At COP17, Acba Bank participated in a panel discussion organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) dedicated to the future of sustainable agriculture, long-term investments, and the need for environmentally responsible financing solutions.
The Central Bank of Armenia plans to implement the concepts of Open Banking and Open Finance in the coming years, as well as change its approach to banking licensing. This was stated by Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan in an interview with Hetq.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
At the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which concluded in Yerevan, nearly $2 billion in new funding for biodiversity conservation was announced, according to a final press release from the Convention Secretariat published on October 31.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wempi Saputra discussed prospects for expanding cooperation, including in infrastructure investment and promoting the export of Armenian products.
Armenia has streamlined the process for filing annual personal income tax declarations, expanded the scope of data that is auto-populated, and defined categories of non-taxable income that citizens are not required to include in their declarations.
As of September 30, 2026, Yerevan’s budget had received 75.7 billion drams in own revenues, surpassing the 72.9 billion drams projected for the January–September period, reported David Hakobyan, acting head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
The Central Bank of Armenia has shifted its focus from a single baseline scenario to an analysis of multiple potential scenarios, aiming to identify those that pose the most significant threats, according to the regulator’s Governor, Martin Galstyan.
Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.
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.
At COP17, Acba Bank participated in a panel discussion organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) dedicated to the future of sustainable agriculture, long-term investments, and the need for environmentally responsible financing solutions.
The Central Bank of Armenia plans to implement the concepts of Open Banking and Open Finance in the coming years, as well as change its approach to banking licensing. This was stated by Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan in an interview with Hetq.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
At the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which concluded in Yerevan, nearly $2 billion in new funding for biodiversity conservation was announced, according to a final press release from the Convention Secretariat published on October 31.
Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Wempi Saputra discussed prospects for expanding cooperation, including in infrastructure investment and promoting the export of Armenian products.
Armenia has streamlined the process for filing annual personal income tax declarations, expanded the scope of data that is auto-populated, and defined categories of non-taxable income that citizens are not required to include in their declarations.
As of September 30, 2026, Yerevan’s budget had received 75.7 billion drams in own revenues, surpassing the 72.9 billion drams projected for the January–September period, reported David Hakobyan, acting head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
The Central Bank of Armenia has shifted its focus from a single baseline scenario to an analysis of multiple potential scenarios, aiming to identify those that pose the most significant threats, according to the regulator’s Governor, Martin Galstyan.
Armenia’s corporate bond market is entering a new stage of development, expanding opportunities for businesses to secure financing while offering investors an alternative to bank deposits.
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 Armenian brokerage market continues to grow, but its future development will be determined not so much by the number of open accounts as by its ability to attract and retain active investors.
The financial agenda in Armenia over the past week focused on the performance of the banking sector for the first nine months of 2026, the development of the bond market, and enhancements to financial regulation.
The authors of the study "Free Lunch in Yerevan: An Arbitrage Anomaly in the Armenian Bond Market" draw attention to the unusual ratio of bank and sovereign bond yields for the debt market.
Armenia's financial agenda last week was determined by banking sector data, rating decisions, inflation and public debt forecasts, exchange rate dynamics, personnel changes at Byblos Bank Armenia, and expert assessments of the possible impact of restrictions on goods supplies to Russia.
On Thursday, the Armenian government approved the ratification of a financial agreement and the approval of a grant agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, a World Bank entity) for $284.4 million.
Equity market capitalization in June 2026 exceeded AMD 492.7 billion, an increase of 7.43%, the press service of the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX) reported.
The week in Armenia's financial market was dominated by the debt agenda, Central Bank statements, currency dynamics, and decisions regarding non-cash payments.
The average market exchange rate for the US dollar against the Armenian dram, formed on the Armenian foreign exchange market as of June 24, 2026, fell by 0.15 points compared to June 23, to 367.93 drams.
One of the main tasks of the Central Bank of Armenia is to ensure continuous liquidity and fair pricing in the foreign exchange market, stated Martin Galstyan, head of the regulator.
The week in the Armenian financial market was influenced by decisions and statements by the Central Bank, updated macroeconomic data, and capital market activity.
Last week, the focus in Armenia was on changes in bank taxation, the development of a new law on payment services, and the transformation of investment companies.
The Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia, Lilia Sirakanyan, held a meeting with representatives of investment companies, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia.
