ArmInfo.As part of a working visit to London, a delegation led by the Minister of Finance of the  Republic of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan met with the Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Teresa Czerwinska.

ArmInfo. The transaction to acquire 90% of the shares of Ameriabank by the BOGG PLC international financial group, the main asset of which was Bank of Georgia, was completed last Friday.  Now a second major asset in the form of Ameriabank has joined the Group. As previously reported, the total transaction amount was $303.6 million.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, prices for precious metals have accelerated the growth rate - from 2.6% last week to 6.2% this week. Moreover, a significant acceleration in price  growth was observed for platinum and palladium, relatively moderate  for silver, against which the cost of gold remained almost unchanged.

ArmInfo.Funds raised from Ardshinbank's Eurobonds will be used to implement ambitious programs for large enterprises of Armenia that are the bank's customers. This  was stated in an interview to a television channel by the Chairman of  the board of "Ardshinbank" CJSC Artak Ananyan.  In this context, he  added that part of the funds will also be directed to stimulate and  increase the volume of mortgage lending, which, according to him,  will lead to lower interest rates.