At COP17, Acba Bank presented its Sustainability Report to Armenian and international guests. It outlines the bank's priority areas and the steps it is taking towards sustainable development.
The Central Bank of Armenia plans to develop an Open Banking and Open Finance concept in 2027, after which it will be formalized into law. This was announced by Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, from 6.75% to 7%.
The Central Bank of Armenia has tightened liquidity requirements for banks with large, concentrated foreign currency inflows to limit the risk of a potential outflow of funds.
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 Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to continue its policy of raising interest rates, taking into account the likelihood of scenarios involving increased inflation risks, stated Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, exceeded $2 billion in January-September 2026, compared to $1.02 billion in January-September 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
Armenia's public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2027 is projected to be 47.2%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the expected 2026 figure, according to Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's draft state budget for 2027 envisages the formation of a reserve fund of 0.3-0.6% of GDP, announced Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
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.
At COP17, Acba Bank presented its Sustainability Report to Armenian and international guests. It outlines the bank's priority areas and the steps it is taking towards sustainable development.
The Central Bank of Armenia plans to develop an Open Banking and Open Finance concept in 2027, after which it will be formalized into law. This was announced by Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to raise the monetary policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, from 6.75% to 7%.
The Central Bank of Armenia has tightened liquidity requirements for banks with large, concentrated foreign currency inflows to limit the risk of a potential outflow of funds.
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 Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has decided to continue its policy of raising interest rates, taking into account the likelihood of scenarios involving increased inflation risks, stated Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, exceeded $2 billion in January-September 2026, compared to $1.02 billion in January-September 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
Armenia's public debt-to-GDP ratio in 2027 is projected to be 47.2%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the expected 2026 figure, according to Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's draft state budget for 2027 envisages the formation of a reserve fund of 0.3-0.6% of GDP, announced Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
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 total capital of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks in the first quarter of 2021 stood at 913 billion drams, Executive Director of the Union of Banks of Armenia Seyran Sargsyan said at a press conference on Wednesday
The list of Armenia's 1000 largest corporate taxpayers in the first quarter of 2021 includes all 17 Armenia-based commercial banks, which paid over 12.149 billion drams in various taxes, according to the numbers, released by the State Revenue Committee (SRC)
Armenia's banking sector was quick to respond to the situation caused by the spread of coronavirus, Mher Abrahamyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia, said today
The total capital of Armenia-based commercial banks grew by 73 billion drams or 9.5% in 2019 from the previous year to 844.8 billion drams, Seyran Sargsyan, the executive director of the Union of Banks of Armenia told reporters on Friday
The total capital of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks in the first 9 months of 2019 increased by 6.2% or 47 billion drams amounting to 818.6 billion drams
Seventeen Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 60.9 billion drams in profit in the first nine months of 2019, the chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia Mher Abrahamyan told reporters on Wednesday
In the first 9 months of 2019 Armenia-based commercial banks reported growth in all major indicators, according to their reports, published in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Aggregate deposits at Armenian commercial banks amounted to AMD 2 434 1 billion in late April 2017 after growing 0.8% over one month, the National Statistical Service reports
Armenia’s commercial banks bought around $101.3 million from the local foreign currency market on January 23 to 27 at the average weighted exchange rate of 485.74 drams per one USD, the Central Bank of Armenia reported on Monday
