Central Bank of Armenia warns about fraudulent surveys and urges not to share banking data

YEREVAN, January 22. /ARКА/. The Central Bank of Armenia does not conduct any surveys regarding citizens’ banking data, the regulator said today.

“We urge citizens to be vigilant and not to provide any data in case of questions sent by phone or from social platforms. Financial institutions have all relevant data: there is no need for such surveys,” the Central Bank said in a Facebook post. -0-

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