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    Converse Bank opens new branch in Ashtarak

    Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

    Armenian Converse Bank has opened today a new, 34th branch in the town of Ashtarak, the administrative center of Ararat province. The new branch meets the best standards of providing modern banking services. It is furnished with modern equipment and qualified employees, the bank said in a press release

    Head of Bank of Cyprus resigns

    Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

    The chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, Andreas Artemis, has filed his resignation, local news agencies reported. Earlier today Cyprus’ Central Bank has confirmed that all Cypriot banks will remain closed until Thursday, RBC reported citing BBC

    Fitch downgrades Cyprus' two largest banks: Foxbusiness

    Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

    Ratings firm Fitch Ratings has downgraded the two largest Cypriot banks following the agreement Cypriot authorities reached with European Union authorities on Monday morning, Foxbusiness reported Tuesday

    Cyprus: Big depositors face cut of 40%, minister tells BBC

    Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

    Cyprus’s finance minister has confirmed that Cypriot depositors with less than 100,000 euros in their accounts “will not be hit”

    Net transfer inflow to Armenia rose by 20% to 166.7bln drams in Q4

    Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

    Net money transfer inflow to Armenia grew by 20% up to 166.7bln drams in Q4 of 2012, as compared to the same period of the year before, says the 2012 4th quarter bulletin of the country’s Central Bank

    Cyprus' banks to remain closed until Thursday, the associated press reported

    Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

    Cyprus ordered banks to remain closed for two more days over fears of a run by customers trying to get their money out, after striking a pre-dawn bailout deal Monday that averted the country’s imminent bankruptcy

    The number of Converse Bank plastic cards increase 90 percent in 2012

    Monday, March 25th, 2013

    The number of plastic cards, issued by Armenian Converse Bank to its customers in 2012 increased by 90% from the previous year to a total of 100 thousand, according to its chief executive officer Tigran Davtian

    Total assets of seven Armenian insurance companies grew last year by 35 percent to over 38. 3 billion drams

    Monday, March 25th, 2013

    The combined total assets of seven Armenian insurance companies grew last year by 35 percent from 2011 to over 38. 3 billion drams, according to the Bulletin of the Central Bank ofArmeniafor the 4th quarter of 2012.

    Short-term Government treasury bonds worth 1.5bln drams issued Armenia’s Central Bank

    Monday, March 25th, 2013

    Armenia’s Central Bank placed short-term government treasury bonds of AMGT13246135, AMGT26239135 and AMGT3923C133 series worth a total of 1.5bln drams (500mln drams each) on March 25, the Bank’s press service reported. The redemption period is 13 weeks, 26 weeks and 39 weeks respectively

    Gold price rises in Armenia

    Monday, March 25th, 2013

    The State Depository of Precious Stones and Metals Agency, an affiliation of Armenian Finance Ministry, has set new prices for government agencies to buy and sell precious stones and metals which are effective for this week. The new prices are for one gram of chemically pure metals