a strategic partnership. On October 21, in Vienna, the parties signed two key agreements: one on the opening and management of international correspondent accounts, and another on cooperation in foreign exchange and money markets.
The Central Bank of Armenia's cybersecurity standards are on par with those of developed central banks worldwide and has been successfully implementing international security standards for nearly two decades.
Converse Bank has been awarded the BACEE Award for International Banking Co-operation during the 50th Jubilee Conference of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE).
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.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
In August, commercial bank deposits and credit in Armenia grew 1.9 percent (mom), according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
In September, the AMD/USD exchange rate remained stable mom, appreciating 1.2 percent in yoy terms, according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
Armenia’s Central Bank (CBA) decided to keep the policy rate at 6.75 percent, while signaling a gradually easing cycle, with plans to reduce the refinancing rate to around 6.25 percent over the next 12 months.
In August, net non-commercial money transfers to Armenia continued to recover, rising 29.1 percent (yoy), the World Bank says in its latest Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025 report.
Given significant uncertainty, the Central Bank of Armenia should continue to closely monitor economic trends and inflation expectations and be prepared to adjust the refinancing rate if necessary, the IMF said in a statement following the visit of the Fund mission, led by Alexander Timan, to Yerevan from September 17-30.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Converse Bank (Armenia) and Asia Alliance Bank (Uzbekistan) have officially launched a strategic partnership. On October 21, in Vienna, the parties signed two key agreements: one on the opening and management of international correspondent accounts, and another on cooperation in foreign exchange and money markets.
The Central Bank of Armenia's cybersecurity standards are on par with those of developed central banks worldwide and has been successfully implementing international security standards for nearly two decades.
Converse Bank has been awarded the BACEE Award for International Banking Co-operation during the 50th Jubilee Conference of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE).
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.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
In August, commercial bank deposits and credit in Armenia grew 1.9 percent (mom), according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
In September, the AMD/USD exchange rate remained stable mom, appreciating 1.2 percent in yoy terms, according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
Armenia’s Central Bank (CBA) decided to keep the policy rate at 6.75 percent, while signaling a gradually easing cycle, with plans to reduce the refinancing rate to around 6.25 percent over the next 12 months.
In August, net non-commercial money transfers to Armenia continued to recover, rising 29.1 percent (yoy), the World Bank says in its latest Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025 report.
Given significant uncertainty, the Central Bank of Armenia should continue to closely monitor economic trends and inflation expectations and be prepared to adjust the refinancing rate if necessary, the IMF said in a statement following the visit of the Fund mission, led by Alexander Timan, to Yerevan from September 17-30.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
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 gross international reserves in January 2017 stood at $2. 067.3 billion, having decreased by 6% or $133 million over the previous month, according to the Central Bank of Armenia
Armenia’s money supply in January 2017 decreased by 0.86% from December 2016 to about 2.161.3 trillion drams, according to the National Statistical Service
Armenia's monetary base shrank 12.1% in January 2017, compared with December 2016, to AMD 916.4 billion, the National Statistical Service reports referring to the central bank's preliminary figures
Armenia’s Central Bank said it will continue the easing monetary policy in the first quarter of 2017. The decision is prompted by the restrained fiscal policy of the government in 2017 as compared to the previous year, the regulator said in a report on inflation in the 4th quarter of 2016
ARKA news agency has compiled the ranking of Armenian banks by the number of their branches. Overall, there are now 538 bank branches across the country, 229 of which in the capital city Yerevan. It should be noted that 2 out of 17 banks - Armswissbank and Bank Mellat- have no branches at all
Six Armenia-based insurance companies collected a total of 17.8 billion drams in 2016 as premiums for mandatory insurance of vehicles and paid 8.8 billion drams in damage compensation claims, according to ARKA news agency’s bulletin "Insurance companies of Armenia" for the fourth quarter of 2016
To save its clients’ time and improve the quality of its services VTB Bank (Armenia) has made loan-formalizing procedures faster – it will transfer consumer loans – a sum equal to the borrower’s eight-fold salary and up to AMD 4 million - to MasterCard Instant issue card, the bank’s press office reported on Thursday
FINCA Universal Credit Organization’s bonds (FNCAB1) were admitted Wednesday to trading at NASDAQ OMX Armenia, according to the stock exchange’s news release
