Cyber Security Week in Armenia ended with the Bug Bounty competition with Acba Bank's offensive cyber security team recognized as the best, according to the bank's press service.
The Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs held intensive discussions with representatives of the office of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, the Investigative Committee, and the Central Bank to resolve the problem of citizens affected by cybercrime.
Unibank and Urartu football club announced the start of a long-term partnership. On June 27, 2025, a signing ceremony was held at the club's training base, whereby Unibank has become the title sponsor of the club.
In April 2025, deposits and loans of commercial banks of Armenia increased by 1.5% y/y and 0.8% y/y, respectively, slightly improving the ratio of loans to deposits compared to the figures for the previous year.
The refinancing rate of Armenia's Central Bank will average 6.8% in 2025, according to Eurasian Development Bank's macroeconomic forecast for seven member countries for 2025–2027.
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
The net inflow of private remittances in Armenia from abroad sent through the banks in January-May 2025 amounted to $511.7 million, compared to $449.4 million in January-May 2024, according to a report by the Central Bank.
Armenia will receive a loan and a grant from the German KfW bank for the implementation of the "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development" program.
Armenia’s budget remained in surplus through April, despite a projected deficit, according to World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – June 2025.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the first phase of a program that will improve access to irrigation and drinking water systems in rural and underserved settlements, create jobs, boost economic growth, and strengthen water security and resilience against extreme weather in Armenia.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
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.
Cyber Security Week in Armenia ended with the Bug Bounty competition with Acba Bank's offensive cyber security team recognized as the best, according to the bank's press service.
The Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs held intensive discussions with representatives of the office of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, the Investigative Committee, and the Central Bank to resolve the problem of citizens affected by cybercrime.
Unibank and Urartu football club announced the start of a long-term partnership. On June 27, 2025, a signing ceremony was held at the club's training base, whereby Unibank has become the title sponsor of the club.
In April 2025, deposits and loans of commercial banks of Armenia increased by 1.5% y/y and 0.8% y/y, respectively, slightly improving the ratio of loans to deposits compared to the figures for the previous year.
The refinancing rate of Armenia's Central Bank will average 6.8% in 2025, according to Eurasian Development Bank's macroeconomic forecast for seven member countries for 2025–2027.
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
The net inflow of private remittances in Armenia from abroad sent through the banks in January-May 2025 amounted to $511.7 million, compared to $449.4 million in January-May 2024, according to a report by the Central Bank.
Armenia will receive a loan and a grant from the German KfW bank for the implementation of the "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development" program.
Armenia’s budget remained in surplus through April, despite a projected deficit, according to World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – June 2025.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the first phase of a program that will improve access to irrigation and drinking water systems in rural and underserved settlements, create jobs, boost economic growth, and strengthen water security and resilience against extreme weather in Armenia.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
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.
The Polish side hopes that the Armenian side will fulfill its obligations to implement a program designed to develop the Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX), Polish Deputy Minister of Development and Technologies Grzegorz Piechowiak said Thursday at a meeting of the Armenian-Polish Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation held in Yerevan
Armenia-based commercial banks have set a new record in deposits volume, which have surged to over AMD 5.5 trillion, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a governmental session on Thursday
Moody’s upgraded Converse bank’s BCA to b1 from b2 and affirmed the bank’s long-term deposit ratings at B1. The rating agency also upgraded the outlook on the B1 long-term deposit ratings to stable
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 Armenian parliament approved on Monday an agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).whereby the latter will provide Armenia a EUR 92.3mln loan
Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Government of Armenia's Ba3 local and foreign currency long-term issuer ratings, as well as the foreign currency senior unsecured ratings. Concurrently, Moody's has changed the outlook to stable from negative
Armenian investment company Armbrok earned 4.5 billion drams (about $11.6 mln) in net profit in the first quarter of this year, according to its statements. Net commission income totaled 2.9 billion drams (about $ 7.5 million), compared to only 33 million drams (about $85,500) earned over the same period in 2022, reports forbes.ru
One of the goals of selling the majority stake of the Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) was to attract non-residents, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Armen Nurbekyan said
Armenia's Central Bank has put today into circulation three collector coins- “100th Anniversary of Foundation of Armenian Cinema”, “100th Anniversary of Hagop Hagopian’s Birth” and “Ararat-73 – 50th Anniversary of Golden Double” silver collector coins into circulation
VTB (Armenia) has moved its head office in Yerevan to a new building. The 5000 square meter premises accommodates 400 employees working in all spheres of the business
In an interview with ARKA news agency Secretary General of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges Konstantin Saroyan noted that the Armenian capital market is very developed in terms of technologies and procedures
Over 200 experts from 30 countries have gathered in Yerevan for the annual flagship conference of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges, ConFEAS-2023