The development of digital financial services today involves not only improving existing banking products but also creating specialized platforms that make financial services more efficient and accessible.
Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan and a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)—led by Elisabetta Falcetti, Managing Director for Turkey and the Caucasus—agreed to advance their cooperation agenda during a meeting on Thursday.
As part of the “Side by Side” initiative, IDBank has launched a new partnership, this time supporting families forcibly displaced from Artsakh who are currently living in the Sevan community.
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.
During a meeting with a delegation led by Alexander Tieman, Head of the IMF Mission to Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan discussed issues raised within the framework of the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) supported by the IMF.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept its inflation forecast for Armenia unchanged at 4.2% for 2026 and 3.5% for 2027, noting that inflation trends over the first seven months were generally in line with expectations.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan and Lyaziza Sabyrova, Country Director for Armenia at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed new areas of cooperation and infrastructure projects.
On Wednesday, at the opening meeting with the IMF mission delegation to Armenia, led by Alexander Timan, the Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan, discussed recent macroeconomic developments, economic prospects, and key risks.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
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 development of digital financial services today involves not only improving existing banking products but also creating specialized platforms that make financial services more efficient and accessible.
Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan and a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)—led by Elisabetta Falcetti, Managing Director for Turkey and the Caucasus—agreed to advance their cooperation agenda during a meeting on Thursday.
As part of the “Side by Side” initiative, IDBank has launched a new partnership, this time supporting families forcibly displaced from Artsakh who are currently living in the Sevan community.
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.
During a meeting with a delegation led by Alexander Tieman, Head of the IMF Mission to Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan discussed issues raised within the framework of the second review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) supported by the IMF.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept its inflation forecast for Armenia unchanged at 4.2% for 2026 and 3.5% for 2027, noting that inflation trends over the first seven months were generally in line with expectations.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan and Lyaziza Sabyrova, Country Director for Armenia at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed new areas of cooperation and infrastructure projects.
On Wednesday, at the opening meeting with the IMF mission delegation to Armenia, led by Alexander Timan, the Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan, discussed recent macroeconomic developments, economic prospects, and key risks.
There is no liquidity shortage in Armenia, but the question remains about whether businesses meet investor requirements, according to Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan.
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
IDBank and Idram’s initiative, “The Power of One Dram”, has concluded its’ 6th program and transferred 8.057.944 AMD to the Health Fund for Children of Armenia, which organizes treatment of children with life-threatening diseases abroad
The Stepan Gishyan charity foundation is providing assistance to children in Yeghegnadzor who need therapeutic procedures, the press service of Acba bank said
The Vanadzor Museum of Fine Arts has received 20 new audio guides with the assistance of Stepan Gishyan Charitable Foundation, the press service of Acba bank reported
The classroom, created as a result of cooperation between the Stepan Gishyan charity foundation and the Sustainable Development Fund, is equipped with all multimedia capabilities for conducting interactive lessons, Acba bank said in a press release today
The Stepan Gishyan charity foundation, run by ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK, has announced today a grant competition, designed for legal entities, the press service of the ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK reported
Since 2015, the Stepan Gishyan Charitable Foundation has been helping to implement programs that are important and promising for the public, the press service of ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK reported on Monday
The Stepan Gishyan charity foundation, run by ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK, said today it begins accepting grant applications from legal entities for 2020
There is a small, but organized Diaspora in Singapore the representatives of which successfully operate in different areas, including technological. Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Foundation Co-cohair Nagi Hamiyeh said Monday as he met with Armenian Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Singapore now for an official visit, the press office of the Armenian government reports
Thanks to the assistance of the Stepan Gishyan charity foundation run by the ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK, a wool processing workshop operating in the Shinuair community in the southern province of Syunik
The Stepan Gishyan charity foundation run by the ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK, has announced a call for grant applications. According to a bank’s press release, the maximum amount of a grant is 5 million drams
