YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. The total investment portfolio of commercial banks in Armenia at the end of June 2026 amounted to 1,933,341,220 thousand drams, a decrease of 202.38 billion drams, or 9.48%, year-to-date. This is according to the ARKA news agency’s bulletin “Performance Indicators of Armenian Banks.” Q2 2026.”
In the second quarter alone, the banks’ investment portfolio decreased by 280.76 billion drams, or 12.68%.
The bulk of the portfolio—1.26 trillion drams, or 65.17%—was made up of investments held to maturity.
The volume of investments held for sale reached 624.15 billion drams, accounting for 32.28%. Financial investments for commercial purposes accounted for 38.72 billion drams, or 2% of the total portfolio, while investments in the authorized capital of controlled entities accounted for 10.51 billion drams, or 0.54%.
Ardshinbank had the largest investment portfolio at the end of June, at 306.45 billion drams. Since the beginning of the year, this figure has decreased by 29.86%, and in the second quarter, by 40.4%.
AMIO Bank ranked second in terms of investment portfolio size with a figure of 259.92 billion drams, up 7.2% year-to-date and down 4.6% quarter-on-quarter. It was followed by Ameriabank with 210.07 billion drams (down 17.26% year-to-date and 0.84% quarter-on-quarter), Inecobank with 175.1 billion drams (down 4.55% year-to-date and 6.64% quarter-on-quarter), and ArmSwissBank with 172.08 billion drams (down 9.75% year-to-date and 4.38% quarter-on-quarter).
Fast Bank demonstrated the largest investment portfolio growth in the second quarter, up 70.53% to 38.76 billion drams. Armeconombank’s figure increased by 5.51%, to 103.16 billion drams, while Unibank’s investment portfolio increased by 5.39%, to 26.43 billion drams.
Since the beginning of the year, the most significant growth was recorded by Byblos Bank Armenia (37.64%), Fast Bank (37.51%), and Armeconombank (15.4%).
The most significant decrease in the investment portfolio since the beginning of the year was recorded by Ardshinbank (29.86%), Converse Bank (20.16%), Ameriabank (17.26%), Evocabank (14.37%), and IDBank (13.85%).
As of June 30, 2026, there were 17 commercial banks operating in Armenia. The average investment portfolio of one bank was 113.73 billion drams.
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