June 1st, International Children’s Day, is approaching – a perfect occasion to remind everyone about the importance of children’s rights and their well-being.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Institutional players are entering the dram-denominated government debt market in Armenia, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia expects inflation to return to the target level in the medium term, said Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan, answering a question from the ARKA news agency.
There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.
Professional media covering the economy and financial sector, such as ARKA news agency, play a vital role in increasing public financial literacy and awareness.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
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
June 1st, International Children’s Day, is approaching – a perfect occasion to remind everyone about the importance of children’s rights and their well-being.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
Institutional players are entering the dram-denominated government debt market in Armenia, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.
The Central Bank of Armenia expects inflation to return to the target level in the medium term, said Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan, answering a question from the ARKA news agency.
There are two main risks for the financial stability of Armenia: one is associated with external factors, the other with internal processes, said the Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan, presenting the financial stability report for 2025.
Professional media covering the economy and financial sector, such as ARKA news agency, play a vital role in increasing public financial literacy and awareness.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
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
The overall lending of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks fell by 6.7% or 279 billion drams in the first 9 months of 2021 to 3.9 trillion drams, Deputy Executive Director of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) Arman Sargsyan said at a press conference on Friday
Lending rates have increased in Turkey and Armenia, the two countries that began tightening their monetary policies in 2020, while lending growth has slowed significantly, the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) said in a report
In the frist half of 2021 Armenia-based banks' lending decreased by about 253 billion drams or 6% from the first half of 2020 and by 189 billion drams or 4.6% when compared to the first quarter of 2021 to 3.9 trillion drams at the end of June, the Union of Banks of Armenia said today
Armenia’s private sector will benefit from new resources for green financing thanks to a US$ 10 million financial package put together by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to facilitate the private sector’s transition to more sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient practices, EBRD said today in a press release
Consumer lending in Armenia is not booming, but mortgage lending has intensified, Chairman of the Central Bank Martin Galstyan told reporters on Tuesday
Armenian banks' overall lending stood at 4.14 trillion drams in late March 2021, Executive Director of the Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) Seyran Sargsyan said at a press conference on Wednesday
Armenian banks' lending in 2019 amounted to 3.572 trillion. drams, the executive director of the Union of Banks of Armenia Seyran Sargsyan told reporters on Friday
The amount of lending provided by Armenian banks in the first 9 months of 2019 grew to 3.37 trillion drams, the chairman of the Union of Banks of Armenia Mher Abrahamyan told reporters on Wednesday
The mortgage lending by Armenia-based commercial banks has almost doubled, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference in Vanadzor on Monday
The loan portfolios of Armenian commercial banks grew by 14.4% in 2019 July as opposed to 2018 July, the head of the Union of Banks of Armenia and CEO of Ameriabank Artak Hanesyan told reporters today