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 Central Bank of Armenia is warning that phishing emails with attached files are being sent in the name of the Central Bank from a number of fake email addresses, including Tickets@t kt.am.
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.
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 Central Bank of Armenia is warning that phishing emails with attached files are being sent in the name of the Central Bank from a number of fake email addresses, including Tickets@t kt.am.
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.
Armenian citizens are aware of the financial ombudsman’s services in the country, but prefer to assert their rights through the courts, the head of trustees’ board of Armenia’s Ombudsman Office and member of the central bank board Armenak Darbinyan said at the sixth international conference on financial ombudsman’s services in Yerevan on Tuesday
Armenia’s financial ombudsman office received 3,244 finance-related complaints in 2014 - 62% more than it received in 2013, the office’s press service reports
Armenian financial ombudsman’s office received 850 complaints over the first quarter of this year, and this is 91.44% more than it received over the same quarter a year earlier, the office reports in its 1st Q report
Russian ministry of finance is considering submitting a financial ombudsman bill to the government by the end of April, head of insurance regulation policy department of the ministry Dmitry Nikulshin said
The Armenian ombudsman’s office has received 3,221 complaints since January 2009 and over AMD 228 million has been paid to claimants, Armenian Financial Ombudswoman Piruz Sargsyan said Thursday while summarizing the results of her office’s 2012 activity
Enhancement of public awareness and confidence should safeguard effectiveness of Financial Ombudsman Office’s activity, France’s Insurance Ombudsman Francis Frizon told.
