VTB has announced the launch of a new project designed to attract patients from CIS countries and other friendly states for medical treatment in Russia, the press service of VTB (Armenia) reported.
Armenia's Investigative Committee, together with the Central Bank, are set to develop a string of tools and mechanisms that will help prevent fraudsters from stealing citizens' money, the head of the Investigative Committee Artur Poghosyan said today in parliament.
The volume of loans issued to small businesses under the New Partner program in the first quarter of 2025 exceeded 160 million drams. This is almost 2.5 times more than in the same period last year.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
YEREVAN, May 12. /ARКА/. Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan discussed investment opportunities in Armenia and the region, as well as reforms aimed at stimulating economic growth, with newly appointed Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda.
Converse Bank announces its participation in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) technical assistance program “Advancing Green Finance for Sustainable Development.”
In the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in April of this year amounted to 3.2%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia’s Finance Minister, Vahe Hovhannisyan, addressed concerns regarding the stagnation of the country's credit rating despite positive financial indicators reported by the government over the past seven years.
Armenia's public debt as of March 31 is 5.3 trillion drams, an increase of 4.4% compared to December 31 last year, and 5.8% in dollar terms, said Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
VTB has announced the launch of a new project designed to attract patients from CIS countries and other friendly states for medical treatment in Russia, the press service of VTB (Armenia) reported.
Armenia's Investigative Committee, together with the Central Bank, are set to develop a string of tools and mechanisms that will help prevent fraudsters from stealing citizens' money, the head of the Investigative Committee Artur Poghosyan said today in parliament.
The volume of loans issued to small businesses under the New Partner program in the first quarter of 2025 exceeded 160 million drams. This is almost 2.5 times more than in the same period last year.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
YEREVAN, May 12. /ARКА/. Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan discussed investment opportunities in Armenia and the region, as well as reforms aimed at stimulating economic growth, with newly appointed Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda.
Converse Bank announces its participation in the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) technical assistance program “Advancing Green Finance for Sustainable Development.”
In the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in April of this year amounted to 3.2%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia’s Finance Minister, Vahe Hovhannisyan, addressed concerns regarding the stagnation of the country's credit rating despite positive financial indicators reported by the government over the past seven years.
Armenia's public debt as of March 31 is 5.3 trillion drams, an increase of 4.4% compared to December 31 last year, and 5.8% in dollar terms, said Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
The capital adequacy ratio of Armenia’s banking sector as of June 2021 was 17%, as much as in June 2020, the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) said in a report
The net profit of the banking sector of Armenia in the first half of 2020 amounted to 40.6 billion drams, after increasing by 5.9% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the data of Armenian banks’ reports, published in accordance with international IFRS standards
The biggest risk in the banking system of Armenia and beyond it today is the uncertainty due to the new coronavirus, Seyran Sargsyan, the executive director of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) told reporters at an online press conference on Tuesday
The banking sector is well-capitalised but profitability is low and loan growth remains high, at 15.4% yoy at September-end 2019, boosted by mortgage loan and consumer lending, Fitch said in a report
The capability of Armenia's banking sector to absorb risks is quite high, Andranik Grigoryan Andranik Grigoryan, head of a Central Bank department overseeing the financial system's stability and development, told reporters on Tuesday
The ability of Armenia’s banking sector to absorb risks is quite strong, as evidenced by the sector’s regulations, Andranik Grigoryan, the head of a Central Bank department in charge of stability and development of the financial system, told reporters on June 11
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency, Mher Abrahamyan, the Chairman of IDBank Management Board, speaks about the risks Armenian banks are likely to face in 2019
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency, Dmitry Pankin, President of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB), said Armenia’s banking sector is in good condition, and in many respects it should be credited to the Central Bank of the country
The banking system of Armenia is in excellent condition, Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) board chairman Andrei Belyaninov said at a Eurasian Media Congress in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Thursday
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund experts are conducting an assessment of the Armenian banking system’s financial stability, Arthur Javadyan, the central bank chairman, said Wednesday in the National Assembly