The EBRD will provide $20 million (€17.1 million) to improve access to finance for refugees and young entrepreneurs in Armenia, the EU Delegation to Armenia announced on Facebook.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Remon Zakaria as the new head of its Yerevan Resident Office, effective 1 September 2026, replacing George Akhalkatsi.
The Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan, was a speaker on the Rearrange podcast. The conversation covered a variety of topics, including the prospects of the banking system, the possibility of introducing a digital currency in Armenia, and the topic of public debt.
This time, IDBank’s Customer Appreciation Day, filled with surprises and gratitude, was held at the Bank’s Gyumri branch. Bringing this now traditional event to the regions is part of the Bank’s commitment to staying closer to its customers.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
In the current situation in Armenia, there is no reason to panic over the depreciation of the dram, says Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia.
In Armenia, 12-month inflation in the consumer market in May of this year amounted to 4.2%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $728.1 million in January-April 2026, compared to $273.4 million in January-April 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
The EBRD will provide $20 million (€17.1 million) to improve access to finance for refugees and young entrepreneurs in Armenia, the EU Delegation to Armenia announced on Facebook.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Remon Zakaria as the new head of its Yerevan Resident Office, effective 1 September 2026, replacing George Akhalkatsi.
The Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan, was a speaker on the Rearrange podcast. The conversation covered a variety of topics, including the prospects of the banking system, the possibility of introducing a digital currency in Armenia, and the topic of public debt.
This time, IDBank’s Customer Appreciation Day, filled with surprises and gratitude, was held at the Bank’s Gyumri branch. Bringing this now traditional event to the regions is part of the Bank’s commitment to staying closer to its customers.
As of March 31, 2026, the total loan portfolio of Armenian banks stood at AMD 8.01 trillion, marking a 22.63% rise compared to March 31, 2025, and a 4.05% increase from December 31, 2025.
In the current situation in Armenia, there is no reason to panic over the depreciation of the dram, says Martin Galstyan, head of the Central Bank of Armenia.
In Armenia, 12-month inflation in the consumer market in May of this year amounted to 4.2%, according to a report from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The net inflow of cross-border transfers to individuals in Armenia, received from abroad through the Armenian banking system, amounted to $728.1 million in January-April 2026, compared to $273.4 million in January-April 2025, according to a report from the Central Bank.
Amid the S&P 500's worst quarter since 2022, rising global anxiety, and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly asking whether this is a temporary market reaction or a deeper shift in investment logic.
Capital market development in Armenia is increasingly dependent not only on the growth in the number of issues and the expansion of instruments, but also on the quality of the environment in which investors make decisions.
The digital infrastructure of the Armenian capital market has made significant progress in recent years, but the market still lacks a more robust regulatory and technological framework for the full development of new financial instruments.
The capital market of Armenia is undergoing a significant transformation: there is an increasing interest in bonds, foreign investors are becoming more engaged, and there is a rising demand for new financial instruments, ranging from IPOs to digital assets
The government of Armenia will develop a system of mechanisms to encourage local companies to enter the capital market, Economy Minister Tigran Khachatryan told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the goal is to improve the country's position in the World Bank's Doing Business report
The State Revenue Committee of Armenia has opened criminal cases against a number of insurance companies over tax, duties and other mandatory payments evasion by providing false data, the press office of the Committee reports
As part of its "My Business, My Bank" program the ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK offers small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) a new format of cooperation, which provides not only for provision of financial resources, but also for combined non-financial services, the press service of the bank reported
Six Armenia-based insurance companies collected a total of 29.9 billion drams in the first 9 months of 2019 as premiums for mandatory insurance of vehicles and paid 16.7 billion drams in damage compensation claims
The government will encourage companies to enter the IPO market, Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told an extraordinary session of the parliament today
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Armenia’s Central Bank signed an agreement today whereby EIB will provide a loan of 50 million Euros to the Central Bank to finance various projects of small and medium-sized agricultural and tourism companies
All six Armenia-based insurance companies paid 504.4 million drams in 2,537 car insurance compensation claims in the first month of 2015, a drop of 19.5% compared to the first month of 2014
The ratio of car insurance losses incurred by Armenia-based insurance companies in 2014 May grew by 0.1 percentage point in May from April to 59.1 percent, according to a statement posted today on the official website of Armenia’s Car Insurance Bureau
Armenian banks' lending to private companies grew 8.2% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same quarter a year before, to AMD 1.052.3 trillion, according to ARKA News Agency's «Banks of Armenia» bulletin that contains figures taken from banks' reports for the 1st Q 2014
