RA CB, IMF discuss possible impact of global, regional risks on  Armenia`s financial system 

 Thursday, September 18 2025 12:20:00
RA CB, IMF discuss possible impact of global, regional risks on  Armenia`s financial system 

ArmInfo.  The Central Bank of Armenia held a meeting with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss global and regional risks and their potential impact on the country's financial system, according to a statement from the  Central Bank of Armenia.

Russia, EAEU forming common financial market 
 Thursday, September 18 2025 12:14

ArmInfo.  Russia, together with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, is forming a common financial market. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister  Mikhail Mishustin during his address to participants of the Moscow  Financial Forum 2025, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

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80% of shares of Fedilco Group Limited to be pledged to Ameriabank
 Thursday, September 18 2025 10:54

ArmInfo.  80% of the shares of Fedilco Group Limited, a Cyprus-registered company that owns Viva Armenia CJSC, one of the largest telecommunications companies, will  be pledged to Ameriabank. The Public Services Regulatory Commission  (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia has approved the company's  initiative.

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Play Junius, win prizes 
 Wednesday, September 17 2025 23:21

ArmInfo. Is making payments with the Idram Junior app already a habit? We are sure that you have also managed to play the Junius financial literacy game in the app and enrich your knowledge base. 

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Ardshinbank is the Main Sponsor of the “VMF Vanadzor Half Marathon 2025”
 Wednesday, September 17 2025 17:56

ArmInfo.  Ardshinbank was the main sponsor of the “VMF Vanadzor Half Marathon 2025,” held on September 14 in Vanadzor. This charitable marathon was dedicated to the memory of Vahe Meliksetyan, a lecturer at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at Yerevan State Medical University, a pharmacologist, and a scientist. Vahe Meliksetyan was killed during the 2020 Artsakh War.

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Georgian finance ministry announces repayment of debt to Armenia 
 Wednesday, September 17 2025 13:06

ArmInfo. Tbilisi has fully repaid its foreign debt to Yerevan, RIA Novosti reports, citing data from the Georgian Ministry of Finance.

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Central Bank of Armenia: High uncertainty in external demand remains  due to  deterioration risks  in global economic growth prospects and  current trends in tourist flows and remittances to Armenia
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 20:01

ArmInfo.High uncertainty in  external demand remains due to t deterioration risks in the global economic growth prospects and the current trends in tourist flows and remittances to Armenia. Martin Galstyan,  the Chairman of the Central  Bank of Armenia, made this statement during a press conference on  September 16, when presenting the rationale for the decision of the  Central Bank Board to keep the key refinancing rate unchanged at  6.75%.

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Central Bank of Armenia improved its GDP growth forecast for 2025 to  5.8-5.7%, still expecting strong decline in exports and imports
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 19:55

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has improved its GDP growth forecast for 2025 from the previous 5.1-4.6% to an updated 5.8-5.7% (depending on the inflation trajectory), against the actual 5.9% growth in 2024. The Central Bank  has also revised its GDP growth forecast for 2026, now expecting an  acceleration in growth rates to 5.7-6.2%, instead of the previously  announced slowdown to 4.9-4.4%.

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Financial Education Program for Artsakh Schoolchildren Summarizes Results: IDBank
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 17:45

ArmInfo. This time, IDBank hosted the participants of the financial education course of the “Side by Side” program. A total of 100 schoolchildren displaced from Artsakh took part in the program. The course was developed and implemented by the specialists of the “Oogway Superhero School” through games, discussions, and creative tasks, both in person and in an online format.

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"Armenian Banking Days" were held in the capital of Austria
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 14:54

ArmInfo. The day before, "Armenian Banking Days" were held for the first time in the capital of Austria. The initiator of the Vienna event was the Union of Armenian Banks together with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

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Armenia Central Bank:  Refinancing rate unchanged at 6.75%
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 13:32

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has once again decided to leave the refinancing rate unchanged, setting it at 6.75%. This decision was made on September  16 during a meeting of the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic  of Armenia. Accordingly, the rates on Lombard repo is- 8.25% and the  interest rate on funds attracted from banks is 5.25%.

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RA Central Bank announces issue of commemorative coin on Henrik  Malyan`s 100th birthday anniversary
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 13:10

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia announced the issue of a commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Armenian film  director and screenwriter Henrik Malyan on September 16 this year.  This was noted in the message of the Central Bank of Armenia.

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AraratBank Co-Funds "Culture - My Way" Project Financed by UNESCO
 Tuesday, September 16 2025 13:05

ArmInfoAraratBank co-funded "Culture My Way" project launched by the Teryan Cultural Center under the financing of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) of UNESCO, within the framework of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

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ACBA Bank develops open and trusting relationships with shareholders
 Monday, September 15 2025 22:15

ArmInfo.ACBA Bank has held a meeting with its shareholders and investors in a new format for the second time, summarizing the results of the first half of 2025. Through such meetings, the bank develops an environment of mutual trust with shareholders and investors, forms a new culture of corporate governance.

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From September 8-12, 2025, ruble transactions prevalent in Armenia`s  interbank  foreign exchange market instead of dollar transactions
 Friday, September 12 2025 17:52

ArmInfo. From September 8 to 12, 2025, ruble transactions were actively conducted in Armenia's  interbank foreign exchange market, rather than dollar transactions. Euro transactions have not been conducted for the fourth month. 

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5,092,062 AMD to the Bridge of Hope NGO. The beneficiary for September is the Moonq Technoschool
 Friday, September 12 2025 15:51

ArmInfo. 5,092,062 AMD – this is the amount raised within the framework of “The Power of One Dram” campaign for August, which will be transferred to the “Bridge of Hope” NGO. For more than three decades, the organization has been working to protect the rights of people with disabilities and to promote their social inclusion.

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Yerevan to host annual banking forum 
 Friday, September 12 2025 13:30

ArmInfo.  The next annual Banking Forum will be held in Yerevan on September 23 at the Armenia Marriott Hotel.

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Exchange of information on financial reports to apply only to  nonresidents 
 Friday, September 12 2025 13:27

ArmInfo.  Automatic exchange of information on financial accounts for tax purposes within the framework of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) of the Organization  for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will affect only  non-residents - legal entities and individuals.

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Armenia`s defense budget 25% of national budget - president 
 Friday, September 12 2025 12:39

ArmInfo.  Twenty-five percent of Armenia's budget goes to weapons and the army, defense, i.e. 6.3% of GDP. This was stated by Armenian President Vahagn  Khachaturyan in an interview with RTVI.

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More pluses than minuses - minister of reopening of Armenian-Turkish  border 
 Friday, September 12 2025 12:22

ArmInfo.  Armenian Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan believes that in order to dispel the fears of citizens and local businesses, in particular, about the negative  consequences of the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border for them,  it is necessary to talk to them and explain that the positive aspects  significantly outweigh the negative ones.

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Armenia`s finance minister call for `not terrorizing population by  national debt` 
 Friday, September 12 2025 12:10

ArmInfo.  Our incomes are growing faster than our debts.  Armenia's debt indicators are quite good and there is no need to terrorize people in vain. This statement  was made by RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan in an interview  with Public Television.

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