The German-Armenian Fund (GAF) has provided AMD 980 billion in loans since the launch of its operation in Armenia, Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan said at the conference “Opportunities and Prospects of SME Financing”.
Loans issued by Armenian banks to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2024 amounted to 1.6 trillion drams, said Daniel Azatyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA).
The net inflow of cross-border transfers in favor of individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the banking system of the Republic of Armenia, amounted to $87.5 million in January-February 2025, compared to $153.9 million in January-February 2024, according to the report from the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's Central Bank is investigating possible vulnerabilities in the protection of online express lending systems due to the increasing number of fraud cases, Central Bank head Martin Galstyan said.
Compared to previous surveys, market participants' expectations regarding the Central Bank of Armenia's refinancing rate have slightly adjusted downwards, reflecting the trajectory of a gradual reduction in the refinancing rate over the next eight decisions.
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, the 12-month inflation rate in March of this year amounted to 3.3%, according to a report by the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government ratified a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a program aimed at improving the quality of healthcare.
Goldman Sachs International will be able to sell minority stakes in a number of Russian blue chips to Balchug Capital CJSC, the same company that received permission from Russian authorities to buy the local banking unit of the American financial group.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan discussed today the 5th revision of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) at a meeting with IMF Armenian mission chief Iva Petrova.
An agreement on financial cooperation has been signed between the governments of Armenia and Germany, as reported by Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan on his Facebook page.
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.
The German-Armenian Fund (GAF) has provided AMD 980 billion in loans since the launch of its operation in Armenia, Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan said at the conference “Opportunities and Prospects of SME Financing”.
Loans issued by Armenian banks to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2024 amounted to 1.6 trillion drams, said Daniel Azatyan, Chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA).
The net inflow of cross-border transfers in favor of individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the banking system of the Republic of Armenia, amounted to $87.5 million in January-February 2025, compared to $153.9 million in January-February 2024, according to the report from the Central Bank of Armenia.
Armenia's Central Bank is investigating possible vulnerabilities in the protection of online express lending systems due to the increasing number of fraud cases, Central Bank head Martin Galstyan said.
Compared to previous surveys, market participants' expectations regarding the Central Bank of Armenia's refinancing rate have slightly adjusted downwards, reflecting the trajectory of a gradual reduction in the refinancing rate over the next eight decisions.
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, the 12-month inflation rate in March of this year amounted to 3.3%, according to a report by the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government ratified a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a program aimed at improving the quality of healthcare.
Goldman Sachs International will be able to sell minority stakes in a number of Russian blue chips to Balchug Capital CJSC, the same company that received permission from Russian authorities to buy the local banking unit of the American financial group.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan discussed today the 5th revision of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) at a meeting with IMF Armenian mission chief Iva Petrova.
An agreement on financial cooperation has been signed between the governments of Armenia and Germany, as reported by Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan on his Facebook page.
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.
Armenia's Central Bank is collecting data to assess the losses suffered by Armenian business people who invested money in some settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh which were handed over to Azerbaijan after the November 9 statement on cessation of hostilities, signed by the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, a Central Bank Board member David Nahapetyan, told the parliament today
'Now it is more than necessary to support the heroes of the Karabakh war and their families,' the Union of Banks of Armenia said in a statement today issued in connection with the Day of the Banker, celebrated on November 23
Credit organizations in Armenia will award credit holidays to those borrowers who have volunteered or were called up to the armed forces for the entire period of marshal law, declared after the large-scale offensive by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, the Union of Credit Organizations said in a statement today
ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK has decided to completely annul the credit obligations of the families of servicemen who died on the line of contact between the Karabakh and Azerbaijani forces
VTB Bank (Armenia) has decided to annul loan obligations of those Armenian servicemen who were killed or went missing in the latest upsurge in violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
As of February 1, 2016 the combined amount of credit portfolios of Armenian banks’ branches in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) stood at 79.6 billion drams, a drop of 16.7% compared to the same period of 2015
On January 1, 2016 the combined credit portfolio of Armenian banks’ branches operating in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) were by 2.6% higher from a year before standing at 100.1 billion drams
Armenian banks’ lending to customers outside the capital city and in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was higher than in Yerevan, according to a Central Bank’s study on composition and structure of credit investments and borrowed funds of banks and credit organizations from June 2014 to June 2015
The aggregate loan portfolio of Armenian banks' branches operating in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's territory grew 17.3% over the first ten months of this year, compared with the same period a year before, reaching AMD 89186.8 million by early November
