Tuesday, May 14 2013 16:15
Union of Armenian Banks presented Arminfo news agency with a certificate of appreciation for active and highly professional coverage of the work of financial and banking industry
Arminfo. On 14 May the Union of Armenian Banks (UAB) presented Arminfo news agency with a certificate of appreciation for active and highly professional coverage of the work of financial and banking industry.
It is for the first time in Armenia that the UAB has come forward with such an initiative, within the frames of which three news agencies, four TV channels and one newspaper were awarded for an active and highly professional coverage of the sphere in 2012. Chairman of the UAB, Ashot Osipyan, presented the following mass media with a certificate of appreciation: ArmInfo, Arka and Mediamax news agencies, Armnews, Yerkir Media, Armenia and Kentron TV channels and the Russian language "Golos Armenii" newspaper.
Ashot Osipyan said after the awarding ceremony that mass media play a great part in formation of the society's attitude to the financial and banking sphere.
"The published analytical materials are very much important to us. We welcome ratings and rankings of the specialized nature, as well as commentary on specific issues. We would like to have more analytical materials", - Osipyan said and added that those mass media and correspondents were awarded today, the work of which meets international standards.
"The competent analysis helps financial companies to work with clients, as today the first problem is low level of financial literacy of population. In the context of this problem settlement, mass media play a great part. The latter should be divided in two groups. First - a specialized one for the institutional users, and the second - to work with wide layers of population...In the first case we need highly professional training to make ratings and rankings available to specialists. And in the second case, I mean mass media which should inform an ordinary citizen what is developing in the country, the expected changes and their possible affecting citizens of our country", - Osipyan concluded.
