June 1st, International Children’s Day, is approaching – a perfect occasion to remind everyone about the importance of children’s rights and their well-being.
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.
Institutional players are entering the dram-denominated government debt market in Armenia, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia expects inflation to return to the target level in the medium term, said Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan, answering a question from the ARKA news agency.
There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.
Professional media covering the economy and financial sector, such as ARKA news agency, play a vital role in increasing public financial literacy and awareness.
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
June 1st, International Children’s Day, is approaching – a perfect occasion to remind everyone about the importance of children’s rights and their well-being.
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.
Institutional players are entering the dram-denominated government debt market in Armenia, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia expects inflation to return to the target level in the medium term, said Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan, answering a question from the ARKA news agency.
There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.
Professional media covering the economy and financial sector, such as ARKA news agency, play a vital role in increasing public financial literacy and awareness.
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
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.
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
