Cross-border remittance inflow to Armenia increased by 2.4% year-on-year in 2025, reaching $5.9 billion, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's March macroeconomic review.
The likelihood of the Central Bank of Armenia switching to tougher monetary rhetoric and potentially raising the rate in the short term may increase, Rafael Mkrtchyan, Head of Corporate Finance at Freedom Broker Armenia, told ARKA news agency.
In January 2026, commercial bank deposits in Armenia decreased by 0.3% (MoM), while loans grew by 1.1% (MoM), according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – March 2026."
The Central Bank of Armenia, together with banks, is ready to introduce stricter mechanisms to prevent telephone fraud, stated regulator head Martin Galstyan, responding to a question from the ARKA news agency.
The loan portfolio of Armenia's banking system increased by 29.89% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, reaching AMD 7.16 trillion.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Marnix von Rey noted the importance of approving a new standby arrangement with the IMF and its full implementation.
Gross reserves in Armenia increased, reaching $5.5 billion at the end of February, equivalent to 4.1 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – March 2026."
The risk premium in Armenia has increased slightly due to events in the Middle East, although not as much as in other countries in the region and beyond, stated Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia.
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
Interest in financial markets is growing in Armenia, and more and more people are thinking about how to build long-term capital. Many don't know where to start or how to avoid mistakes.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Cross-border remittance inflow to Armenia increased by 2.4% year-on-year in 2025, reaching $5.9 billion, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's March macroeconomic review.
The likelihood of the Central Bank of Armenia switching to tougher monetary rhetoric and potentially raising the rate in the short term may increase, Rafael Mkrtchyan, Head of Corporate Finance at Freedom Broker Armenia, told ARKA news agency.
In January 2026, commercial bank deposits in Armenia decreased by 0.3% (MoM), while loans grew by 1.1% (MoM), according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – March 2026."
The Central Bank of Armenia, together with banks, is ready to introduce stricter mechanisms to prevent telephone fraud, stated regulator head Martin Galstyan, responding to a question from the ARKA news agency.
The loan portfolio of Armenia's banking system increased by 29.89% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, reaching AMD 7.16 trillion.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Marnix von Rey noted the importance of approving a new standby arrangement with the IMF and its full implementation.
Gross reserves in Armenia increased, reaching $5.5 billion at the end of February, equivalent to 4.1 months of import coverage, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – March 2026."
The risk premium in Armenia has increased slightly due to events in the Middle East, although not as much as in other countries in the region and beyond, stated Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia.
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
Interest in financial markets is growing in Armenia, and more and more people are thinking about how to build long-term capital. Many don't know where to start or how to avoid mistakes.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
The Acba Bank and Germany's Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) have reviewed the results of a competition announced as part of a jointly implemented program "Development of organic agriculture" in 2020-2021, the press service of the bank reported today
Acba bank, in partnership with the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), has launched the Organic Agriculture Development Grant Program 2021-2022
The Armenian government has extended the deadline for farmers to conclude agricultural insurance contracts by one month until May 15, Anna Ohanyan, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Economy, wrote in a Facebook post.
The ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK continues to operate in a special mode providing financial assistance to SMEs and the agricultural sector, as well as implementing a string of programs designed to help them boost their development, the bank’s press service reported today
The government of Armenia has approved today a draft grant agreement between the ministry of finance and the German state-owned KfW bank to the tune of 5.3 million euros
The Executive Director of the Armenian Agriculture Development Fund Gegham Grigoryan and the Deputy Executive Director of ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK Norik Nazaryan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation today
The government of Armenia is going to lower the rates on subsidized loans provided to farmers and also increase the related financing, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Robert Makaryan told journalists on Wednesday
Armenia-based ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK together with the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), one of the oldest and largest environment associations in Germany, launched July 24 the third free program called "Development of Organic Agriculture"
The ministry of agriculture does not know how to solve the problem of high interest rates on agricultural loans, Armenian minister of agriculture Ignaty Arakelyan told a news conference today
Armenia’s credit organizations lent about AMD 49.4 billion to agriculture sector in October 2016, compared with the previous month, the Central Bank of Armenia says in its monthly bulletin
Armenia will introduce an agriculture insurance system, Armen Harutyunyan, Armenian deputy agriculture minister, told journalists on Friday.
In his words, the methodology of the system introduction has already been discussed and developed with support from the Central Bank of Armenia
