Armenia's financial agenda last week was determined by the banking sector's first-half results, changes in the money transfer sector, and exchange rate dynamics.
The total capital of Armenian banks as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 2 trillion 226.85 billion drams, an increase of 13.63% compared to June 30, 2025, and a decrease of 3.13% compared to March 31, 2026.
The total loan portfolio of Armenian banks as of June 30, 2026, exceeded AMD 8.56 trillion, representing a 23.56% increase compared to June 30, 2025, and a 6.8% increase compared to March 31, 2026.
All 17 operating commercial banks in Armenia were included in the list of the country's 1,000 largest taxpayers for the first half of 2026, according to data from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
Armenia's public debt could increase to approximately 50% of GDP by the end of 2026, but the World Bank does not view this level as a significant threat to the country's macroeconomic stability, said Armine Manukyan, Senior Economist at the World Bank.
The World Bank forecasts inflation in Armenia at 4.6% by the end of 2026, up from 3.3% a year earlier, said Armine Manukyan, Senior Economist at the World Bank.
As of June 30, 2026, Yerevan's budget revenues amounted to 49.2 billion drams, compared to the planned 44.6 billion drams for January-June, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
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 financial agenda last week was determined by the banking sector's first-half results, changes in the money transfer sector, and exchange rate dynamics.
The total capital of Armenian banks as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 2 trillion 226.85 billion drams, an increase of 13.63% compared to June 30, 2025, and a decrease of 3.13% compared to March 31, 2026.
The total loan portfolio of Armenian banks as of June 30, 2026, exceeded AMD 8.56 trillion, representing a 23.56% increase compared to June 30, 2025, and a 6.8% increase compared to March 31, 2026.
All 17 operating commercial banks in Armenia were included in the list of the country's 1,000 largest taxpayers for the first half of 2026, according to data from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
The international rating agency Moody's Ratings has revised the outlook on Armenia's sovereign rating from stable to positive, affirming its long-term issuer ratings in both local and foreign currencies at Ba3.
Armenia's public debt could increase to approximately 50% of GDP by the end of 2026, but the World Bank does not view this level as a significant threat to the country's macroeconomic stability, said Armine Manukyan, Senior Economist at the World Bank.
The World Bank forecasts inflation in Armenia at 4.6% by the end of 2026, up from 3.3% a year earlier, said Armine Manukyan, Senior Economist at the World Bank.
As of June 30, 2026, Yerevan's budget revenues amounted to 49.2 billion drams, compared to the planned 44.6 billion drams for January-June, according to David Hakobyan, Acting Head of the Revenue Accounting and Collection Department at the Yerevan City Hall.
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
As a leading bank in Armenia’s installment loans market, VTB Bank (Armenia) provides customers with the opportunity to purchase goods and services on installment in more than 600 outlets, which are its partners, thereby allowing customers to buy goods and services now and pay for them over the next months
VTB Bank (Armenia) has unveiled today preferential terms for the purchase of real estate in the Komitas Park multifunctional residential complex in the administrative district of Arabkir in the capital Yerevan
Keeping up with the times, VTB Bank (Armenia), within the framework of consumer lending, offers its individual clients to use the “Credit Line” product, the press service of the bank reported
Unibank has updated its UniMobile app thus making remote service more convenient for the clients. New functions have been added to UniMobile: users can now register online by themselves, make from-card-to-card transfers and pay loans of other banks, the press service of the bank reports
ACBA Leasing offers individuals and economic entities flexible financial services that make it possible to effectively develop their businesses using a number of tools
Unibank offers its clients to apply for contactless Visa cards, with the help of which it is possible to make payments with a simple touch to the terminal, the press office of the bank reports
Armenia's Araratbank offers its own mobile application - ARARATMobile. Karen Sargsyan, chairman of the bank's board, speaking Saturday at the application presentation ceremony, pointed out the advantages the application provides and singled out security system as the most important of them
One of the leaders of retail lending in Armenia - Unibank - offers its customers a credit line of up to 5 million drams for any consumer needs, the press office of the bank reported on Wednesday. According to the press release, the loan can be obtained at any of the bank’s 51 branches. The credit line is issued for a period of up to 5 years at an annual rate of 14.9%
Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Varos Simonyan received last week a Chinese delegation, led by Lin Sheng Kiang, the head of the Qatari branch of Bank of China, one of the four leading banks in the world
In tune with its strategy of providing loans on the best terms, the VTB Bank (Armenia) has announced today a New Year lending campaign with lower effective interest rates, saying in a press release that the loans are to be secured by gold items
Converse Bank started lending within the framework of the “State Assistance Program on Financial Leasing of Agricultural Equipment in the Republic of Armenia”, the press office of Converse Bank reported on Friday
