Beginning January 1, 2026, investment firms will have the opportunity to apply for a license to offer cryptoasset services, with Freedom Broker Armenia participating in this initiative, according to Hovak Hovakimyan, the Director of Freedom Broker Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia is pursuing a fairly balanced and consistent policy to ensure the stability of the financial system, particularly in terms of digitalization and market transparency, according to Freedom Broker Armenia Director Hovak Hovakimyan.
In today’s rapidly evolving fintech landscape, true competitive advantage comes not only from offering online services, but also from the ability to integrate quickly and scale into new markets.
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.
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.
Armenia's total public debt as of October 31, 2025, amounted to $14,173.212 million, a decrease of $22.676 million compared to September 30, 2025. This is stated in a report by the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $1.15 billion in January-October 2025, compared to $1.05 billion in January-October 2024, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new 36-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Armenia in the amount of SDR 128.8 million (100% of Armenia's IMF quota, or approximately $175 million).
In November, the inflation rate over the past 12 months in the Armenian consumer market reached 3.1%, as reported by the Statistical Committee (Armstat).
At the end of 2025, Armenia's state budget deficit will not exceed 5% instead of the planned 5.5%, resulting in public debt not exceeding 50% of GDP, Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan announced Wednesday in parliament during the final discussion of the 2026 budget.
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.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Interest in investing in Armenia has grown significantly in recent years, and along with it, so has the need for accessible tools that allow one to take their first steps in the financial market.
Beginning January 1, 2026, investment firms will have the opportunity to apply for a license to offer cryptoasset services, with Freedom Broker Armenia participating in this initiative, according to Hovak Hovakimyan, the Director of Freedom Broker Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia is pursuing a fairly balanced and consistent policy to ensure the stability of the financial system, particularly in terms of digitalization and market transparency, according to Freedom Broker Armenia Director Hovak Hovakimyan.
In today’s rapidly evolving fintech landscape, true competitive advantage comes not only from offering online services, but also from the ability to integrate quickly and scale into new markets.
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.
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.
Armenia's total public debt as of October 31, 2025, amounted to $14,173.212 million, a decrease of $22.676 million compared to September 30, 2025. This is stated in a report by the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $1.15 billion in January-October 2025, compared to $1.05 billion in January-October 2024, according to a report from the Central Bank of the Republic.
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new 36-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Armenia in the amount of SDR 128.8 million (100% of Armenia's IMF quota, or approximately $175 million).
In November, the inflation rate over the past 12 months in the Armenian consumer market reached 3.1%, as reported by the Statistical Committee (Armstat).
At the end of 2025, Armenia's state budget deficit will not exceed 5% instead of the planned 5.5%, resulting in public debt not exceeding 50% of GDP, Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan announced Wednesday in parliament during the final discussion of the 2026 budget.
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.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Interest in investing in Armenia has grown significantly in recent years, and along with it, so has the need for accessible tools that allow one to take their first steps in the financial market.
Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Suren Papikyan and the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) Nikolai Podguzov agreed today that the partnership between the Armenian government and the EDB is a good basis for the successful implementation of joint projects in future
The Council of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) chaired by Askar Mamin, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, approved the EDB’s Strategy for 2022–2026. The participants in the meeting were the representative plenipotentiary of the Bank’s shareholders, including Mher Grigoryan, Deputy Prime Minister, Armenia; Yuri Seliverstov, Minister of Finance, Belarus; Alikhan Smailov, First Deputy Prime Minister, Kazakhstan; Akylbek Japarov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Kyrgyz Republic; Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance, Russia; and Yusuf Majidi, Deputy Minister of Finance, Tajikistan
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a video conversation with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso on Friday, the press service of the government reported
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) responded to the Covid-19 pandemic in Armenia in 2020 with record investment of €167 million for projects in energy, banking and transport and through trade finance support, the Bank said in a press release today. The Bank helped to address the immediate and longer-term needs of the country’s economy
Armenia's investment climate, according to the latest Doing Business 2019 report, is satisfactory, said Andrey Shirokov, the Executive Director of the Project Unit at the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD)
There is a small, but organized Diaspora in Singapore the representatives of which successfully operate in different areas, including technological. Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Foundation Co-cohair Nagi Hamiyeh said Monday as he met with Armenian Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Singapore now for an official visit, the press office of the Armenian government reports
Gazelle Finance, a U.S. investment fund manager, has launched investment operations in Armenia targeting investments in high growth small and medium enterprises
VTB Bank (Armenia) took part in an exhibition titled "Banks, Investment and Credit Organizations of Armenia" organized by THE Nur Expo company with the support of the Yerevan Municipality. The two-day exhibition started on Thursday in the premises of the Yerevan History Museum
Armenia’s Araratbank will pay special attention to digital-banking and investment services in 2017, Ashot Osipayn, Araratbank executive director, told journalists on Wednesday
The total amount of transactions formalized by Armenia’s investment companies reached AMD 57.4 billion in April 2016 showing a 41.2% year-on-year growth and 15.2% month-on-month contraction, the Central Bank of Armenia reports in a fresh issue of its monthly bulletin
