YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. IDBank’s initiative dedicated to thanking customers and surprising them without any special occasion was held at the “Erebuni” Branch.
YEREVAN, August 11. /ARКА/. The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has sanctioned changes to the regulations governing the issuance and utilization of electronic money, with the goal of fostering a more efficient and competitive payment landscape.
Precise mathematical calculations, financial skills, and boundless enthusiasm: the latest stage of the Junius financial tournament has successfully concluded.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. The average market exchange rate of the US dollar to the Armenian dram on the Armenian foreign exchange market, fell by 0.29 points on August 10, 2026, compared to August 7, to 365.88 drams.
Armenia's financial agenda last week was determined by the Central Bank's maintenance of current monetary conditions, indicators of the banking and non-banking credit sectors, capital market activity, the state of public debt, and decisions on attracting financing from international financial institutions.
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.
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.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $1.38 billion in January-June 2026, compared to $587.6 million in January-June 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
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 11. /ARKA/. IDBank’s initiative dedicated to thanking customers and surprising them without any special occasion was held at the “Erebuni” Branch.
YEREVAN, August 11. /ARКА/. The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has sanctioned changes to the regulations governing the issuance and utilization of electronic money, with the goal of fostering a more efficient and competitive payment landscape.
Precise mathematical calculations, financial skills, and boundless enthusiasm: the latest stage of the Junius financial tournament has successfully concluded.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. The average market exchange rate of the US dollar to the Armenian dram on the Armenian foreign exchange market, fell by 0.29 points on August 10, 2026, compared to August 7, to 365.88 drams.
Armenia's financial agenda last week was determined by the Central Bank's maintenance of current monetary conditions, indicators of the banking and non-banking credit sectors, capital market activity, the state of public debt, and decisions on attracting financing from international financial institutions.
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.
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.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $1.38 billion in January-June 2026, compared to $587.6 million in January-June 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
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 impact of the twin Covid-19 pandemic and conflict shocks saw Armenian government indebtedness reverse its prior downward trend, with general government debt/GDP rising 13.8pp to 67.3% at end-2020, overtaking the current 'B' median (63.8%), Fitch Ratings said last week after affirming Armenia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+' with a Stable Outlook
Armenia's external vulnerabilities, including high and growing net external debt, a relatively large structural current account deficit, a reliance on remittances and relatively weak FDI inflows, remain in place, Fitch ratings said in a report
Fitch Ratings has revised Yerevan City's Outlook to Negative from Stable, while affirming the city's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BB-'. A full list of rating actions is below
The Armenian banking sector has entered 2017 in better shape as the recapitalization required to meet the increased minimum capital standard from 2017 has been completed
Fitch Ratings has lowered France's principal credit rating by a notch, reflecting the country's elevated government debt and weak economy, RBC reported citing news agencies
Fitch Ratings announced Friday that it is cutting the U.K.’s credit rating from AAA to AA+, the second-highest level, because of its weak economic performance and high public debt
