ARKA News Agency congratulates you on the incoming year 2025!

Last week, the Armenian financial market focused on bank restructuring mechanisms, the tax model for bank dividends, the regulatory agenda, comments from international financial institutions, and the development of financial literacy.

There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.

The average market exchange rate of the US dollar to the Armenian dram, formed on the Armenian foreign exchange market on May 25, 2026, increased by 0.04 points compared to May 24 to 368.01 drams.

On Wednesday, the Armenian government approved a proposal to sign a €170.3 million loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, a World Bank entity).

Stablecoins pegged to the Armenian dram will allow the population to make domestic payments and significantly reduce cross-border payment costs, stated Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia, in response to a question from ARKA news agency.