Converse Bank bonds were bought in primary market within days

 Friday, April 26 2024 16:48:00
Converse Bank bonds were bought in primary market within days

ArmInfo. Within days, Converse Bank's dram coupon bonds were bought in the primary market in the  amount of 5 billion drams. It is noteworthy that this tranche was put up for sale together with the dollar bonds on April 17, and within a week the dram bonds were fully distributed. This is noted in a message from Converse Bank.

Armenia`s Finance Ministry delegation participates in experience  exchange events  organized by ICAEW
 Friday, May 12 2023 19:26

ArmInfo. The delegation of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia headed by Deputy Minister of Finance  Arman Poghosyan participated in the experience exchange events,  organized by the  Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &  Wales  (ICAEW) on May 9-12 in London.

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Union of Banks of Armenia presented awards to employees of ArmInfo  for their professional activities in covering financial and banking  sector
 Friday, May 12 2023 15:38

ArmInfo. Attaching importance to providing the general public with objective, reliable and fact-based  information in the financial and banking sector, the Union of Banks of Armenia for the fourth year in a row holds a competition to determine the best publications to encourage academics, experts, journalists to cover relevant topics in the financial and banking sector in their activities.

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CBA Deputy Governor singles out three key factors ensuring growth of  Armenia`s economy last year
 Thursday, May 11 2023 19:09

ArmInfo.Speaking at the presentation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report  "Ensuring Macroeconomic Stability in the Caucasus and Central Asia in  the Conditions of Ongoing Uncertainty" in Astana, Deputy Governor at  Central Bank of Armenia Armen Nurbenkyan mentioned three key factors  ensuring the growth of Armenia's economy last year.

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WB to issue 92.3mln Euro loan to Armenia for supporting country`s  budget
 Thursday, May 11 2023 13:03

ArmInfo.The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the lending arm of World  Bank Group, will issue a 92.3mln Euro loan to Armenia for supporting the country's budget. 

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Environment Ministry, KfW sign agreement for implementation of EUR 26  million program 
 Thursday, May 11 2023 11:19

ArmInfo.Environment Minister Hakob Simidyan received Frank Merschl, Senior Program Portfolio  Manager of the German Credit Recovery Bank (KfW), and Zara Chatinyan, the bank's representative in Armenia. Deputy Minister Aram Meymaryan took also attended the meeting.

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AMD 3,389,788 for the project to reveal the professional potential of war participants. The next beneficiary of "The Power of One Dram" is the "Path of Life" NGO
 Monday, May 8 2023 18:27

ArmInfo.The Power of One Dram will be directed to the treatment of children with epilepsy in May. Beneficiary "Path of Life" NGO provides children with epilepsy with diagnosis, medication and necessary treatment.

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Rocket Line digital credit with longer term
 Friday, May 5 2023 14:22

ArmInfo.From now on, IDBank's Rocket Line digital installment will be available for a longer period. IDBank informs that the period of the digital installment will depend on the amount of its amount.

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Ardshinbank warns about the facts of fraud
 Thursday, May 4 2023 17:38

ArmInfo.The press service of Ardshinbank issued an official statement to customers, in which they warned about the increasing facts of fraud with fake bank pages on the Internet. The statement, in particular, says:

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Inflation began to decline more noticeably in Armenia
 Thursday, May 4 2023 17:09

ArmInfo. In April 2023, y-o-y inflation in Armenia's consumer market dropped to 3.2% (from 8.4% in  April 2022). This was largely due to last year's significant drop in inflation in the food market, and to a lesser extent in non-food products, as service tariffs continued to rise rapidly.  This is evidenced by the data of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

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GIZ and KfW to open offices in Yerevan
 Thursday, May 4 2023 15:06

ArmInfo.On May 4, the Government of Armenia approved the draft Law of the Republic of Armenia "On the  Ratification of the Agreement on the Establishment of Local Branches of the German Society for International Cooperation LLC (GIZ) and the Bank for Reconstruction Credits (KFW).

