Unibank offers Mastercard World "Travel" cards, designed specifically for clients who travel frequently and value convenience, reliability, and additional privileges.
Byblos Bank Armenia has joined FinTech Armenia Association as a Founding Member, marking a significant milestone in the Bank’s ongoing efforts to drive digital transformation and innovation within the financial sector.
The Central Bank of Armenia website and the centralized registry of bank accounts may be temporarily unavailable on April 14 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM due to scheduled maintenance of the information systems.
Unibank has been awarded the Client Protection Certification by MFR, a global rating agency, providing assessments, data and technical expertise for the sustainable finance industry.
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.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts real GDP growth for Armenia at 5.3% in 2026 and 5.5% in 2027, according to the April World Economic Outlook, published on April 14.
Last week, the Armenian financial market focused on, among other things, statements by the Central Bank's management on macroeconomic risks, assessments of the possible inflationary impact of external shocks, discussions of stablecoins, and the development of regional payment infrastructure.
In the first quarter of 2026, Yerevan's budget actually received 22.3 billion drams, compared to its planned revenue of 20.8 billion drams, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Twelve-month inflation in the Armenian consumer market in March of this year was 4.5%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
Unibank offers Mastercard World "Travel" cards, designed specifically for clients who travel frequently and value convenience, reliability, and additional privileges.
Byblos Bank Armenia has joined FinTech Armenia Association as a Founding Member, marking a significant milestone in the Bank’s ongoing efforts to drive digital transformation and innovation within the financial sector.
The Central Bank of Armenia website and the centralized registry of bank accounts may be temporarily unavailable on April 14 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM due to scheduled maintenance of the information systems.
Unibank has been awarded the Client Protection Certification by MFR, a global rating agency, providing assessments, data and technical expertise for the sustainable finance industry.
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.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts real GDP growth for Armenia at 5.3% in 2026 and 5.5% in 2027, according to the April World Economic Outlook, published on April 14.
Last week, the Armenian financial market focused on, among other things, statements by the Central Bank's management on macroeconomic risks, assessments of the possible inflationary impact of external shocks, discussions of stablecoins, and the development of regional payment infrastructure.
In the first quarter of 2026, Yerevan's budget actually received 22.3 billion drams, compared to its planned revenue of 20.8 billion drams, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Twelve-month inflation in the Armenian consumer market in March of this year was 4.5%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
In the first six months of 2022, Armenian funded pension funds recorded a negative result in terms of yield, Deputy Executive Director of Amundi-ACBA Asset Management and coordinator of the funds Hrayr Aslanyan said at a press conference on Friday
Yerevan Municipality and the Central Bank of Armenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop an efficient electronic accounting systems and application of debt instruments, Yerevan Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan said on his Facebook page
Sixteen out of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks are in the list of the 1000 largest corporate taxpayers in the first half of 2022 having paid about 32.9bln drams in various taxes, according to the State Revenue Committee (SRC)
The Russian edition of Forbes magazine says that for many Russians opening an account in a foreign bank has become an urgent necessity in recent months. In early July, Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said that since March, 2022 nearly 30,000 Russian citizens moved to Yerevan "for a long-term stay"
The central banks of many former Soviet republics saw a surge in remittances from Russia in April and May of 2022, according to a Russian business daily Kommersant
The impact of foreign trade and remittances along with high rate of dollarization in savings makes exchange rate very important factor for the Armenian economy, according to the quarterly macroeconomic report ‘Impact of Regional Exchange Rates on Inflation’ released by Ameria advisory firm
Lalvar, Kaputkeni and Jrjruk grape varieties grown in the Armenian province of Tavush, Khndogni in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Areni in Vayots Dzor: WineWorks has mapped Armenian grape varieties by region, the press service of Acba Bank reported
On July 19, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Poland on an official visit, had a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of the country Jacek Sasin
The business community of Armenia is dissatisfied with a package of proposals, designed by the State Revenue Committee (SRC) to amend the Law on Banking Secrecy and other related laws
The share of mutual settlements between Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member states in national currencies is likely to reach 80% in 2022, spokeswoman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina told a press briefing today in Moscow
