The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to increase the countercyclical capital buffer for banks by 0.25 percentage points, setting it at 2.25% of risk-weighted assets.
From climate change mitigation to environmental education and innovative solutions, the "Climate Change and Women" award ceremony united leading women in the field, highlighting their initiatives and contributions to biodiversity conservation.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wempi Saputra discussed prospects for expanding cooperation, including in infrastructure investment and promoting the export of Armenian products.
All 17 commercial banks currently operating in Armenia were included in the list of the country’s 1,000 largest taxpayers for the first nine months of 2026, according to data from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
Ardshinbank and Ameriabank accounted for 50.30% of the net growth in assets and 51.58% of the net growth in loan portfolios among Armenian banks during the third quarter of 2026, according to an operational bulletin from the ARKA news agency.
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.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wempi Saputra discussed prospects for expanding cooperation, including in infrastructure investment and promoting the export of Armenian products.
Armenia has streamlined the process for filing annual personal income tax declarations, expanded the scope of data that is auto-populated, and defined categories of non-taxable income that citizens are not required to include in their declarations.
As of September 30, 2026, Yerevan’s budget had received 75.7 billion drams in own revenues, surpassing the 72.9 billion drams projected for the January–September period, reported David Hakobyan, acting head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
The Central Bank of Armenia has shifted its focus from a single baseline scenario to an analysis of multiple potential scenarios, aiming to identify those that pose the most significant threats, according to the regulator’s Governor, Martin Galstyan.
Should Armenia’s participation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) be suspended, monetary transfers from EAEU member states to Armenia could fall from a projected $3,953.5 million in 2025 to $1,850 million—a decrease of $2,103.5 million.
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 Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to increase the countercyclical capital buffer for banks by 0.25 percentage points, setting it at 2.25% of risk-weighted assets.
From climate change mitigation to environmental education and innovative solutions, the "Climate Change and Women" award ceremony united leading women in the field, highlighting their initiatives and contributions to biodiversity conservation.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wempi Saputra discussed prospects for expanding cooperation, including in infrastructure investment and promoting the export of Armenian products.
All 17 commercial banks currently operating in Armenia were included in the list of the country’s 1,000 largest taxpayers for the first nine months of 2026, according to data from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
Ardshinbank and Ameriabank accounted for 50.30% of the net growth in assets and 51.58% of the net growth in loan portfolios among Armenian banks during the third quarter of 2026, according to an operational bulletin from the ARKA news agency.
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.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wempi Saputra discussed prospects for expanding cooperation, including in infrastructure investment and promoting the export of Armenian products.
Armenia has streamlined the process for filing annual personal income tax declarations, expanded the scope of data that is auto-populated, and defined categories of non-taxable income that citizens are not required to include in their declarations.
As of September 30, 2026, Yerevan’s budget had received 75.7 billion drams in own revenues, surpassing the 72.9 billion drams projected for the January–September period, reported David Hakobyan, acting head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
The Central Bank of Armenia has shifted its focus from a single baseline scenario to an analysis of multiple potential scenarios, aiming to identify those that pose the most significant threats, according to the regulator’s Governor, Martin Galstyan.
Should Armenia’s participation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) be suspended, monetary transfers from EAEU member states to Armenia could fall from a projected $3,953.5 million in 2025 to $1,850 million—a decrease of $2,103.5 million.
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 Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Armenian Armeconombank OJSC signed a $15 million loan agreement to increase lending to micro, small and medium-sized businesses owned by women in Armenia, especially in regions outside Yerevan
Armeconombank's $2.1 million worth USD-denominated bonds were listed and included in the secondary list (Bbond) on the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX)
Starting from January 16, 2018 the nominal coupon bonds (HEZBB3) with total nominal value of USD 2,000,000 issued by “ARMENIAN ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT BANK” OJSC will be listed on the secondary Bbond list of NASDAQ OMX Armenia
Yerevan-based Armeconombank has signed a loan agreement with Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) to the tune of $10 million, a statement on the bank’s website says
Starting from January 17, 2017, additional issue of common nominal stocks by ARMECONOMBANK OJSC will be listed on NASDAQ OMX Armenia and included in the stocks’ B list, the stock exchange said in a press release
