Armenia will receive $200 million (€170.3 million) from the World Bank to support its transition to a more competitive, globally integrated economy with responsible emissions management.
The FINTECH360 International Conference will bring together over 500 participants in Yerevan from April 27 to 29, welcoming senior industry executives from banks, money transfer companies, payment platforms, IT firms, and startups representing more than 30 countries.
To spur the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in Armenia, Acba Bank and Amundi-Acba Asset Management have invested a total of $45 million in Firebird to establish an AI factory and data center.
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted in the first reading a legislative package amending the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and related laws.
Cross-border remittance inflow to Armenia increased by 2.4% year-on-year in 2025, reaching $5.9 billion, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's March macroeconomic review.
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.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Managing Director Leah Gutierrez discussed the implementation of joint programs.
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted amendments to the RA Bankruptcy Code in the first reading, along with the accompanying legislation.
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.
Armenia will receive $200 million (€170.3 million) from the World Bank to support its transition to a more competitive, globally integrated economy with responsible emissions management.
The FINTECH360 International Conference will bring together over 500 participants in Yerevan from April 27 to 29, welcoming senior industry executives from banks, money transfer companies, payment platforms, IT firms, and startups representing more than 30 countries.
To spur the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in Armenia, Acba Bank and Amundi-Acba Asset Management have invested a total of $45 million in Firebird to establish an AI factory and data center.
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted in the first reading a legislative package amending the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and related laws.
Cross-border remittance inflow to Armenia increased by 2.4% year-on-year in 2025, reaching $5.9 billion, according to the Eurasian Development Bank's March macroeconomic review.
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.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Managing Director Leah Gutierrez discussed the implementation of joint programs.
At its session on Wednesday, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted amendments to the RA Bankruptcy Code in the first reading, along with the accompanying legislation.
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.
A criminal group that stole large amounts of credit funds from various banks has been uncovered in Armenia, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports.
Head of Armenia's State Revenue Committee Eduard Hakobyan met with Soso Ramishvili, Head of the Investigation Service of the Georgian Ministry of Finance, within the framework of his visit to Tbilisi.
The EBRD said it has received a €87 million contribution approved by the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Board. The funding will support the EBRD’s Green Cities Facility
A new service launched by the Russian VTB Group enables customers of any Russian bank to make instantaneous money transfers to the banking cards of VTB's subsidiaries
Mellat Bank Yerevan, a subsidiary of Iran’s Bank Mellat, will open a new branch in Georgia by the end of the first half of the current Iranian year (Sept. 22), Bank Mellat’s chief executive said, according to Financial Tribune
Armenia's direct investments in Georgia in 2016 amounted to $5.6 million, by $6.3 (52.8%) million down from the previous year, according to the National Statistics Service of Georgia
Mellat Bank CJSC, fully owned by Iran’s Mellat Bank, is considering room for opening a branch in Georgia, Mohammad Bigdeli, chairman of Mellat Bank CJSC’s board, told journalists on Wednesday
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced a two-stage tender for design engineering and construction of a bridge across the Debed River in the borderland between Georgia and Armenia
Georgia’s government and national bank will take measures to deter the lari from devaluation, if any, but no devaluation is expected now, the National Bank President Georgi Katagidze is quoted by RIA Novosti
The main factor that contributed to Georgian lari depreciation and the strengthening of dollar is the current situation in the Russia economy influenced in turn by international sanctions, vice-premier and minister of energy of Georgia Kakhi Kaladze said, as cited by RIA Novosti
