ArmInfo.On May 19, 2021, at the Best Western Congress Hotel, Armswissbank – the Implementing Partner of the Programme - organized a seminar-discussion to present the work done in the second phase of the “Scaling up green finance practices in the Republic of Armenia” programme funded by the Green Climate Fund. The studies referred to the best international practices in the field of "Green" financing and the opportunities for its introduction in the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. The legislator changes the rates of excise tax deductions transferred to the Military Insurance Fund (1000 AMD Fund) for individual entrepreneurs. On May 19, the profile commission of the parliament approved a legislative bill "On  compensation for damage inflicted on the life and health of  servicemen during hostilities."

ArmInfo.Telecom Armenia (TM Beeline) will increase the bandwidth of the Internet supplied to Iraqi Kurdistan. This became known after the meeting of the General  Director of Telecom Armenia Hayk Yesayan with the Deputy Prime  Minister of the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan Qubad  Talabani.

ArmInfo. The Yerevan office of the EBRD invites Armenian entrepreneurs, initiators and employees of small and medium-sized business projects to become participants in the virtual free program “Find out how ... in times of crisis” by the EBRD Know-How Academy.

ArmInfo.HSBC in partnership with Ashoka (international organisation that promotes social entrepreneurship) launched the first of its kind Green Skills Innovation Challenge. This global innovation competition is open to social entrepreneurs across 51 countries including Armenia.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC (hereinafter HSBC Armenia) has been named as “Market Leader” for trade finance by Euromoney’s 2021 Trade Finance Survey.

ArmInfo. Armenia’s current economic reform program has been supported by the IMF since May 2019. The program has helped Armenia preserve macroeconomic stability and maintain access to international financial markets, and was adjusted to help Armenia respond to the major challenges that it faced in 2020. ArmInfo correspondent spoke with Nathan Porter, the IMF’s mission chief for Armenia, about the program and how Armenia has fared during these difficult times.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Today Evocabank’s representatives rang AMX’s opening bell in celebration of the first listing of bonds on the Exchange platform.

ArmInfo.Ardshinbank and Visa offer their clients "smart" Visa payment rings. Visa Payment Ring is the first wearable device with a built-in NFC-module in the form of a ring with the ability to make payments and linked to the Visa cardholder’s account.

ArmInfo. Former Minister of Economy of Armenia  Karen Chshmarityan harshly criticized the concept of creating a  Centralized register of bank accounts in the Central Bank of the  country.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.For the eighth year running, AraratBank has been honored with STP Quality Award by Austria-based Raiffeisen Bank International AG.

ArmInfo.Ameriabank was named “The Best Bank in Armenia 2021” by Global Finance during its 28th annual awards for the World’s Best Banks. The Bank was awarded in recognition of its achievements, innovative approaches and solutions.