“Yerevan Dialogue 2026” forum held on May 5–6 brought together senior government representatives, private sector leaders, NGOs, academics, youth, and other stakeholders in the immediate aftermath of the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan.
CBA Bank, in a new partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will allocate 100 million euros to the development of businesses operating in Armenia, with the EBRD bearing the risk of 50 million euros of the financing.
The international FINTECH360 conference took place in Yerevan, bringing together around 500 participants from more than 30 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Romania, UAE, India, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and others.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
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.
In the Armenian consumer market, 12-month inflation in April of this year amounted to 5.3%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $458.2 million in January-March 2026, compared to $143.7 million in January-March 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank.
Thirty years is more than just a date. It represents thousands of news stories, tens of thousands of hours of work, hundreds of people, ideas, meetings, events, and decisions that ARKA has experienced together with its country, team, readers, and partners.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan discussed infrastructure modernization and the transition to a green economy with a delegation led by Elisabetta Falcetti, Executive Director for Turkey and the Caucasus at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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 Dialogue 2026” forum held on May 5–6 brought together senior government representatives, private sector leaders, NGOs, academics, youth, and other stakeholders in the immediate aftermath of the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan.
CBA Bank, in a new partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, will allocate 100 million euros to the development of businesses operating in Armenia, with the EBRD bearing the risk of 50 million euros of the financing.
The international FINTECH360 conference took place in Yerevan, bringing together around 500 participants from more than 30 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Romania, UAE, India, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and others.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
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.
In the Armenian consumer market, 12-month inflation in April of this year amounted to 5.3%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $458.2 million in January-March 2026, compared to $143.7 million in January-March 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank.
Thirty years is more than just a date. It represents thousands of news stories, tens of thousands of hours of work, hundreds of people, ideas, meetings, events, and decisions that ARKA has experienced together with its country, team, readers, and partners.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan discussed infrastructure modernization and the transition to a green economy with a delegation led by Elisabetta Falcetti, Executive Director for Turkey and the Caucasus at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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
The Armenian dram remains stable, and the financial sector displays a high level of capital liquidity, according to the World Bank's report on the regional economic development of Europe and Central Asia, published on Wednesday
The outgoing year was marked with political events, particularly with change of power – heads of governing agencies and ministers, including the ministers of the economic sector, were replaced by new persons
Financial and insurance services worth AMD 37.2 billion were provided in Armenia in January and February 2016, the National Statistical Service reports
Over 150 million euros have been invested in Armenia’s financial sector in 2015 and early 2016, the chairman of the Central Bank Arthur Javadyan said on Thursday
The average nominal monthly salary in Armenia's finance and insurance sectors, which are singled out for the highest salaries paid to their employees, went 0.9% down in September 2015
The median salary in Armenia's financial sector, which is singled out for highest paid jobs, shrank 10.5% in December 2014, compared with December 2013, to 526,797 drams
