The quality of the loan portfolio of Armenian banks has improved due to a decrease in the share of problem debt from 2.4% to 1.2%, according to the regional economic review of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) “Winter 2024–2025.”
Bank lending growth rates in Armenia exceeded the growth rates of deposits (21.1% and 10.8% y/y, respectively) by the end of September 2024, contributing to the reduction of excess liquidity in the banking sector, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
ARKA News Agency announces the launch of the updated website Arkatelecom.am — the first specialized resource in the field of high technologies and telecommunications in Armenia, operating since 2008.
The pace of price growth in Armenia is expected to gradually increase in the coming months, driven by the easing of monetary policy and the recovery in global food prices, according to the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency CEO of Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) Hayk Yeganyan spoke about the strategy of the exchange, prospects of the securities market development, as well as the obstacles on this path
Andranik Grigoryan, the CEO of Converse Bank, addressed key topics in an interview with AmCham magazine, including customer interests, digital financial services improvement, and Converse Bank's digital team organization. Read the full interview with Andranik Grigoryan
The quality of the loan portfolio of Armenian banks has improved due to a decrease in the share of problem debt from 2.4% to 1.2%, according to the regional economic review of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) “Winter 2024–2025.”
Bank lending growth rates in Armenia exceeded the growth rates of deposits (21.1% and 10.8% y/y, respectively) by the end of September 2024, contributing to the reduction of excess liquidity in the banking sector, the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) regional economic review “Winter 2024-2025” says.
In 2019, Armenia-based commercial banks earned a total of 78.8 billion drams in net profit, up from 56.4 billion drams they had earned in 2018, according to ARKA news agency's ranking of the most profitable commercial banks in the fourth quarter of 2019
ARKA News Agency has released the ranking of the biggest profit-gainers among Armenia's commercial banks for Jan-Sept 2019. The Armenian banking sector's aggregate net profit for Jan-Sept 2019 amounted to AMD 60.9 billion against the AMD 51.7 billion of the same period a year before showing a 18% year-on-year growth. All the 17 banks of the country operated with profits
ARKA News Agency announces the launch of the updated website Arkatelecom.am — the first specialized resource in the field of high technologies and telecommunications in Armenia, operating since 2008.
The pace of price growth in Armenia is expected to gradually increase in the coming months, driven by the easing of monetary policy and the recovery in global food prices, according to the weekly macro review of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Armenia's investment climate is undergoing significant changes, and the financial market is becoming more active. Armen Hovhannisyan, Director of investment banking at Dimension Investments, speaks in an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency about the barriers to development, tools for accelerating growth, as well as the prospects of venture capital.
On August 23, international credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings reaffirmed Armenia's long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings in both foreign and local currency at "BB-/B." The agency also maintained its "stable" outlook for the country.
In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency CEO of Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) Hayk Yeganyan spoke about the strategy of the exchange, prospects of the securities market development, as well as the obstacles on this path
Andranik Grigoryan, the CEO of Converse Bank, addressed key topics in an interview with AmCham magazine, including customer interests, digital financial services improvement, and Converse Bank's digital team organization. Read the full interview with Andranik Grigoryan
Acba bank is the first bank in Armenia to launch a new service of international card-to-card money transfers through a telephone number, the press service of the bank reported
UNISTREAM’s FX transfers in October 2018 increased by 147% compared with the summer months (June-August), which traditionally account for the largest amount of remittances, the bank said in a press release
Moneyto.co.uk, congratulating French National Football Team on their victory at the World Cup, made money transfers to France free, the company said in its press release on Wednesday
Remittances sent to Armenia in Russian rubles and US dollars by labor migrants working in Russia are going to rise this year, the chairman of the National Union of Employers Gagik Makaryan told a news conference on January 30
Prompted by the growing demand from its customers the Yerevan-based Unibank has announced today a special offer, designed to make money transfers via the SWIFT system to the most popular destinations more affordable
Private remittances sent to Armenia via banks slashed by 17% in May 2016 when compared to the same period of 2015, falling to $109.5 million, the Central Bank said. It said also in May the remittances decreased by 4.8% from April
Armenia-based Araratbank said today it has joined the Unistream system of money remittances, which can be made also online by visiting its official website
Private remittances sent to Armenia in 2016 March through banks for non-commercial purposes increased by 3.4% from the previous month to more than $52.4 million