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    Armenia’s commercial banks purchase about $89.6 mln at intra-banking forex market last week

    Monday, March 30th, 2015

    Armenian commercial banks purchased about $89.6 mln at a weighted average rate of 473.07 drams per $1 in intra-banking foreign exchange market on March 23 to 27, the press service of the Central Bank reported

    Former premier strongly opposed to replenishment of Armenia’s Government reserves with eurobond placement money

    Friday, March 27th, 2015

    Hrant Bagratyan, a former Armenian prime minister, finds it wrong to fill the government reserves with the money received from placement of Eurobonds

    Armenian dram may drop by another 15-20% in the next months – newspaper

    Friday, March 27th, 2015

    The Armenian dram may further drop – by another 15-20% in the next months, provoking a new inflation wave, former prime-minister of Armenia, member of the National Assembly Hrant Bagratyan said in his interview to Zhamanak (Time) newspaper

    Armenian finance ministry buys back mid-and long-term government bonds

    Friday, March 27th, 2015

    Armenia’s ministry of finance said it has conducted an auction today to buy back 500 million drams worth mid-term government (treasury) bonds of AMGN60294174 issue

    Stiff competition among banks in Armenia downs their profitability

    Thursday, March 26th, 2015

    Reduction of interest spread under a stiff competition among Armenia’s banks downed their profitability

    Armenia's government taking steps to spur lending – vice-premier

    Thursday, March 26th, 2015

    Armenia’s government, central bank and commercial banks are taking joint steps to spur lending, Vache Gabrielyan, vice-premier and economic integration and reforms minister, said on Thursday

    Armenian government raises $487.84 million from second Eurobond issue

    Thursday, March 26th, 2015

    Armenia has raised $487.84 million from the second issue of Eurobonds, deputy finance minister Pavel Safaryan said at a Cabinet session today

    Eurasian Development Bank’s current investment portfolio to be built up to at least $4.7 billion by late 2017

    Thursday, March 26th, 2015

    The Eurasian Development Bank’s current investment portfolio will be built up to no less than $4.7 billion by late 2017, the bank says in the presentation of key directions of its activity

    Raiffeisen bank international AG honors Araratbank with STP quality award for high-quality SWIFT remittances

    Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

    The Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International AG has honored AraratbanK with STP Quality Award for ensuring high-quality remittances through SWIFT remittance system for the second year in a row

    VTB Bank (Armenia) expects its mortgage lending to increase by 10-20% in 2015 to 3 billion drams

    Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

    VTB Bank (Armenia) expects its mortgage lending portfolio to increase by 10-20% in 2015 to about 3 billion drams, the head of the bank’s retail business department Artak Khachatryan told a news conference today. He said last year the bank issued 17.4 billion drams worth mortgage loans