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.
Unibank cardholder Haykush Markosyan will celebrate her 35th birthday in Italy after winning the “More Opportunities with Mastercard World Travel” promotion.
ACBA Bank has published its first sustainability report, presenting its performance in the areas of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, the bank’s press service reported.
VTB (Armenia) continues to support the socially significant "BOOK DONATION" project by the Newmag publishing house, which aims to replenish library collections in Armenia’s regions with contemporary literature.
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 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.
The World Bank Group mobilized $342 million in private capital in Armenia during the 2026 fiscal year—a 56-fold increase compared to the $6 million recorded in the 2022 fiscal year, the World Bank’s Armenia office reported.
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has raised its GDP growth forecast for Armenia for 2026 to 5.8%, up from the previously expected 5.5%.
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
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.
Unibank cardholder Haykush Markosyan will celebrate her 35th birthday in Italy after winning the “More Opportunities with Mastercard World Travel” promotion.
ACBA Bank has published its first sustainability report, presenting its performance in the areas of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, the bank’s press service reported.
VTB (Armenia) continues to support the socially significant "BOOK DONATION" project by the Newmag publishing house, which aims to replenish library collections in Armenia’s regions with contemporary literature.
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 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.
The World Bank Group mobilized $342 million in private capital in Armenia during the 2026 fiscal year—a 56-fold increase compared to the $6 million recorded in the 2022 fiscal year, the World Bank’s Armenia office reported.
The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has raised its GDP growth forecast for Armenia for 2026 to 5.8%, up from the previously expected 5.5%.
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
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took part December 27 in a reception organized at the Central Bank on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas. Nikol Pashinyan congratulated the personnel of the Central Bank and the banking sector of Armenia on the coming holidays, wishing them success and all the best
The share of non-performing loans in Armenia's banking system may increase from 6.7% to 10%, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Martin Galstyan said at a press conference on Tuesday
Macroeconomic analysis shows that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Armenia's banking sector was not as strong as expected, and the system itself turned out to be stable, Araratbank Board Chairman Grigor Hovhannisyan told reporters yesterday
The total capital of the banking system of Armenia for the first quarter of 2020 increased 2.1% to 862 billion drams, Seyran Sargsyan, executive director of the Union of Banks of Armenia, told reporters at an online press conference on Tuesday
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of Artsakh Arayik Haroutunyan met today in Stepanakert with representatives of Armenia’s and Artsakh’s banking systems, the press office of the Armenian government reports
Armenia's banking system is one of the most stable in the region thanks to stringent regulatory standards, Mher Abrahamyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia (SBA) said on may 14
The Central Bank of Armenia, reacting to some people’s concern over the country’s banking system, issued a statement on Wednesday urging people not to spread disinformation about the state of the banking system
Armenia's banking system is sufficiently capitalized and able to withstand more severe scenarios of possible currency upheavals, Central Bank chairman Artur Javadyan said on Tuesday
Private transfers to Armenia through the country’s banking system amounted to about $164.2 million in June, an increase of 2% compared to the same period of 2013, the Central Bank of Armenia says on its website
A Central Bank of Armenia Board member Armenak Darbinyan praised today the country’s banking system describing it as ‘one of the most stable financial systems in the region’, adding also that this should be advertised vigorously among citizens
