The quality of the loan portfolio of Armenian banks has improved due to a decrease in the share of problem debt from 2.4% to 1.2%, according to the regional economic review of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) “Winter 2024–2025.”
Bank lending growth rates in Armenia exceeded the growth rates of deposits (21.1% and 10.8% y/y, respectively) by the end of September 2024, contributing to the reduction of excess liquidity in the banking sector, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
Amid low inflation rates, the Central Bank of Armenia has substantially eased monetary conditions, but this has had a limited impact on banks' rates, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development's (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
A scheme designed by the Armenian government to support citizens with bad loans started on February 1 with 1000 beneficiaries having already submitted online applications, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs David Khachatryan said today.
Viva Armenia CJSC announces the issuance of nominal, coupon paying bonds. The company has issued dollar-denominated bonds with a total face value of $80 million. The underwriter for these bonds is Ameriabank.
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
ARKA News Agency announces the launch of the updated website Arkatelecom.am — the first specialized resource in the field of high technologies and telecommunications in Armenia, operating since 2008.
The pace of price growth in Armenia is expected to gradually increase in the coming months, driven by the easing of monetary policy and the recovery in global food prices, according to the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Armenia's overall public debt as of December 31, 2024 amounted to $12,842,240,000, increasing by $274.4 million compared to November 30, 2024, the National Statistical Committee said.
Financial intermediation by the Armenian banking system in December 2024 continued to outpace economic activity, also characterized by a higher growth rate of loans compared to deposits, according to the Armenian Ministry of Finance's report titled "Review of Macroeconomic Developments. December 2024." Unlike December 2023, the growth in loan volumes (24.2%) exceeded the growth in deposit volumes (13.9%).
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 an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency CEO of Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) Hayk Yeganyan spoke about the strategy of the exchange, prospects of the securities market development, as well as the obstacles on this path
Andranik Grigoryan, the CEO of Converse Bank, addressed key topics in an interview with AmCham magazine, including customer interests, digital financial services improvement, and Converse Bank's digital team organization. Read the full interview with Andranik Grigoryan
Armenia’s Central Bank is not planning to make changes to or revise its current regulatory framework designed for local commercial banks, the regulator’s press service said in response to ARKA News Agency's inquiry about whether it was planning to toughen prudential requirements for banks, particularly, the liquidity ratio because of the large inflow of non-resident funds
The quality of the loan portfolio of Armenian banks has improved due to a decrease in the share of problem debt from 2.4% to 1.2%, according to the regional economic review of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) “Winter 2024–2025.”
Bank lending growth rates in Armenia exceeded the growth rates of deposits (21.1% and 10.8% y/y, respectively) by the end of September 2024, contributing to the reduction of excess liquidity in the banking sector, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
Amid low inflation rates, the Central Bank of Armenia has substantially eased monetary conditions, but this has had a limited impact on banks' rates, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development's (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
A scheme designed by the Armenian government to support citizens with bad loans started on February 1 with 1000 beneficiaries having already submitted online applications, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs David Khachatryan said today.
Viva Armenia CJSC announces the issuance of nominal, coupon paying bonds. The company has issued dollar-denominated bonds with a total face value of $80 million. The underwriter for these bonds is Ameriabank.
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
ARKA News Agency announces the launch of the updated website Arkatelecom.am — the first specialized resource in the field of high technologies and telecommunications in Armenia, operating since 2008.
The pace of price growth in Armenia is expected to gradually increase in the coming months, driven by the easing of monetary policy and the recovery in global food prices, according to the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Armenia's overall public debt as of December 31, 2024 amounted to $12,842,240,000, increasing by $274.4 million compared to November 30, 2024, the National Statistical Committee said.
Financial intermediation by the Armenian banking system in December 2024 continued to outpace economic activity, also characterized by a higher growth rate of loans compared to deposits, according to the Armenian Ministry of Finance's report titled "Review of Macroeconomic Developments. December 2024." Unlike December 2023, the growth in loan volumes (24.2%) exceeded the growth in deposit volumes (13.9%).
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 an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency CEO of Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) Hayk Yeganyan spoke about the strategy of the exchange, prospects of the securities market development, as well as the obstacles on this path
Andranik Grigoryan, the CEO of Converse Bank, addressed key topics in an interview with AmCham magazine, including customer interests, digital financial services improvement, and Converse Bank's digital team organization. Read the full interview with Andranik Grigoryan
Armenia’s Central Bank is not planning to make changes to or revise its current regulatory framework designed for local commercial banks, the regulator’s press service said in response to ARKA News Agency's inquiry about whether it was planning to toughen prudential requirements for banks, particularly, the liquidity ratio because of the large inflow of non-resident funds
Armenia’s total public debt stood at $6.704.2 billion at the end of June 2018, having decreased by 0.74% or $50.2 million from the previous month, the National Statistical Committee (NSC) reported
The Yerevan-based Converse Bank said today it has revised the lending terms as part of the Affordable Housing for Youth program, as well as the terms of refinancing with the funds of the National Mortgage Company, reducing the interest rates
The Yerevan-based Araratbank has announced a 1% cut in the interest rates on mortgage loans from July 31. It said in a news release that mortgage loans in Armenian drams are provided at 10% interest rate and a repayment period of 20 years
A total of $23.7 billion were remitted to Armenia in 2004-2017 as individual money transfers through the banks, of which $18.2 billion were money transfers for non-commercial purposes, the Central Bank of Armenia said
The VTB Bank (Armenia) has announced a ‘significant’ drop in the annual interest rates on mortgage loans provided in Armenian drams ‘to make mortgage loans available to a wider segment of customers
All 17 Armenia-based commercial banks are in the list of 1000 largest taxpayers for the first half of 2018. They paid about 27.6 billion drams in taxes and duties, up from 21.6 billion drams paid for the first half of 2017, the State Revenue Committee (SRC) said
JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK, one of the largest banks in Armenia
VTB Bank (Armenia) has become the winner in the category “The First Proximity Cards in Armenia” at the forum “Innovation Awards” organized by MasterCard international payment system, the press office of the bank reported on Friday
NASDAQ OMX Armenia’s and Central Depository of Armenia’s supervisory boards have approved the high-level strategy and development plan for 2018-2020, the press office of the stock exchange reported on Wednesday
Moneyto.co.uk, congratulating French National Football Team on their victory at the World Cup, made money transfers to France free, the company said in its press release on Wednesday
“Sevan Startup Summit 2018” was launched in Sevan on July 22, where Converse Bank is involved as a sponsor and a supporter in the capacity of financial service provider to the participants of the event, the bank’s press office reported on Monday