Saturday, January 25 2014 13:15
Ameriabank honored by Corporate INTL Magazine as the best Armenian bank in factoring 
ArmInfo. Ameriabank has been honored by the UK-based Corporate INTL Magazine as the best Armenian bank in factoring in 2013. The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that in 2013 Ameriabank's factoring operations made up 47.3% of the market and the Bank took the lead in the Armenian banking market. 
The results of Ameriabank's activity in 2013 demonstrate that the Bank secured considerable growth in factoring operations in both the Armenian financial market and the international factoring market. The Bank has been a member of the Factors Chain International for a year.  This has allowed the customers of the Bank to find partners from 80 countries and enter new markets.  
The source says that 77% of the Bank's factoring transactions were registered in the domestic market, and the other 23% - in international markets. In 2013 the receivables assigned amounted to about 12.5 bln AMD (41% more than in 2012). Non-recourse factoring operations made up 58%, while recourse factoring operations constituted 42%. As compared with 2012, the Bank's recourse factoring operations rose by 6.5%, and non-recourse factoring ones grew 2.1-fold. In 2013 the Bank's classic non-recourse factoring was up 27%.
Ameriabank actively cooperates with wholesale chains, large industrial enterprises, including textile and construction organizations and service entities. Ameriabank CJSC is a universal bank offering corporate, investment and retail banking services in a comprehensive package of banking solutions. Ameria Group CY Ltd. has been the majority shareholder of the Bank (with a 99.99% stake) since November 2011.