The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $1.08 billion in January-May 2026, compared to $511.7 million in January-May 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
How modern fintech solutions are changing consumer behavior, expanding financial opportunities for businesses, and stimulating the economy was the focus of the presentation "When Financial Technology Becomes a Sales Engine," delivered by Grigori Yolyan, Head of the Commercial Partnership Department at IDBank, during Mantashyants Global Business Forum 2026.
Effective today, Fabrizio Zarcone becomes the World Bank Group Country Manager for Armenia, unifying country-level leadership across the institution to better support Armenia's public and private sector needs.
Artur Nakhshikyan, Director of Operational Risk Management at the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, has been elected as an independent member of Unibank’s Supervisory Board.
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.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has identified the services sector, construction, and industry as the main drivers of economic growth in Armenia in January–May 2026.
The week in Armenia's financial market was dominated by the debt agenda, Central Bank statements, currency dynamics, and decisions regarding non-cash payments.
The Armenian government aims to bring the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, approximately within five years, stated Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan.
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
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $1.08 billion in January-May 2026, compared to $511.7 million in January-May 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
How modern fintech solutions are changing consumer behavior, expanding financial opportunities for businesses, and stimulating the economy was the focus of the presentation "When Financial Technology Becomes a Sales Engine," delivered by Grigori Yolyan, Head of the Commercial Partnership Department at IDBank, during Mantashyants Global Business Forum 2026.
Effective today, Fabrizio Zarcone becomes the World Bank Group Country Manager for Armenia, unifying country-level leadership across the institution to better support Armenia's public and private sector needs.
Artur Nakhshikyan, Director of Operational Risk Management at the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, has been elected as an independent member of Unibank’s Supervisory Board.
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.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has identified the services sector, construction, and industry as the main drivers of economic growth in Armenia in January–May 2026.
The week in Armenia's financial market was dominated by the debt agenda, Central Bank statements, currency dynamics, and decisions regarding non-cash payments.
The Armenian government aims to bring the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, approximately within five years, stated Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan.
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
Armenia's banking sector keeps on progressing, taking over new niches. In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency, Artavazd Sargsyan, the Chairman of the Executive Board of ARMBUSINESSBANK, shares his vision of Armenia's banking sector development, the current trends in the financial market and the new services the bank is planning to unveil in 2020
Starting from December 19, 2017 USD denominated nominal coupon bonds issued by “ARMBUSINESSBANK” CJSC will be listed on NASDAQ OMX Armenia and included in the bonds' secondary (Bbond) list, the stock exchange said
Starting from February 17, 2017 nominal coupon bonds issued by “ARMBUSINESSBANK” CJSC will be admitted to trading on NASDAQ OMX Armenia and included in the bonds free market (C)
Starting from February 10, 2017 nominal coupon bonds issued by “ARMBUSINESSBANK” CJSC will be listed on NASDAQ OMX Armenia and included in the bonds' secondary Bbond list
Armbusinessbank has filled its authorized capital with AMD 8,467,060,000 thanks to shareholder Vitaly Grigoryan, according to the report posted at the bank’s website
Armenian Armbusinessbank Board of Directors has decided to annul all credit obligations of servicemen who were killed in the latest upsurge of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh provoked by Azerbaijan, and also the obligations of their families
The chairman of Armenian Armbusinessbank, Sergei Arzumanyan, is not going to file a complaint with the police in connection with media reports claiming that he was beaten in his office room, the police said today
The chairman of Armbusinessbank Board Sergey Arzumanyan was severely beaten up in his office room Monday evening, Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) newspaper reports, referring to its own sources
Armenian Armbusinessbank denied allegations at Zhoghovurd newspaper about purchase of its control stock by the head of Control Service of Armenian President Hovhannes Hovsepyan
Armenian Armbusinessbank said it has chosen BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, to implement its award winning e-payments solution SmartVista to build an in-house processing center.
