VTB Bank (Armenia) urged today its customers to make purchases by using their MasterCard banking cards, saying they just need to tap it on the POS terminal or other device

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The ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK and the MasterCard have announced the UEFA Champions League contest, designed both for new and current holders of MasterCard cards

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The chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Artur Javadyan unveiled today some details of a set of projects designed to improve the financial literacy of citizens

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A set of amendments to the laws on insurance and insurance activities, on payment and settlement systems and organizations

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Private money transfers to Armenia sent through banks in January 2019 amounted to $119 million

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In February 2019 mortgage lending in Armenia doubled when compared to February 2018

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The total amount of non-cash transactions made in Armenia through banks is still low, despite the widespread use of modern technologies

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Banks in the Commonwealth of Independent States generally have weaker corporate governance than peers in other regions and this is harming their credit profiles

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Arpine Hovhannisyan, former vice-speaker at the Armenian parliament and former justice minister

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The IDBank said today it has successfully completed the placement of the first issue of bonds in 2019

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