Unibank has become the Lead Sponsor of the AGBU Global Run in support of Camp Nairi, joining the worldwide fundraising initiative as a corporate donor to help children and families affected by war and displacement.
The Central Bank of Armenia will put into circulation a silver commemorative coin, "35th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia," on September 14, 2026, the regulator's press service reported.
The AMD-denominated bonds issued by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been listed on the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX).
Deposits in commercial banks in Armenia at the end of July 2026 amounted to 8,289,634 million drams, compared to 8,070,715 million drams in June. This is according to data from the Statistical Committee of the Republic.
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 international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Armenia's financial agenda this week focused on capital market development, macroeconomic indicators, and attracting international financing for government programs.
Significant gaps in climate risk management, ESG competencies, information disclosure, and climate data continue to limit private sector investment in Armenia, according to the International Monetary Fund's "Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic - July 2026" report, published on September 3, 2026.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved a draft loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for €80 million as part of the "Armenia Economic Transformation Program."
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
Unibank has become the Lead Sponsor of the AGBU Global Run in support of Camp Nairi, joining the worldwide fundraising initiative as a corporate donor to help children and families affected by war and displacement.
The Central Bank of Armenia will put into circulation a silver commemorative coin, "35th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia," on September 14, 2026, the regulator's press service reported.
The AMD-denominated bonds issued by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been listed on the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX).
Deposits in commercial banks in Armenia at the end of July 2026 amounted to 8,289,634 million drams, compared to 8,070,715 million drams in June. This is according to data from the Statistical Committee of the Republic.
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 international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
Armenia's public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Armenia's financial agenda this week focused on capital market development, macroeconomic indicators, and attracting international financing for government programs.
Significant gaps in climate risk management, ESG competencies, information disclosure, and climate data continue to limit private sector investment in Armenia, according to the International Monetary Fund's "Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic - July 2026" report, published on September 3, 2026.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved a draft loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for €80 million as part of the "Armenia Economic Transformation Program."
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
Bad assets at Armenia's banks will continue growing, Bagrat Asatryan, a former head of the Central bank of Armenia, said in an interview with ARKA News Agency
The share of nonperforming and written-off assets at banks in Armenia reached 8.23% in late June 2015 after growing 0.04 percentage points over that month and 2.05 percentage points since the beginning of this year, the Central Bank of Armenia says on its website
Armenian commercial banks’ average return on assets (ROA) index, showing a company’s efficiency in making profits from its assets, fell to 0.27% in the first quarter of 2015 from 0.91% in late December 2014
The portion of idle and written- off assets rose by 2.14 percentage points to 6.15% in Armenia as of the end of 2014 compared to 2013, the Central Bank reported
Around 380 billion drams or about 18% of Armenia-based commercial banks’ assets are lent to companies engaged in export and import transactions, deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Nerses Yeritsyan told reporters today
Non-performing assets of Armenian banks as well as assets they have written off from their balance sheets stood at 5.94% in late July, up 0.61 percentage points when compared to late June, the Central Bank of Armenia said today
