Minister denies rumors that he owns credit organization

YEREVAN, December 3. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mesrop Arakelyan denied today rumors circulated in the media that he is the owner of a credit organization called Mogo.

Media reports and social networks posts claimed that the country’s social sector would be headed by a person who “owns a credit organization that robs people, providing loans at 400% interest rate’.

“That credit organization does not belong to me. I worked for it as director and before that I worked for many other banks,” Arakelyan said.

He denied allegations that the credit organization provided loans at 400%, stressing that he did not have such information.

“I think that my work as of minister will give answers to many questions,” Arakelyan said. –0–

spot_img

POPULAR

Unibank Launches Fee-Free Online Payroll Card Issuance

Unibank has introduced the option of remotely applying for Arca Classic payroll cards free of charge.

Investment portfolio of Armenian credit institutions in the first quarter of 2026 exceeded 100.6 billion drams

The total investment portfolio of Armenian credit institutions in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 100.6 billion drams, according to the consolidated financial report of the country's credit institutions.

531,000 pensioners in Armenia are already receiving cashback for non-cash transactions: minister

As of April 2026, 531,000 pensioners and benefit beneficiaries in Armenia were using the cashback program for non-cash purchases, according to RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.

IDBank supports the Opening Event of Wizz Air’s “Let’s Get Lost” Campaign

Participants of the latest edition of Wizz Air’s “Let’s Get Lost” campaign — travelers who boarded a flight without knowing their final destination — have arrived in Yerevan, Armenia.

“Cannot deliver your package”. IDBank warns about fake messages from ‘’HayPost’’

In Armenia, a wave of mass messages is being recorded that exploit trust in the national postal operator HayPost. Attackers use the expectation of the package as a fake reason to steal banking data or install spyware on users’ smartphones.

LATEST NEWS

spot_imgspot_imgspot_img