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Monthly Archives: March, 2020

Armenia’s ruling party nominates its candidate for central bank chairmanship

My Step faction at the Armenian National Assembly nominated yesterday Martin Galstyan to the post of the head of the Central Bank of Armenia, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reported Monday night referring to Artak Manukyan, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for financial and budgetary issues

Armenian deputy prime minister commens on the need to switch to cashless payments as part of the fight against coronavirus

Speaking at a news conference today, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan commented on the need to reduce cash flow in the country and switch to cashless payments as part of the fight against the spread of coronavirus

EDB expects low inflation in Armenia to remain in 2020

In 2020, Armenia’s GDP growth will slow down to 5.6% due to the exhaustion of the effect of a low comparison base in the ore mining sector as well as a reduction in net exports caused by weak external demand, the Eurasian Development Bank’s division for analyses said in its review.

Some 691 million drams raised to support Armenian government‘s efforts to contain spread of coronavirus

Some 691.5 million drams (almost $1.4 million) have been raised so far to support the Armenian government's efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus Covid 19, the Ministry of Finance reported

Armenian banks have revised 200 billion drams worth loans

From March 20 to this day, Armenian banks have revised lending terms for 96,838 individuals and 3,395 legal entities, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said

Fitch ratings: Russian and CIS banks pressured by coronavirus and oil price slump

The economic pressures resulting from the spread of the coronavirus and the lower oil price are credit negative for banks in Russia and neighbouring markets, and could result in negative rating actions, Fitch Ratings says. Fitch has revised banking sector outlooks to negative for seven of the eight markets it covers in the region - Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia. The banking sector outlook for Uzbekistan remains stable

Ardshinbank and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank have signed a USD 20 million loan agreement

Ardshinbank has received the fifth facility from the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in the amount of USD 20 million to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Armenia

Over AMD 512.6 million received on special account in Armenia as donations for struggle against COVID 19

As of 18:00 on Wednesday, March 25, 2,582 transfer transaction totaling over 512.6 million drams (about $ 1.033 million) have been carried out to a special account to support the struggle against coronavirus in Armenia, the press service of the Armenian government reports referring to the finance ministry

Armenian central bank strips Varks AM credit organization of license

The Central Bank of Armenia has announced yesterday the license of Varks AM Credit Organization invalid, the press office of the regulator reported on Wednesday

Armenian central bank condemns attempts of public pressure on financial institutions

The Central Bank of Armenia condemns the attempts of public pressure on financial institutions by various people, the press service of the regulator reports

Armenian premier presents first package of measures to be taken to curb spread of COVID-19

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his Facebook page presented the draft package of first measures to be taken to neutralize the economic consequences of the coronavirus, and also offered to submit proposals and comments on it before March 18, 18:00, by sending them to [email protected]

Armenia’s central bank ceases accepting applications and messages in paper format

Citing the situation caused by the outbreak of coronavirus, Armenia's Central Bank said it ceases accepting applications and messages in paper format (hard copies) starting March 23