Monthly Archives: August, 2022

Taxes paid by Armenian banks in first half of 2022 grew by 9.4% to 32.9 billion drams

Sixteen Armenia-based commercial banks paid a total of 32.9 billion drams in various taxes in the first half of 2022, by 2.8 billion drams or 9.4% more than in the same time span in 2021, according to the Union of Armenian Banks (UAB)

Volume of transactions made by Armenian banks’ cards abroad almost doubled in first half of 2022

Banking cards issued by Armenia-based banks were used to make 6,139,854 transactions abroad in the first half of 2022, up 78.2% from the same time span of 2021, according to the Union of Banks of Armenia

Total securities issued by Armenian banks totaled AMD 376bln in first half of 2022

Securities portfolio of Armenian banks totaled AMD 376bln in the first half of 2022, executive director of the Union of Armenian Banks (UBA) Seyran Sargsyan said at a press conference on Friday

The share of non-performing loans of Armenian banks fluctuates within 5-6%

The share of non-performing loans in the portfolio of Armenian banks in the first half of this year fluctuated within 5-6%, Seyran Sargsyan, the Executive Director of the Union of Armenian Banks (UBA), told a news conference today

Armenian banks’ loan portfolio ups 0.7% to about 4 trillion drams

In the first half of 2022, the loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based banks increased by 28 billion drams or 0.7% to about 3.99 trillion drams, the executive director of the Union of Armenian Banks (UBA) Seyran Sargsyan told a press conference today.

Armenian banks’ total capital up 23% to about 1.1 trillion drams

The total capital of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks grew by 23% or 213 billion drams in the first half of 2022 to about 1.14 trillion drams, Seyran Sargsyan, the executive director of the Union of Banks of Armenia told a press conference today

Recommendations on development of settlements in national currencies in EEU approved

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council approved August 25 at a meeting in Cholpan-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, a set of recommendations on expansion of the use of national currencies of the EEU member states in mutual trade, TASS reported citing the press service of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development

VTB (Armenia) clients will be able to receive money transfers from Russia in Armenian drams

VTB bank has launched money transfers from Russia to Armenia in the national currency. The service is available by the recipient's bank details. The money transfer is credited to the account of a VTB (Armenia) customer within one business day, the bank's press service reported today

Money transfers with Visa Direct via AraratMobile App

Visa Direct enables remitters to top up international Visa cards through “Visa international transfer” service of AraratMobile App

There is no place better than Armenia

All the songs, thoughts, plans for the future in and about the motherland: campers know – there is no better place than Armenia. The formula for life is to learn, become a good specialist and strengthen the country

Armenia sees largest inflow of remittances from Russia in June, 2022

In June 2022, Russian households transferred a record $4.65 billion to their accounts in foreign banks, the Russian business daily ‘Kommersant’ says, citing statistics from the Central Bank of Russia

The number of Visa and MasterCard cards issued by Armenian banks rise by 16.2 percent in April and May

The number of Visa and MasterCard banking cards issued by Armenia-based commercial banks in April and May 2022 increased by 16.2% from the same months of 2021 to over 2 million