Corporate lending ahead of individual loans, but risks remain 
 Thursday, November 27 2025, 13:31

ArmInfo. In the Armenian banking sector, corporate lending is trying to outpace retail lending in terms of growth - 26% versus 27%. This trend began to be observed  a year ago - 22% versus 23%. This is evidenced by the Financial  Rating of Armenian Banks as of September 30, 2025, prepared by  ArmInfo Investment Company based on published financial reports and  additionally requested data.

Armenia`s banking system increased state treasury payments by 28% in  the first nine months, reaching $343 million
 Monday, October 27 2025, 23:28

ArmInfo. From January to September 2025, Armenia's banking system increased tax payments to the state treasury by 28% year-on-year, reaching 131.2 billion drams ($343 million). According to the State Revenue Committee, 91.5%, or 120 billion drams, of this amount was paid in direct taxes (including  profit and income taxes), a 30% increase compared to the same period last year.

Armenian banks` active lending policies driving double-digit profit  growth
 Monday, October 20 2025, 16:24

ArmInfo. The active lending in the Armenian banking sector is driving double-digit growth  in net profit. According to the Express Ranking of Armenian Banks as  of September 30, 2025, prepared by ArmInfo Investment Company, credit  investments and other loans saw a year-on-year increase from 22% to  26.2%. This growth allowed net profit to continue its double-digit  growth, although at a slower pace, going from 25% to 15%. The total  volume of  credit investments and other loans reached 7.3 trillion  drams ($19 billion), resulting in a net profit of 308 billion drams  ($805 million) for the nine month reporting period.

Active consumer lending causes double-digit growth in bad loans 
 Monday, September 1 2025, 13:29

ArmInfo. In the banking sector of Armenia, against the backdrop of active consumer lending (growth by 29%), the growth of delinquencies has accelerated sharply - from  6% to a double-digit 39%, taking into account high-risk bad loans. 

Ardshinbank tops list of taxpayers among Armenia`s banks 
 Monday, July 28 2025, 11:01

ArmInfo. In the first half of 2025, the banking system of Armenia increased tax deductions to the state treasury by 28% per annum - to 105.3 billion drams ($274 million). Of this amount, 93% or 97.9 billion drams were paid in  direct taxes, with an annual growth of 30%. This is evidenced by the  data of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia,  according to which a year ago, tax deductions of the banking system  to the state treasury were in decline by 11.4%, with a decline of 13%  in direct taxes.

Armenia`s banking system sees double-digit profit growth driven by  increased lending
 Monday, July 21 2025, 13:29

ArmInfo.  The ongoing lending activity in the first half of 2025 has enabled Armenian banks to consistently increase their profits at double-digit rates. This is evident  in the 29%  annual increase in the loan portfolio  reaching  6.9 trillion ($18 billion) and the total net profit of banks rising  17% per annually to 200.7 billion drams ($522 million), according to  data from  the Express Ranking of Armenian Banks as of 30.06.2025,  prepared by the Investment Company ArmInfo. 

Ameriabank tops list of major tax payers among Armenia`s banks 
 Saturday, April 26 2025, 12:59

ArmInfo.  In the first quarter of 2023, the banking system of Armenia increased tax payments to the state treasury by 25% per annum - up to 27.7 billion drams ($70.8 million). Of this amount, 85.5% or 23.8 billion drams were paid in direct taxes, with an annual growth of 26%. This is evidenced by the data of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

AMX 2024 awards most active market participants
 Thursday, October 31 2024, 16:46

ArmInfo.The Armenian Securities Exchange (AMX) and the Central Depository summed up the  year by holding AMX AWARDS 2024 and awarding the most active participants in Armenia's capital market based on their achievements in 2023-2024.

Gnel Sanosyan: Kapan Airport planning regional flights to adjacent  cities of neighboring countries
 Friday, September 20 2024, 17:59

ArmInfo.Our goal is to transform Kapan Airport into an international or regional airport that offer flights not only to Yerevan, but also to adjacent cities of neighbouring countries.

Ameriabank is the largest taxpayer among Armenian banks
 Friday, July 26 2024, 20:08

ArmInfo. Ameriabank continues  to lead among other Armenian banks in a row. According to the data of  the State Revenue Committee, in the first half of 2024, Ameriabank  ranked 6th (versus 4th a year earlier), having paid 17.5 billion AMD  to the state budget, of which 16.5 billion AMD were direct taxes  (including profit tax, income tax).

