YEREVAN, August 17. /ARKA/. For more than five years, Acba Bank has held the top spot in the Armenian card market. As of May 2026, the total number of cards issued by the bank surpassed 1 million, as reported by the bank's press service.
YEREVAN, August 17. /ARКА/. As of August 12, 2026, new regulations for banks regarding the management of risks associated with evading international sanctions have been implemented in Armenia.
YEREVAN, August 17. /ARKA/. Recently, there has been an increase in cases of criminals luring citizens into suspicious financial transactions using their bank accounts or cryptocurrency accounts, as well as e-wallets or cards to transfer criminally obtained funds, in order to conceal their true origin and beneficiaries, according to a statement from the Central Bank of Armenia's press service.
YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Approximately two decades ago, Aram Mnatsakanyan embarked on his journey as an entrepreneur by crafting high-quality mattresses.
YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. Bank accounts, payment cards, deposits - to explain these and several other concepts and answer the kids' most burning financial questions, Idram and IDBank this time visited ''Hayordi'' Camp.
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.
YEREVAN, August 14. /ARКА/. A man suspected of embezzling 802.5 million drams from a bank and money laundering has been arrested in Armenia. The preliminary investigation has been completed, the press service of the RA Investigative Committee reported.
Armenia's total public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to $13,900.932 million, an increase of $8.476 million compared to May 31, 2026, according to a report by the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Armenia's interdepartmental commission will soon present for discussion an action plan to implement MONEYVAL recommendations, said Daniel Azatyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia, in response to a question from ARKA news agency.
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
YEREVAN, August 17. /ARKA/. For more than five years, Acba Bank has held the top spot in the Armenian card market. As of May 2026, the total number of cards issued by the bank surpassed 1 million, as reported by the bank's press service.
YEREVAN, August 17. /ARКА/. As of August 12, 2026, new regulations for banks regarding the management of risks associated with evading international sanctions have been implemented in Armenia.
YEREVAN, August 17. /ARKA/. Recently, there has been an increase in cases of criminals luring citizens into suspicious financial transactions using their bank accounts or cryptocurrency accounts, as well as e-wallets or cards to transfer criminally obtained funds, in order to conceal their true origin and beneficiaries, according to a statement from the Central Bank of Armenia's press service.
YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Approximately two decades ago, Aram Mnatsakanyan embarked on his journey as an entrepreneur by crafting high-quality mattresses.
YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. Bank accounts, payment cards, deposits - to explain these and several other concepts and answer the kids' most burning financial questions, Idram and IDBank this time visited ''Hayordi'' Camp.
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.
YEREVAN, August 14. /ARКА/. A man suspected of embezzling 802.5 million drams from a bank and money laundering has been arrested in Armenia. The preliminary investigation has been completed, the press service of the RA Investigative Committee reported.
Armenia's total public debt as of June 30, 2026, amounted to $13,900.932 million, an increase of $8.476 million compared to May 31, 2026, according to a report by the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Armenia's interdepartmental commission will soon present for discussion an action plan to implement MONEYVAL recommendations, said Daniel Azatyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia, in response to a question from ARKA news agency.
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
Armenian commercial banks will award the so-called 'credit holidays' to those borrowers who are now fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh against the Azerbaijani aggression, Deputy Finance Minister Arman Poghosyan said at a press conference on Wednesday, adding that their decisions is voluntary
Credit organizations in Armenia will award credit holidays to those borrowers who have volunteered or were called up to the armed forces for the entire period of marshal law, declared after the large-scale offensive by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Union of Credit Organizations said in a statement today
The so-called "credit holidays" granted to thousands of borrowers in Armenia can cause major damage to the country's s banking system, while writing off fines and penalties on loans can force banks to declare bankruptcy, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Nerses Yeritsyan told a parliament-hosted discussion on banks' problems today
More than 550,000 individuals and 17,400 legal entities in Armenia have been awarded the so-called credit holidays, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting on Thursday
Over 470,000 individuals and 15,500 legal entities in Armenia have been awarded credit holidays because of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday during a government meeting
