Tuesday, January 12 2010 17:43

The client base of Armenia`s commercial banks in Jan-Oct 2009 increased by 8,5% to 1.101 million


ArmInfo. The client base of Armenia's banking system by November 1 2009 numbered 1.042 mln individual persons and 58.7 thsd legal persons. According to the preliminary data of Armenia's Central Bank, provided to ArmInfo by National Statistical Service, total of 1.101 mln clients had 1.486 mln accounts in the commercial banks of Armenia, 1.373 mln of which are accounts of individual persons and 112.7 thsd - those of legal persons.

According to the source, the client base of Armenia's commercial banks for October 2009 increased by 1,3% or 13.933 thsd. The number of legal persons increased by 1% or 583 persons, individual - by 1,3% or 13.350 thsd per month. The number of accounts, opened by legal and individual persons in the republic's commercial banks over October 2009, increased by 1% or 10.268 thsd. Moreover, the accounts of legal persons over the reporting month increased by almost 2% or 2.079 thsd, those of individual persons - by almost 1% or 13.189 thsd.


The client base of the commercial banks over Jan-Oct 2009 increased by 8,5% or 86.239 thsd. The number of legal persons since the beginning of the year have increased by 14,2%, and that of individual persons - by 8,2%. The accounts of the commercial banks' clients over 10 months (January-October) increased by 7,3% or by 101.087 thsd, in particular, the accounts of legal persons - by 7,6% or 7.9 thsd, those of individual persons - by 7,3% or 93.150 thsd.


The number of united accounts in VTB Bank Armenia by November 1, 2009, made up 37, and the client base on these accounts - 3469462, having suffered no changes.