Unibank has become the Lead Sponsor of the AGBU Global Run in support of Camp Nairi, joining the worldwide fundraising initiative as a corporate donor to help children and families affected by war and displacement.
The Central Bank of Armenia will put into circulation a silver commemorative coin, "35th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia," on September 14, 2026, the regulator's press service reported.
The AMD-denominated bonds issued by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been listed on the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX).
Deposits in commercial banks in Armenia at the end of July 2026 amounted to 8,289,634 million drams, compared to 8,070,715 million drams in June. This is according to data from the Statistical Committee of the Republic.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
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 as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Armenia's financial agenda this week focused on capital market development, macroeconomic indicators, and attracting international financing for government programs.
Significant gaps in climate risk management, ESG competencies, information disclosure, and climate data continue to limit private sector investment in Armenia, according to the International Monetary Fund's "Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic - July 2026" report, published on September 3, 2026.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved a draft loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for €80 million as part of the "Armenia Economic Transformation Program."
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
Unibank has become the Lead Sponsor of the AGBU Global Run in support of Camp Nairi, joining the worldwide fundraising initiative as a corporate donor to help children and families affected by war and displacement.
The Central Bank of Armenia will put into circulation a silver commemorative coin, "35th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia," on September 14, 2026, the regulator's press service reported.
The AMD-denominated bonds issued by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been listed on the Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX).
Deposits in commercial banks in Armenia at the end of July 2026 amounted to 8,289,634 million drams, compared to 8,070,715 million drams in June. This is according to data from the Statistical Committee of the Republic.
YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. As of June 30, 2026, the total loan investment and leasing portfolio of Armenian credit institutions reached 681.8 billion drams, reflecting a 1.64% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.23% rise since the start of the year.
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 as of June 30, 2026, amounted to 5.12 trillion drams, compared to 5.30 trillion drams as of December 31, 2025, announced RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan.
Armenia's financial agenda this week focused on capital market development, macroeconomic indicators, and attracting international financing for government programs.
Significant gaps in climate risk management, ESG competencies, information disclosure, and climate data continue to limit private sector investment in Armenia, according to the International Monetary Fund's "Armenia: Climate Policy Diagnostic - July 2026" report, published on September 3, 2026.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Armenian government approved a draft loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for €80 million as part of the "Armenia Economic Transformation Program."
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
The Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved a law granting the board of directors of the Bank of Russia the right to determine on an annual basis the list of types of foreign currencies that can be contributed to pay for the authorized capital of credit organizations, insurance organizations and non-state pension funds (NPF), TASS reports.
Armenia has asked today Russia to protect its sovereign territory from the attack of Azerbaijani troops, Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan said to the Public TV
As a result of cooperation between Acba bank and Russian Sberbank, it is now possible to receive money transfers from Russia in a matter of seconds in 24/7 mode without providing banking data. A phone number is sufficient, the press service of Acba bank reported
Private money transfers sent to Armenia through banks in the first seven months of 2020 dropped by 15.3% year-on-year to about $893.3 million, the Center for Economic Development Initiatives said in a report posted on its website
Russia said on Monday it would initiate a process to scrap an agreement with Cyprus aimed at avoiding double taxation, the Russian Finance Ministry said on Monday, TASS reported
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the nomination of Nikolai Podguzov for the post of chairman of the board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), TASS reported
The volume of money transfers from the CIS countries to Russia in March grew by 47%, compared with January, TASS reported Friday referring to Izvestia, which presents figures of the Unistream money transfer system
Armenia offered Russia to pay for gas in the Russian currency, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Monday reporting on the results of his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin
The economic pressures resulting from the spread of the coronavirus and the lower oil price are credit negative for banks in Russia and neighbouring markets, and could result in negative rating actions, Fitch Ratings says. Fitch has revised banking sector outlooks to negative for seven of the eight markets it covers in the region - Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Georgia. The banking sector outlook for Uzbekistan remains stable
The Yerevan-2800 silver collectible commemorative coin, issued by the Central Bank of Armenia in 2018, won the 3rd place in the Coin of the Year nomination at the 13th international competition Coin Constellation 2019 in the Russian Federation
The Central Bank of Armenia has denied rumors about restrictions on fast individual money transfers to Armenia from Russia and Kazakhstan. It said Wednesday that it contacted partner organizations and was assured that there were no any restriction for transfers to Armenia, and the existing restrictions set by regulating organizations don’t apply to countries, especially to Armenia
The central banks of Armenia and Russia signed an agreement on countering cyberattacks at the 17th meeting of the Monetary Policy Council of National Banks of the Eurasian Economic Union, hosted by Armenia’s Central Bank
