The quality of the loan portfolio of Armenian banks has improved due to a decrease in the share of problem debt from 2.4% to 1.2%, according to the regional economic review of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) “Winter 2024–2025.”
Bank lending growth rates in Armenia exceeded the growth rates of deposits (21.1% and 10.8% y/y, respectively) by the end of September 2024, contributing to the reduction of excess liquidity in the banking sector, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
Amid low inflation rates, the Central Bank of Armenia has substantially eased monetary conditions, but this has had a limited impact on banks' rates, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development's (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
A scheme designed by the Armenian government to support citizens with bad loans started on February 1 with 1000 beneficiaries having already submitted online applications, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs David Khachatryan said today.
Viva Armenia CJSC announces the issuance of nominal, coupon paying bonds. The company has issued dollar-denominated bonds with a total face value of $80 million. The underwriter for these bonds is Ameriabank.
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
ARKA News Agency announces the launch of the updated website Arkatelecom.am — the first specialized resource in the field of high technologies and telecommunications in Armenia, operating since 2008.
The pace of price growth in Armenia is expected to gradually increase in the coming months, driven by the easing of monetary policy and the recovery in global food prices, according to the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Armenia's overall public debt as of December 31, 2024 amounted to $12,842,240,000, increasing by $274.4 million compared to November 30, 2024, the National Statistical Committee said.
Financial intermediation by the Armenian banking system in December 2024 continued to outpace economic activity, also characterized by a higher growth rate of loans compared to deposits, according to the Armenian Ministry of Finance's report titled "Review of Macroeconomic Developments. December 2024." Unlike December 2023, the growth in loan volumes (24.2%) exceeded the growth in deposit volumes (13.9%).
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.
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency CEO of Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) Hayk Yeganyan spoke about the strategy of the exchange, prospects of the securities market development, as well as the obstacles on this path
Andranik Grigoryan, the CEO of Converse Bank, addressed key topics in an interview with AmCham magazine, including customer interests, digital financial services improvement, and Converse Bank's digital team organization. Read the full interview with Andranik Grigoryan
Armenia’s Central Bank is not planning to make changes to or revise its current regulatory framework designed for local commercial banks, the regulator’s press service said in response to ARKA News Agency's inquiry about whether it was planning to toughen prudential requirements for banks, particularly, the liquidity ratio because of the large inflow of non-resident funds
The quality of the loan portfolio of Armenian banks has improved due to a decrease in the share of problem debt from 2.4% to 1.2%, according to the regional economic review of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) “Winter 2024–2025.”
Bank lending growth rates in Armenia exceeded the growth rates of deposits (21.1% and 10.8% y/y, respectively) by the end of September 2024, contributing to the reduction of excess liquidity in the banking sector, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
Amid low inflation rates, the Central Bank of Armenia has substantially eased monetary conditions, but this has had a limited impact on banks' rates, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development's (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
A scheme designed by the Armenian government to support citizens with bad loans started on February 1 with 1000 beneficiaries having already submitted online applications, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs David Khachatryan said today.
Viva Armenia CJSC announces the issuance of nominal, coupon paying bonds. The company has issued dollar-denominated bonds with a total face value of $80 million. The underwriter for these bonds is Ameriabank.
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
ARKA News Agency announces the launch of the updated website Arkatelecom.am — the first specialized resource in the field of high technologies and telecommunications in Armenia, operating since 2008.
The pace of price growth in Armenia is expected to gradually increase in the coming months, driven by the easing of monetary policy and the recovery in global food prices, according to the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Armenia's overall public debt as of December 31, 2024 amounted to $12,842,240,000, increasing by $274.4 million compared to November 30, 2024, the National Statistical Committee said.
Financial intermediation by the Armenian banking system in December 2024 continued to outpace economic activity, also characterized by a higher growth rate of loans compared to deposits, according to the Armenian Ministry of Finance's report titled "Review of Macroeconomic Developments. December 2024." Unlike December 2023, the growth in loan volumes (24.2%) exceeded the growth in deposit volumes (13.9%).
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.
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency CEO of Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) Hayk Yeganyan spoke about the strategy of the exchange, prospects of the securities market development, as well as the obstacles on this path
Andranik Grigoryan, the CEO of Converse Bank, addressed key topics in an interview with AmCham magazine, including customer interests, digital financial services improvement, and Converse Bank's digital team organization. Read the full interview with Andranik Grigoryan
Armenia’s Central Bank is not planning to make changes to or revise its current regulatory framework designed for local commercial banks, the regulator’s press service said in response to ARKA News Agency's inquiry about whether it was planning to toughen prudential requirements for banks, particularly, the liquidity ratio because of the large inflow of non-resident funds
The insights of the November at Armenia Securities Exchange have shown a surge of market and trade values of securities in comparison with November, 2020
The Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) said the trade value of the Armenian government bonds traded in the primary market in 2020 July has grown by 46% from the same month in 2019 to 80.8 billion drams
Armenia registered a high indicator of financial stability, and the demand for government bonds exceeded supply 2.7 times, Artak Manukyan, the MP from the ruling faction My Step, said Wednesday an extraordinary parliamentary session
Armenian banks’ investments in government bonds at the end of October 2017 stood at 422 billion drams, an increase of 15.4% since the beginning of the year
Banks’ investments in government bonds in Armenia totaled AMD 388.4 billion in late June after shrinking 3.8% over the month, the Central Bank of Armenia reports
An additional auction has been held at NASDAQ OMX Armenia for government bonds worth AMD 1 billion, the press office of the stock exchange reported on Monday
Investments of Armenia’s banks in government bonds have grown 10.5% since the beginning of this year reaching AMD 403.9 billion in late May, but they reduced 2.4% over one month, the Central Bank of Armenia reports
Armenian finance minister Vardan Aramyan was the first today to purchase government treasury bonds worth 50,000 drams (less than $ 100) in the presence of journalists by using the new online gp.minfin.am platform