In Armenia, the fraud scheme based on trust in relatives continues to remain widely spread. Fraudsters exploit users’ care and willingness to help those in danger.
Armenia and Georgia are exploring deeper cooperation in financial technology, including synchronizing instant payment systems, simplifying bank account opening, and implementing unified QR codes, announced by Varlam Ebanoidze, Head of the Financial and Supervisory Technologies Development Department at the National Bank of Georgia.
IDBank took part in the regional conference “Opportunities and Prospects for Cooperation between Business and the Banking System in Lori Region,” held in Vanadzor and organized by the Union of Banks of Armenia.
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.
In Armenia, the fraud scheme based on trust in relatives continues to remain widely spread. Fraudsters exploit users’ care and willingness to help those in danger.
Armenia and Georgia are exploring deeper cooperation in financial technology, including synchronizing instant payment systems, simplifying bank account opening, and implementing unified QR codes, announced by Varlam Ebanoidze, Head of the Financial and Supervisory Technologies Development Department at the National Bank of Georgia.
IDBank took part in the regional conference “Opportunities and Prospects for Cooperation between Business and the Banking System in Lori Region,” held in Vanadzor and organized by the Union of Banks of Armenia.
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.
Amendments to the rules of the compulsory motor third-party liability insurance (CMTPLI) system will come into effect in Armenia on April 1, 2026, providing for an increase in maximum insurance payout limits, according to the Bureau of Motor Insurers of Armenia.
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.
