At its meeting on Monday, Armenia's Parliamentary Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budgetary Affairs approved Martin Galstyan's candidacy for the position of Central Bank Governor, nominated by the ruling Civil Contract faction.
Unibank has joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), reinforcing its commitment to integrating climate considerations into its financial activities and improving transparency around emissions.
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.
Twelve-month inflation in the Armenian consumer market in March of this year was 4.5%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Central Bank of Armenia Governor Martin Galstyan held a final meeting with Alexander Timan, head of the IMF mission to Armenia, the regulator's press service reported.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Managing Director Leah Gutierrez discussed the implementation of joint programs.
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
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.
At its meeting on Monday, Armenia's Parliamentary Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budgetary Affairs approved Martin Galstyan's candidacy for the position of Central Bank Governor, nominated by the ruling Civil Contract faction.
Unibank has joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), reinforcing its commitment to integrating climate considerations into its financial activities and improving transparency around emissions.
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.
Twelve-month inflation in the Armenian consumer market in March of this year was 4.5%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
Central Bank of Armenia Governor Martin Galstyan held a final meeting with Alexander Timan, head of the IMF mission to Armenia, the regulator's press service reported.
Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Managing Director Leah Gutierrez discussed the implementation of joint programs.
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
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.
Armenia’s national currency, the dram, has not been affected by the "velvet revolution", head of the National Union of Employers Gagik Makaryan told ARKA
Vardan Aramyan, Armenian finance minister, thinks the increase in the foreign debt servicing burden is unlikely to put additional pressure on the Armenian dram
This is the second consecutive year Armenia stands out from former Soviet republics for its monetary policy and stable national currency, Tatul Manaseryan, head of Alterantive think tank, told journalists on Monday
Armenian residents' deposits in the national currency, the dram, in commercial banks increased by 6.4% in February 2016 from January to 551.9 billion drams
Interest rates on bank deposits in Armenia’s national currency, the dram, decreased in 2016 January when compared to the previous month, while interest rates on deposits in USD grew, according to the Central Bank of Armenia data
On Tuesday Armenia’s Central Bank again stepped in to inject $15 million in the local currency market in an apparent effort to shore up the national currency, the dram, a local daily ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ (Armenian Time) says in a story in its today’s issue
Armenia’s Central Bank has to spend from $1 billion to $1.5 billion a year to shore up the exchange rate of the national currency, the dram, ex-prime Hrant Bagratyan said today
The latest adjustment of Armenia’s national currency, the dram’s exchange rate is prompted by the need to make Armenian exports more competitive and preserve the Central Bank’s reserves, a Central Bank Board member, Armenak Darbinyan, told a news briefing today