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Armenia`s gross international reserves decreased by 9.4% in Q1 2023
 Wednesday, May 3 2023 16:58

ArmInfo. Armenia's gross international reserves decreased by 9.4% in Q1 2023 (against a 10% decline in Q1 2022) or by $387.4 million, amounting to $3.724 billion  (against a historical maximum of $4.112 billion in December 2022).  This is evidenced by the data of the Central Bank of the Republic of  Armenia.

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CBA: Monetary policy scenario envisages rapid decline in inflation  below target of 4% in near future
 Tuesday, May 2 2023 22:07

ArmInfo. The scenario of the planned monetary policy (MP) of the Central Bank of RA envisages a rapid  decline in y-o-y inflation, which will be below the target level in the near future, and will stabilize at the target level of 4% in the medium term. Head of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia Martin Galstyan stated on May 2 during a press conference, presenting the rationale for the regulatory decision to keep the refinancing  rate at the level of 10.75%.

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Martin Galstyan: Even in negative scenario, Armenia`s banking system  is able to absorb possible losses, while maintaining continuity of  financial intermediation
 Tuesday, May 2 2023 21:43

ArmInfo.The results of macroprudential stress testing of the banking sector in Armenia show  that even under a negative scenario, the system is able to absorb  possible losses while maintaining the continuity of financial  intermediation. Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Martin  Galstyan stated during a press conference on May 2.

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CBA Head: Final victory has not yet been won in fight against  inflation
 Tuesday, May 2 2023 19:26

ArmInfo."Certain processes in the service sector lead us to believe that we have not yet won a  final victory in the fight against inflation," Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, Martin Galstyan said during a press conference today.

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USD, RUB transactions down on Armenia`s interbank foreign exchange market in late April
 Saturday, April 29 2023 12:32

ArmInfo. April 25 to 28, 2023, on Armenia's interbank foreign exchange market, USD and RUB transactions showed a decline, with no EUR transactions effective for two weeks  running. Daily USD transactions were effected, with only two RUB  transactions. As a result, USD transactions showed a 56.5% decline  against a 30.6% growth, with RUB transactions showing a 33.3% decline  against a 13.2% growth. As a result, the total amount of USD  transactions exceeded the total amount of RUB transactions 5.6-fold  against 8.6-fold the previous week. 

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IDBank participates in "The Future Is Under Construction" Career City Fest 2023
 Friday, April 28 2023 11:42

ArmInfo.On April 28 and 29, Career City Fest will be held for the first time at the Meridian Expo Center. Here, the candidates will meet their future employers and have the opportunity to find their dream job.

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Milan Academy Junior Camp to take place in Armenia with leading companies coming together to support young people from regions
 Thursday, April 27 2023 17:22

ArmInfo.Milan Academy Junior Camp is coming to Armenia and will host 160 from the regions of Armenia, to offer unique opportunity to train with some of the world’s best coaches led by Claudio Zola.

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In Q1 2023, Armenia`s banking sector increased tax payments to state treasury by 58%
 Thursday, April 27 2023 14:44

ArmInfo. The banking sector of  Armenia in Q1 2023 increased tax payments to the state treasury by  58% per annum - up to 20.5 billion drams ($52.7 million). Of this  amount, 85.7% or 17.6 billion drams was paid in direct taxes, with a  y-o-y increase of 62%. This is evidenced by the data of the State  Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia on the list of 1000  large taxpayers of the country, according to which, 9 banks were  included in the first hundred of the list (as in the previous year).

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digiPOS digital terminal from Ardshinbank: cash register in your smartphone
 Tuesday, April 25 2023 16:29

ArmInfo.Continuously improving service conditions and expanding the range of services, Ardshinbank presents its customers with a new digital payment option - digiPOS digital payment terminal. It is an application thanks to which devices working with Android operating system and NFC system (smartphone, tablet, etc.) become a POS payment terminal.

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ADB attaches particular importance to strategy development for  implementation of new programs in Armenia`s water sector 
 Friday, April 21 2023 15:37

ArmInfo.Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Vache  Terteryan received delegations from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the French Development Agency (AFD).

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