At its meeting on Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly's Committee on Economic Affairs approved draft amendments to the RA Tax Code and the Law "On State Duty," which provide for changes in taxation of the banking sector.
Summer is already in the air across Yerevan. People are choosing to walk more, work from open-air cafés, meet friends outdoors, or simply pause for a few minutes to enjoy their favorite iced latte.
VTB (Armenia) has updated the terms of its consumer loans secured by real estate, making the product more accessible and flexible for retail clients. Under the updated offer, clients can apply for a loan of up to 30 million drams, using residential or commercial real estate as collateral within the country.
In March, commercial bank deposits increased by 2.2% (MoM), while lending grew by 1.6% (MoM), according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Net non-commercial remittances in Armenia increased by 11.7% year-on-year in March, following a 5.2% year-on-year increase in February, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
Inflation in Armenia continued to rise in April amid tensions due to the Middle East conflict and in supply chains, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
From January to April 2026, the Yerevan budget actually received 31.6 billion drams of its planned 28.5 billion drams in revenues, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Armenia's total public debt as of March 31, 2026, amounted to $14,077.138 million, a decrease of $57.761 million compared to February 28, 2026. This is according to a report by the National 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
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly's Committee on Economic Affairs approved draft amendments to the RA Tax Code and the Law "On State Duty," which provide for changes in taxation of the banking sector.
Summer is already in the air across Yerevan. People are choosing to walk more, work from open-air cafés, meet friends outdoors, or simply pause for a few minutes to enjoy their favorite iced latte.
VTB (Armenia) has updated the terms of its consumer loans secured by real estate, making the product more accessible and flexible for retail clients. Under the updated offer, clients can apply for a loan of up to 30 million drams, using residential or commercial real estate as collateral within the country.
In March, commercial bank deposits increased by 2.2% (MoM), while lending grew by 1.6% (MoM), according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Net non-commercial remittances in Armenia increased by 11.7% year-on-year in March, following a 5.2% year-on-year increase in February, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
Inflation in Armenia continued to rise in April amid tensions due to the Middle East conflict and in supply chains, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – May 2026."
From January to April 2026, the Yerevan budget actually received 31.6 billion drams of its planned 28.5 billion drams in revenues, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Armenia's total public debt as of March 31, 2026, amounted to $14,077.138 million, a decrease of $57.761 million compared to February 28, 2026. This is according to a report by the National 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
With the support of the Sport Climbing Federation of Armenia, the “Upside Down” sport climbing festival took place at the Ver Var bouldering gym, with Unibank acting as the sponsor of the event.
The total investment portfolio of Armenian credit institutions in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 100.6 billion drams, according to the consolidated financial report of the country's credit institutions.
Participants of the latest edition of Wizz Air’s “Let’s Get Lost” campaign — travelers who boarded a flight without knowing their final destination — have arrived in Yerevan, Armenia.
The total capital of Armenian credit institutions in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 458.03 billion drams, an increase of 9.76% compared to the first quarter of 2025.
The State Revenue Committee of Armenia has identified a number of violations in the sphere of the purchase and sale of cryptoassets and the provision of related services, the agency reports.
The average market exchange rate for the US dollar to the Armenian dram, formed on the Armenian foreign exchange market as of May 13, 2026, increased by 0.01 points compared to May 12, reaching 368.63 drams.
