Armenia's Central Bank is investigating possible vulnerabilities in the protection of online express lending systems due to the increasing number of fraud cases, Central Bank head Martin Galstyan said.
Compared to previous surveys, market participants' expectations regarding the Central Bank of Armenia's refinancing rate have slightly adjusted downwards, reflecting the trajectory of a gradual reduction in the refinancing rate over the next eight decisions.
VTB (Armenia) acted as a partner of the annual championship of the intellectual game "What? Where? When?" that involved teams from financial and IT companies of the country.
Regarding crypto-assets, the Central Bank of Armenia is trying to balance the opportunities and risks for the economy, Levon Sahakyan, a member of the Central Bank Board, said at the III Capital Markets Armenia conference organized by Cbonds.
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
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
An agreement on financial cooperation has been signed between the governments of Armenia and Germany, as reported by Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan on his Facebook page.
Armenia's public debt at the end of 2024 increased by 6.2% compared to the same period in 2023, reaching about 5 trillion drams, said Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan met with the Director General of the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Yevgeny Zhukov.
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.
Armenia's Central Bank is investigating possible vulnerabilities in the protection of online express lending systems due to the increasing number of fraud cases, Central Bank head Martin Galstyan said.
Compared to previous surveys, market participants' expectations regarding the Central Bank of Armenia's refinancing rate have slightly adjusted downwards, reflecting the trajectory of a gradual reduction in the refinancing rate over the next eight decisions.
VTB (Armenia) acted as a partner of the annual championship of the intellectual game "What? Where? When?" that involved teams from financial and IT companies of the country.
Regarding crypto-assets, the Central Bank of Armenia is trying to balance the opportunities and risks for the economy, Levon Sahakyan, a member of the Central Bank Board, said at the III Capital Markets Armenia conference organized by Cbonds.
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
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
An agreement on financial cooperation has been signed between the governments of Armenia and Germany, as reported by Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan on his Facebook page.
Armenia's public debt at the end of 2024 increased by 6.2% compared to the same period in 2023, reaching about 5 trillion drams, said Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan met with the Director General of the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Yevgeny Zhukov.
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.
Converse Bank completed the allocation of bonds ahead of schedule and has already listed its AMD and USD denominated bonds with the volume of 3 billion and 10 million respectively
The World Bank’s Board approved last week a new EUR 92.3 million (US$100 million equivalent) loan for the Armenia Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development Policy Operation (DPO)
Individual money transfers to Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in 2022 amounted to $26.5bn, which is 1.9 times higher than in 2021, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's (EDB) estimates
The Russian exodus triggered by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the currencies of former Soviet republics at the top of global rankings this year, Russian RBC said quoting Bloomberg
Inflation in Armenia slowed down to 8.8% y/y in November 2022 from 9.5% y/y a month earlier, according to the weekly review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is able to invest an average of $100 million a year in projects in Armenia. Deputy Chairman of the EDB Board Denis Ilyin said at a press conference in Almaty on Friday
Russian VTB Bank has launched a cross-border money transfer service by phone number to so-called 'friendly' countries, TASS reported citing the press service of the bank
Armenia and Kazakhstan may become new destinations for cross-border money transfers through the Rapid Payments System (RPS), two sources in the payment market told Russian daily ‘Izvestiya’
Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan had a working meeting on Monday with a delegation led by the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission in Armenia mission Iva Petrova, the ministry's press service reported
Starting from October 12, 2022, Tinkoff Bank's clients will be able to receive SWIFT money transfers in US dollars and euros from banks of three CIS countries - Armenia Azerbaijan, as well as Halyk Bank of Uzbekistan, Russian business daily Kommersant reported
In June 2022, Russian households transferred a record $4.65 billion to their accounts in foreign banks, the Russian business daily ‘Kommersant’ says, citing statistics from the Central Bank of Russia
