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.

The jury, which included representatives of Armenian banks,  determined the best publications at the end of 2022 in three  categories "Best Scientific Article", "Best Analytics" and "Best  Journalistic Content". In addition, banks established special  nominations and incentive prizes.

Thus, a special nomination for many years of experience and active  analytical work in the financial and banking sector by Ardshinbank,  Armbusinessbank and Evocabank was awarded to the head of the  financial information service of the "ArmInfo" IA Karina Melikyan.

At the same time, correspondent of "ArmInfo" IA, economic journalist,  member of the Club of Economic Journalists Naira Badalian became the  winner in the nomination "Best Journalistic Content" for an article  in ArmInfo about banking secrecy.

Congratulating the winners of the competition, Chairman of the UBA,  Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Executive Board of  ARARATBANK OJSC Mher Ananyan thanked the journalistic community,  representatives of the academic community for many years of effective  cooperation. , he said.

In turn, Executive Director of the Union of Banks of Armenia Seyran  Sargsyan noted that the information published in the media, in  particular on financial and banking topics, is not always impartial,  reliable and comprehensively presented. "Instead, we are faced with  information that misleads the public," he said.

, Sargsyan noted. In this regard, the executive director of  the UBA expressed readiness on behalf of the Union for active  cooperation with the journalistic community and academic circles.

In the nomination "Best Scientific Article" the winners were the  post-graduate student of the Department of Management Accounting and  Audit of the Armenian State University of Economics Armen  Hambardzumyan and the student of the Department of Actuarial and  Financial Mathematics of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of  the Yerevan State University Mesrop Mesropyan, who presented a  scientific article on the topic: "Supervisory stress testing as a new  financial risk management tool for Armenian commercial banks>.

The work of Associate Professor of the Department of Finance of the  Armenian State University of Economics, Ph.D. in Economics Edgar  Aghabekyan - was recognized as the best analytics.   Associate Professor of the Department of Finance of the Armenian  State University of Economics, Ph.D. in Economics Edgar Aghabekyan's  was recognized as the best analysis.

All the winners were awarded with gifts and certificates by the Union  of Banks of Armenia.