Unibank has been awarded the Client Protection Certification by MFR, a global rating agency, providing assessments, data and technical expertise for the sustainable finance industry.
In Armenia, the fraud scheme based on trust in relatives continues to remain widely spread. Fraudsters exploit users’ care and willingness to help those in danger.
Armenia and Georgia are exploring deeper cooperation in financial technology, including synchronizing instant payment systems, simplifying bank account opening, and implementing unified QR codes, announced by Varlam Ebanoidze, Head of the Financial and Supervisory Technologies Development Department at the National Bank of Georgia.
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.
Last week, the Armenian financial market focused on, among other things, statements by the Central Bank's management on macroeconomic risks, assessments of the possible inflationary impact of external shocks, discussions of stablecoins, and the development of regional payment infrastructure.
In the first quarter of 2026, Yerevan's budget actually received 22.3 billion drams, compared to its planned revenue of 20.8 billion drams, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Twelve-month inflation in the Armenian consumer market in March of this year was 4.5%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Central Bank of Armenia Governor Martin Galstyan held a final meeting with Alexander Timan, head of the IMF mission to Armenia, the regulator's press service reported.
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
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.
Unibank has been awarded the Client Protection Certification by MFR, a global rating agency, providing assessments, data and technical expertise for the sustainable finance industry.
In Armenia, the fraud scheme based on trust in relatives continues to remain widely spread. Fraudsters exploit users’ care and willingness to help those in danger.
Armenia and Georgia are exploring deeper cooperation in financial technology, including synchronizing instant payment systems, simplifying bank account opening, and implementing unified QR codes, announced by Varlam Ebanoidze, Head of the Financial and Supervisory Technologies Development Department at the National Bank of Georgia.
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.
Last week, the Armenian financial market focused on, among other things, statements by the Central Bank's management on macroeconomic risks, assessments of the possible inflationary impact of external shocks, discussions of stablecoins, and the development of regional payment infrastructure.
In the first quarter of 2026, Yerevan's budget actually received 22.3 billion drams, compared to its planned revenue of 20.8 billion drams, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
Twelve-month inflation in the Armenian consumer market in March of this year was 4.5%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Central Bank of Armenia Governor Martin Galstyan held a final meeting with Alexander Timan, head of the IMF mission to Armenia, the regulator's press service reported.
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
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 share of loans provided in foreign currency decreased by 2 percentage points by the end of 2013 December to 63.7% in the total amount of lending, while the share of deposits in foreign currency increased by 0.7 percentage points to 71%, according to a Central Bank of Armenia report on the financial stability of the country in 2013
The dollar and euro fell sharply against the yen on Tuesday as hopes for additional stimulus out of Japan faded, while bargain-hunting on Wall Street lifted stock prices after three days of losses
The market value of a USD against Armenia’s national currency has grown today by 0.01 percentage points from April 7 to 415.23 drams, the Central Bank said
Over $105.5 million were remitted to Armenia by individuals through banks in February for non-commercial purposes, the Central Bank reported today saying the figure represented a 2% rise compared with February 2013
The average market exchange rate of U.S. dollar against the Armenian dram rose by 0.41 percentage point today from March 28 to 413.31 drams, the Central Bank said
The average market exchange rate of U.S. dollar against the Armenian dram fell by 0.90 percentage points today from March 24 to 413.38 drams, the Central Bank said
Armenian banks bought a total of $75 million at the inter-bank forex market in a time span from March 10 to 14 at the average weighted exchange rate of 414.14 drams for one USD, the press service of the Central Bank said
Out of 1,645 billionaires on the Forbes list of the World Billionaires a record 172 are women – up from 138 last year, The Wall Street Journal reported
Citi (the “Co-ordinator”, “Bookrunner” and “Initial Mandated Lead Arranger”) has successfully closed and signed a US$18 million syndicated term loan facility for Ardshininvestbank CJSC in Armenia
Armenia’s total state debt reached $4 590.7 million in late January 2014 after it grew by $2.3 million over the month, the National Statistical Service of Armenia reports
The tightly controlled Chinese yuan will eventually supersede the dollar as the top international reserve currency, according to a new poll of institutional investors, RBC reports citing the U.S. CNBC TV channel
