YEREVAN, August 6. /ARKA/. Anelik Bank opened today a branch in Yerevan’s Tigran Mets Avenue. It is the bank’s 15th branch.

Nerses Karamanukyan, the head of Anelik Bank’s board, Ara Sadoyan, the head of the city’s Kentron (Center) administrative district, as well as the bank’s clients, partners and high-ranking officials attended the event.

“The new branch is very attractive for its location,” Karamanukyan said at the opening ceremony. “Anelik Bank will become closer to its clients thanks to offers of many banking products and special services.”

He said that all those opening accounts in the new branch will do it for free throughout a period between August 10 and September 12. Connection to Bank-Client system and further transactions will be free as well for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.

The branch clients who deposit at least 2,500,000 drams or equal amount in foreign currencies over the mentioned period for no less than one year will get VISA GOLD HOTEL EXPRESS combined plastic cards without making a lump-sum payment for the first year.

“In this modern, nice and comfortable branch individual and corporate clients will find banking products that cater for their needs,” Karamanukyan said. “I am convinced that Tigran Mets, just like the head office, will have its faithful clients, who will appreciate advantages and comfort guaranteed to Anelik Bank's customers.”

He said that Tigran Mets is a gift to clients as part of the bank's 25th anniversary celebration.
“We will keep making pleasant surprises for our clients before the end of this year,” Karamanukyan said. “Being guided by '25 Years – Simple and Kind' and 'Spread the Good' mottos, the bank will work out and introduce up-to-date, available and beneficial to our clients products.”

Anelik Bank established in 1990 is owned fully by Lebanese CreditBank. The bank’s assets totaled AMD 87.8 billion in late June 2015 after growing 0.9% since the beginning of the year and liabilities grew 2% to AMD 74 billion. Its capital shrank 4.76% to AMD 13.7 billion and its loan portfolio grew 5.54% to AMD 61.8 billion. The bank ended the first half of this year in losses amounting to AMD 902.4 million. -----0-----