Initiated by the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA), the Raiffeisen Banking International (RBI) corporation hosted the first "Days of Armenian Banks" in Vienna, aimed at enhancing collaboration between the financial sectors of Armenia and Europe.
For several months, four children with special needs from the Arvestaran educational and cultural center have been actively engaged in the Loshik social entrepreneurship program.
Armenian banks are consistently implementing new systems to safeguard their clients, including the utilization of AI technologies. However, protection may become unattainable if individuals are careless with their data, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank.
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.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
n the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in August of this year amounted to 3.6%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia will receive 45.3 million euros from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve healthcare quality, said First Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Lena Nanushyan during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on financial, credit and budgetary issues.
As of July 31, 2025, Armenia's total public debt was recorded at $14,098.6 million, an increase from $13,852.1 million as of June 30, 2025,according to the Ministry of Finance.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Initiated by the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA), the Raiffeisen Banking International (RBI) corporation hosted the first "Days of Armenian Banks" in Vienna, aimed at enhancing collaboration between the financial sectors of Armenia and Europe.
For several months, four children with special needs from the Arvestaran educational and cultural center have been actively engaged in the Loshik social entrepreneurship program.
Armenian banks are consistently implementing new systems to safeguard their clients, including the utilization of AI technologies. However, protection may become unattainable if individuals are careless with their data, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank.
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.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
n the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in August of this year amounted to 3.6%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia will receive 45.3 million euros from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve healthcare quality, said First Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Lena Nanushyan during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on financial, credit and budgetary issues.
As of July 31, 2025, Armenia's total public debt was recorded at $14,098.6 million, an increase from $13,852.1 million as of June 30, 2025,according to the Ministry of Finance.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
Deposit interest rates in Armenia are showing a downward trend, and credit rates are still unchanged, Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan told reporters on Tuesday.
The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia, at a meeting on Tuesday, decided to reduce the refinancing rate by 0.25 percentage points and set it at 4.25%. The rate of the Lombard repo provided by the Central Bank was 5.75%, and the rate on funds attracted by the Central Bank from other banks was 2.75%
Loan interest rates are gradually moving down in Armenia, Mher Abrahamyan, chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia, told journalists on Wednesday. In his words, the downward movement of interest rates is seen either on loans in the national currency or on loans in foreign currencies, and this drives banks' margin down
Interest rates on loans provided by Armenian commercial banks have decreased, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference in Vanadzor on Monday
Interest rates on Armenia-based commercial banks’ loans show a downward trend, Araratbank Board Chairman Ashot Osipyan told reporters on Tuesday. According to him, in 2018 the rates also decreased, prompted by growing competition
Interest rates on both deposits and loans are going down throughout the last few years, Andranik Grigoryan, chief of the Armenian central bank’s division in charge of stability and development of the country’s financial system, told journalists on Tuesday
The availability of loans is one of the most important issues for SMEs, Unibank said in a press release. It said decreasing the interest rate, it has improved the conditions for unsecured loans to make them more accessible for SMEs
Interest rates on loans provided by Armenia-based banks continue to decline, updating historical lows, according to the latest data of the Central Bank of Armenia
The Yerevan-based Converse Bank said today it has revised the lending terms as part of the Affordable Housing for Youth program, as well as the terms of refinancing with the funds of the National Mortgage Company, reducing the interest rates
The Yerevan-based Araratbank has announced a 1% cut in the interest rates on mortgage loans from July 31. It said in a news release that mortgage loans in Armenian drams are provided at 10% interest rate and a repayment period of 20 years
The VTB Bank (Armenia) has announced a ‘significant’ drop in the annual interest rates on mortgage loans provided in Armenian drams ‘to make mortgage loans available to a wider segment of customers
VTB Bank (Armenia), remaining stuck to its strategy of providing loans to clients at the best terms, offers gold-secured loans at low interest rates and with the increased limit, the bank’s press office reports