ACBA Bank tops list of large taxpayers among Armenian banks in Q1  2024
 Friday, April 26 2024, 16:33

ArmInfo. In Q1 2023, the banking system of Armenia increased tax contributions to the state  treasury by 8.3% per annum - up to 22.2 billion drams ($56.5 million). Of this amount, 85.2% or 18.9 billion drams were paid in direct taxes, with a y-o-y increase of 7.4%.  

Over ten Armenian banks participating in 10% cashback programme for  pensioners
 Friday, March 29 2024, 15:16

ArmInfo. Armenia's Ministry of and Social Affairs has released a list of banks participating in a 10%  cashback programme for pensioners. 

2023 lending growth insufficient to prevent decline in profits -  Financial Rating of Banks of Armenia
 Wednesday, March 20 2024, 13:57

ArmInfo. In the banking sector of Armenia, the volume of lending accelerated in growth in 2023 from 13%  to 21%, reaching 5.8 trillion drams ($14.2 billion). But this was not enough to save profits from the decline, which, after a 3-fold jump in 2022, decreased by 9.2% in 2023, amounting to 229.9 billion drams ($567.9 million). This is evidenced by the data of the Financial Rating of Banks of Armenia as of December 31, 2023, prepared by  ArmInfo. 

Armenian banking system`s tax payments doubled last year 
 Friday, January 26 2024, 21:03

ArmInfo. In 2023, the banking system of Armenia doubled tax payments to the state treasury - up to AMD 123.5bln ($305 million), of which AMD 71.5bln were for direct taxes (with an annual increase of 39.7%).

Armenian banks profits dropped by 9.2% in 2023 after 3-fold increase  in 2022
 Friday, January 19 2024, 19:53

ArmInfo. The net profit of Armenian banks dropped by 9.2% in 2023 (after 3-fold increase  in 2022), amounting to 229.8 billion drams ($567.8 million) due to the deterioration of the y-o-y dynamics of non-interest income from a  4-fold increase to an almost 2-fold decline. Moreover, on a quarterly terms, profit began to decrease in Q3, then fell sharply down (-35%) in Q4, according to the data of the Express Ranking of Banks of Armenia as of December 31, 2023, prepared by ArmInfo IC.

Several banks did not want to join: Pashinyan instructs to expand coverage of participants in 10% cashback program
 Thursday, December 28 2023, 15:48

ArmInfo. Since the introduction  of the 10% cashback program for pensioners and people receiving  benefits when paying with bank cards, from July 2022 to November  2023, Armenian pensioners have made non-cash purchases totaling 62  billion drams. Cashback amounted to 5.2 billion drams. Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan announced today at a meeting of the Cabinet of  Ministers.

Armenia`s pensioners to get cash-back without changing accounts next  year
 Wednesday, December 6 2023, 12:57

ArmInfo.In 2024, the program for the return of pensions and benefits for transactions on  non-cash payments for beneficiaries will not undergo any changes, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan stated on December 6, during the presentation of the final version of  the draft state budget of Armenia for next year. 

Forced migrants from Artsakh, can benefit from state program  supporting housing construction in border villages of Armenia, after  acquiring RA citizenship
 Wednesday, November 29 2023, 01:02

ArmInfo.Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Davit Khachatryan and Press Secretary of the  Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Manucharyan presented the progress of the support provided by the Government to our compatriots forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh during the briefing held at  the "Humanitarian Center".

Tax payments of banking system of Armenia have increased  significantly
 Thursday, October 26 2023, 18:01

ArmInfo.The banking system of Armenia in Jan-Sept 2023 sent 111.8 billion drams or $284.1 million to the state treasury through taxes, which is 2.4-fold higher than the year-ago. Of this amount, 91.1% or 101.9 billion drams were paid for direct taxes (including profit tax and income tax), with an increase of 2.6-fold over the year, according to the data from the State Revenue Committee.

Banks of Armenia, in cooperation with Government and CBA, to offer  individual and general solutions to forcibly displaced people from  Artsakh - Central Bank
 Monday, October 2 2023, 17:20

ArmInfo.Commercial banks in Armenia are currently conducting an inventory of tangible and  intangible assets in order to get a complete picture of the problems  that have arisen as a result of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. 

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