Armenia plans to extend the cashback program for non-cash payments for pensioners and benefit recipients until December 31, 2026, announced RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.
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.
Armenia's state budget for the first 10 months of 2025 was executed with a deficit of 229.7 billion drams, compared to a deficit of 211.5 billion drams for the same period last year.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved the ratification of a loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for the €120.5 million tourism and regional infrastructure program in Armenia.
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.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Interest in investing in Armenia has grown significantly in recent years, and along with it, so has the need for accessible tools that allow one to take their first steps in the financial market.
Armenia plans to extend the cashback program for non-cash payments for pensioners and benefit recipients until December 31, 2026, announced RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan.
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.
Armenia's state budget for the first 10 months of 2025 was executed with a deficit of 229.7 billion drams, compared to a deficit of 211.5 billion drams for the same period last year.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved the ratification of a loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for the €120.5 million tourism and regional infrastructure program in Armenia.
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.
The need to improve financial literacy is increasingly being discussed in Armenia, but what does this really mean, and why is it important not only for individuals but for the entire economy?
Interest in investing in Armenia has grown significantly in recent years, and along with it, so has the need for accessible tools that allow one to take their first steps in the financial market.
The two-year strategy for the development of the CMTPL sphere, approved in Armenia at the beginning of 2025, is an important step for the development of this market segment, said Armen Nurbekyan, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, Chairman of the Board of the Auto Insurers Bureau, at an event dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Bureau.
The Central Bank of Armenia warns motorists against a new type of fraud, saying in a statement that after looking into a set of reports and notifications of citizens, it has been found that recently there has been an increase in cases when unknown persons present themselves as employees of insurance companies and offer to conclude compulsory motor third-party liability insurance (CMTPL) contracts remotely.
The impact of the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are likely to be significant given Armenia’s strong economic links with Russia, according to the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2022 report. The WB has downgraded its growth forecast for Armenia for 2022 to 1.2% from the pre-war 5.3%.
Six Armenia-based insurance companies collected a total of 29.9 billion drams in the first 9 months of 2019 as premiums for mandatory insurance of vehicles and paid 16.7 billion drams in damage compensation claims
Six Armenia-based insurance companies collected a total of 22.5 billion drams of insurance premiums in the first 9 months of 2015, a 0.13% year-on-year growth
On January 1, 2013 Armenia began introducing the so-called bonus-malus system designed to reduce an insurance premium, especially one covering a motor vehicle, if no claims have been made within a specified period
Armenia’s insurance companies, mandatory car insurance market leaders for collected insurance premiums and paid compensations, have collected AMD 7.89 billion or 65.2% of the market’s premiums over the period between January 1 and June 30.
