Converse Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a financing agreement of up to USD 15 million aimed at expanding access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Armenia, including women-led businesses, and promoting sustainable investments.
Paralympic gold medalists and U.S. Sports Envoys Rose Hollermann and Steve Serio visited Armenia to conduct a wheelchair basketball masterclass and an exhibition game. Unibank and the “Vanq” Charity Fund jointly sponsored the concluding event held in Yerevan, supporting an initiative that combined sport with a powerful message of determination, resilience, and overcoming barriers.
Interest rates on loans in Armenia may decrease if favorable inflation and geopolitical conditions persist, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, on Public Television.
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.
The Armenian government aims to bring the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, approximately within five years, stated Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan.
Net non-commercial remittances in Armenia increased by 16% year-on-year in April from a low base in 2025, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – June 2026."
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
Converse Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a financing agreement of up to USD 15 million aimed at expanding access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Armenia, including women-led businesses, and promoting sustainable investments.
Paralympic gold medalists and U.S. Sports Envoys Rose Hollermann and Steve Serio visited Armenia to conduct a wheelchair basketball masterclass and an exhibition game. Unibank and the “Vanq” Charity Fund jointly sponsored the concluding event held in Yerevan, supporting an initiative that combined sport with a powerful message of determination, resilience, and overcoming barriers.
Interest rates on loans in Armenia may decrease if favorable inflation and geopolitical conditions persist, stated Martin Galstyan, Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, on Public Television.
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.
The Armenian government aims to bring the public debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, approximately within five years, stated Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan.
Net non-commercial remittances in Armenia increased by 16% year-on-year in April from a low base in 2025, according to the World Bank's "Armenia Monthly Economic Update – June 2026."
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
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
