Converse Bank (Armenia) and Asia Alliance Bank (Uzbekistan) have officially launched a strategic partnership. On October 21, in Vienna, the parties signed two key agreements: one on the opening and management of international correspondent accounts, and another on cooperation in foreign exchange and money markets.
The Central Bank of Armenia's cybersecurity standards are on par with those of developed central banks worldwide and has been successfully implementing international security standards for nearly two decades.
Converse Bank has been awarded the BACEE Award for International Banking Co-operation during the 50th Jubilee Conference of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE).
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.
In August, commercial bank deposits and credit in Armenia grew 1.9 percent (mom), according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
In September, the AMD/USD exchange rate remained stable mom, appreciating 1.2 percent in yoy terms, according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
Armenia’s Central Bank (CBA) decided to keep the policy rate at 6.75 percent, while signaling a gradually easing cycle, with plans to reduce the refinancing rate to around 6.25 percent over the next 12 months.
In August, net non-commercial money transfers to Armenia continued to recover, rising 29.1 percent (yoy), the World Bank says in its latest Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025 report.
Given significant uncertainty, the Central Bank of Armenia should continue to closely monitor economic trends and inflation expectations and be prepared to adjust the refinancing rate if necessary, the IMF said in a statement following the visit of the Fund mission, led by Alexander Timan, to Yerevan from September 17-30.
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.
Converse Bank (Armenia) and Asia Alliance Bank (Uzbekistan) have officially launched a strategic partnership. On October 21, in Vienna, the parties signed two key agreements: one on the opening and management of international correspondent accounts, and another on cooperation in foreign exchange and money markets.
The Central Bank of Armenia's cybersecurity standards are on par with those of developed central banks worldwide and has been successfully implementing international security standards for nearly two decades.
Converse Bank has been awarded the BACEE Award for International Banking Co-operation during the 50th Jubilee Conference of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE).
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.
In August, commercial bank deposits and credit in Armenia grew 1.9 percent (mom), according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
In September, the AMD/USD exchange rate remained stable mom, appreciating 1.2 percent in yoy terms, according to the World Bank's Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025.
Armenia’s Central Bank (CBA) decided to keep the policy rate at 6.75 percent, while signaling a gradually easing cycle, with plans to reduce the refinancing rate to around 6.25 percent over the next 12 months.
In August, net non-commercial money transfers to Armenia continued to recover, rising 29.1 percent (yoy), the World Bank says in its latest Armenia Monthly Economic Update – October 2025 report.
Given significant uncertainty, the Central Bank of Armenia should continue to closely monitor economic trends and inflation expectations and be prepared to adjust the refinancing rate if necessary, the IMF said in a statement following the visit of the Fund mission, led by Alexander Timan, to Yerevan from September 17-30.
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.
Unibank’s USD-denominated bonds totaling $5 million are included in Abond list NASDAQ OMX Armenia, the press office of the stock exchange reported on Tuesday
Today NASDAQ OMX Armenia listed ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK’s AMD- and USD-denominated bonds on its Abond list (ISIN AMACBAB24ER4 and AMACBAB23ER6 respectively), thus permitting manual and repo trading of these bonds
Some 1,104 transactions with corporate bonds to the tune of 13.8 billion drams (the equivalent of $28.5 million) were effected in the first nine months of 2018 at the NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, by 46.8% more than the cost of transactions effected in the same time span in 2017
On October 29, Ameriabank listed dram- and dollar- denominated coupon bonds on NASDAQ OMX Armenia Exchange's Secondary Bbond List, the press office of the stock exchange reports
NASDAQ OMX Armenia and the Central Depository of Armenia, summarizing the results of the “Best Member 2017” awards, have recognized Converse Bank as the best Stock Exchange member in repo and swap operations, the press office of the bank reported on Monday
The amount of transactions with corporate bonds effected at NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange in the first 7 months of 2018 doubled when compared to the same period last year, according to data, provided by the exchange
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has been granted the status of a participant in the Nasdaq OMX Armenia foreign exchange and government bond markets