At COP17, Acba Bank presented its Sustainability Report to Armenian and international guests. It outlines the bank's priority areas and the steps it is taking towards sustainable development.
The Central Bank of Armenia plans to develop an Open Banking and Open Finance concept in 2027, after which it will be formalized into law. This was announced by Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, from 6.75% to 7%.
The Central Bank of Armenia has tightened liquidity requirements for banks with large, concentrated foreign currency inflows to limit the risk of a potential outflow of funds.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to continue its policy of raising interest rates, taking into account the likelihood of scenarios involving increased inflation risks, stated Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, exceeded $2 billion in January-September 2026, compared to $1.02 billion in January-September 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
Armenia's public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2027 is projected to be 47.2%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the expected 2026 figure, according to Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's draft state budget for 2027 envisages the formation of a reserve fund of 0.3-0.6% of GDP, announced Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.
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.
At COP17, Acba Bank presented its Sustainability Report to Armenian and international guests. It outlines the bank's priority areas and the steps it is taking towards sustainable development.
The Central Bank of Armenia plans to develop an Open Banking and Open Finance concept in 2027, after which it will be formalized into law. This was announced by Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, from 6.75% to 7%.
The Central Bank of Armenia has tightened liquidity requirements for banks with large, concentrated foreign currency inflows to limit the risk of a potential outflow of funds.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to continue its policy of raising interest rates, taking into account the likelihood of scenarios involving increased inflation risks, stated Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, exceeded $2 billion in January-September 2026, compared to $1.02 billion in January-September 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
Armenia's public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2027 is projected to be 47.2%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the expected 2026 figure, according to Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's draft state budget for 2027 envisages the formation of a reserve fund of 0.3-0.6% of GDP, announced Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.
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 Armenian government and German Development Bank (KfW) signed two agreements on Monday as Karen Karapetyan, Armenian prime minister, meet with German Development Bank (KfW) Regional Director Olaf Zimelka
Armenia’s State Pension Service, a unit of Labor and Social Security Ministry, said it has signed agreements with 13 local commercial banks which will pay pensions to retirees.
On Tuesday, Jean-Michel Happi, head of the World Bank’s office in Yerevan, signed three loan agreements with Vache Gabrielyan, Armenian finance minister, as part of the credit package of the 2009-2012 policy of strategic partnership with Armenia, the finance ministry’s press office reports.
The German KfW bank will sign two loan agreements with Armenian Central Bank and ministry of finance, worth 50 million euros, Karapet Gevorkian, KfW representative in Armenia, told in an interview with ARKA.
