YEREVAN, March 31, /ARKA/. Armenian Ameriabank will launch new ATMs this year to raise their total number from current 69 to 85. In a press release the bank said it will also expand the geography of new ATMs and will install them at places where its customers would like them to be.

According to the press release, Ameriabank continues to expand cooperation with its corporate customers within the frameworks of salary program and will increase the number of ATMs both in Yerevan and regions.

In 2010 the bank more than doubled their number from 30 to 65. Now it operates 54 ATMs in Yerevan, 2 in Nagorno-Karabakh and 13 in Armenian regions.

The press release says also the volume of transactions via ATMS in 2010 grew by a factor of 1.7 from 2009 and the number of transactions by a factor of 1.8.

The number of plastic cards issued by Ameriabank in 2010 grew by 140% compared to 2009. The number of Platinum
and Gold cards increased by 131%. Some 80% of the growth was generated by launch of new salary programs.

Ameriabank is an investment bank offering investment, corporate and limited retail banking services. The bank is owned by Troika Dialog, one of the largest investment banks in Russia. According to ARKA news agency data, as of December 31, 2010 Ameriabank’s assets stood at 153 billion Drams (the second largest among Armenian banks). Its liabilities stood at 120.9 billion Drams, the total capital at 32.1 billion Drams. The charter capital was 25.5 billion Drams (the largest). Its outstanding loan portfolio was worth 90.4 billion Drams (the second largest).

In 2010 the bank earned 2.873 billion Drams in net profits (the fourth largest indicator). ($1 – 369.68 Drams).  -0-