Acba Bank has begun placing coupon-bearing book-entry bonds through a public offering for a total of 10,000,000,000 (ten billion) drams, the bank's press service reported.
By February 19, 2026, 21,539 citizens in Armenia have voluntarily switched to cashless pension and benefit payments, announced Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.
The loan portfolio of Armenia's banking system increased by 29.89% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, reaching AMD 7.16 trillion.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Armenia's international reserves strengthened significantly in 2025, providing an important buffer against unpredictable external factors, according to a report from international rating agency S&P Global Ratings.
Taking into account the narrowing budget deficits and high nominal GDP growth, the international rating agency S&P Global Ratings forecasts that Armenia's public debt net of liquid assets will remain broadly stable at a moderate 44% of GDP in the medium term.
On February 20, S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Armenia from stable to positive, affirming its long-term and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at 'BB-/B'.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved the ratification of a €6 million grant agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the Yerevan Customs and Logistics Center project.
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
Interest in financial markets is growing in Armenia, and more and more people are thinking about how to build long-term capital. Many don't know where to start or how to avoid mistakes.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Interest in investing in Armenia has grown significantly in recent years, and along with it, so has the need for accessible tools that allow one to take their first steps in the financial market.
Acba Bank has begun placing coupon-bearing book-entry bonds through a public offering for a total of 10,000,000,000 (ten billion) drams, the bank's press service reported.
By February 19, 2026, 21,539 citizens in Armenia have voluntarily switched to cashless pension and benefit payments, announced Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.
The loan portfolio of Armenia's banking system increased by 29.89% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, reaching AMD 7.16 trillion.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Armenia's international reserves strengthened significantly in 2025, providing an important buffer against unpredictable external factors, according to a report from international rating agency S&P Global Ratings.
Taking into account the narrowing budget deficits and high nominal GDP growth, the international rating agency S&P Global Ratings forecasts that Armenia's public debt net of liquid assets will remain broadly stable at a moderate 44% of GDP in the medium term.
On February 20, S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Armenia from stable to positive, affirming its long-term and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at 'BB-/B'.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved the ratification of a €6 million grant agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the Yerevan Customs and Logistics Center project.
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
Interest in financial markets is growing in Armenia, and more and more people are thinking about how to build long-term capital. Many don't know where to start or how to avoid mistakes.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Interest in investing in Armenia has grown significantly in recent years, and along with it, so has the need for accessible tools that allow one to take their first steps in the financial market.
In 2015 December the Yerevan-based Unibank received more than 45,000 applications for consumer loans, a 180% rise from the year earlier. ‘Unibank continues to record growth in the volume of consumer loans and to expand its market share," the bank said in a press release
Consumer prices in Armenia in the first eight months of 2015 increased by 4.8% year-on-year, according to the latest data, released today by the National Statistical Service (NSS). It said also the 12-month inflation in August was 3.6%
Areximbank-Gazprombank Group intends to further intensify its consumer lending and increase it to 17.6 billion drams in 2014, the bank’s press office reported
A measure of U.S. consumer sentiment slipped this month as stock markets fell, though confidence remained at a healthy level, the Associated Press reported
Armenia’s consumer confidence index (CCI) in the fourth quarter of this year advanced by 0.2 percent to 44.3 when compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, the Central Bank of Armenia told ARKA. It said when compared with the third quarter of 2012, consumer confidence index slashed by 4.6%
Consumer confidence index in the 1st Q of 2012 in Armenia increased by 3.5% making 47.2 compared to the same period of 2011, press-service of CBA informed ARKA News Agency.
In the fourth quarter of the outgoing year consumer confidence index in Armenia dropped to 94.7% from a year before and was down from 106.3% in the third quarter of 2011
