he net profit of the Armenian banking system in the first quarter of 2025 exceeded 100.6 billion drams, increasing by 24.9% compared to the first quarter of 2024.
As a solution to the problem of growing financial fraud, the Central Bank of Armenia has recommended banks to freeze all credit obligations that have signs of fraud, said Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia decided today to leave the refinancing rate unchanged at 6.75% taking into account a set of factors such as the continued high uncertainty surrounding the US economic policy, declining confidence in the global economy, growth slowdown and a possible weakening demand in Armenia, the head of the regulator Martin Galstyan said at a press conference on Tuesday.
The net inflow of private money transfers to Armenia from overseas through the banking sector has nearly halved in the first quarter of 2025, totaling $143.7 million, a sharp decline from $278.6 million during the same period in 2024, as reported by the Central Bank.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
In the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in April of this year amounted to 3.2%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia’s Finance Minister, Vahe Hovhannisyan, addressed concerns regarding the stagnation of the country's credit rating despite positive financial indicators reported by the government over the past seven years.
Armenia's public debt as of March 31 is 5.3 trillion drams, an increase of 4.4% compared to December 31 last year, and 5.8% in dollar terms, said Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
The Armenian government has ratified an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on providing a loan for the "Sustainable and Inclusive Road Section Improvement Project".
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
he net profit of the Armenian banking system in the first quarter of 2025 exceeded 100.6 billion drams, increasing by 24.9% compared to the first quarter of 2024.
As a solution to the problem of growing financial fraud, the Central Bank of Armenia has recommended banks to freeze all credit obligations that have signs of fraud, said Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia decided today to leave the refinancing rate unchanged at 6.75% taking into account a set of factors such as the continued high uncertainty surrounding the US economic policy, declining confidence in the global economy, growth slowdown and a possible weakening demand in Armenia, the head of the regulator Martin Galstyan said at a press conference on Tuesday.
The net inflow of private money transfers to Armenia from overseas through the banking sector has nearly halved in the first quarter of 2025, totaling $143.7 million, a sharp decline from $278.6 million during the same period in 2024, as reported by the Central Bank.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
In the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in April of this year amounted to 3.2%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia’s Finance Minister, Vahe Hovhannisyan, addressed concerns regarding the stagnation of the country's credit rating despite positive financial indicators reported by the government over the past seven years.
Armenia's public debt as of March 31 is 5.3 trillion drams, an increase of 4.4% compared to December 31 last year, and 5.8% in dollar terms, said Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
The Armenian government has ratified an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on providing a loan for the "Sustainable and Inclusive Road Section Improvement Project".
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
At the beginning of 2021 Armenia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves were the lowest among members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan), according to the Eurasian Development Bank’s report on Uzbekistan’s integration with the EEU
A gold refining factory is to be built in Armenia, which is supposed to help the Central Bank to partially restore its gold reserves, the chairman of the Central Bank Artur Javadyan said today in the parliament
Anelik Bank has launched a new campaign – it will provide gold-secured card loans until December 1, 2017 for up to six months at 8% and 9.5% interest rates for loans in foreign currencies and 11% and 12% for loans in drams, the press office of the bank reported on Monday
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from August 7 to 13, 2017. The new prices were for one gram of chemically pure metals
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from July 3 to 9, 2017. The new prices were for one gram of chemically pure metals
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from May 29 to June 2, 2017
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from May 15 to May 21, 2017
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from April 17 to April 23, 2017
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from March 20 to March 26, 2017
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from March 13 to March 19, 2017
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from March 6 to March 12, 2017
The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which were effective from January 30 to February 5, 2017