Converse Bank bonds were bought in primary market within days

 Friday, April 26 2024 16:48:00
Converse Bank bonds were bought in primary market within days

ArmInfo. Within days, Converse Bank's dram coupon bonds were bought in the primary market in the  amount of 5 billion drams. It is noteworthy that this tranche was put up for sale together with the dollar bonds on April 17, and within a week the dram bonds were fully distributed. This is noted in a message from Converse Bank.

Armenia`s government accepts 12.5% of the Lydian Armenia shares as  gift
 Thursday, January 18 2024 12:37

ArmInfo.On January 18, Armenia's Cabinet approved a decision on the RA government accepting  12.5% of the Lydian Armenia shares as a gift.  

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Armenia to attract ADB loan for construction of road section 
 Thursday, January 18 2024 12:08

ArmInfo.Armenia's Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EUR 60mln financial agreement  Yerevan Urban Development Investment Project with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of November 27, 2023. 

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The announcement on the complete allocation of "Euroterm" bonds ahead of schedule.
 Thursday, January 18 2024 10:16

ArmInfo.Converse Bank announces on the completion of Euroterm CJSC corporate bonds allocation ahead of schedule. From 28.11.2023 to 12.01.2024, Converse Bank allocated bonds with total volume of AMD 500 million with a coupon rate of 12.5% and a maturity of 36 months.

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Araratbank attracts usd 5 million from GGF to propel green financing in Armenia
 Wednesday, January 17 2024 15:11

ArmInfo.Boosting green lending for SMEs and households, especially in agriculture, manufacturing, and small-scale renewable energy 

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Armenia`s ministry of labor changes order of deposit compensation
 Wednesday, January 17 2024 14:31

ArmInfo.The government will compensate the deposits of citizens born before June 30, 1941 inclusive, who were invested in the Republican Bank of the Armenian SSR of the Savings Bank of the USSR. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs reported this, citing a government decision.

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Armenian government invests $37 million in Dry Port project
 Tuesday, January 16 2024 21:12

ArmInfo. The Investment Committee of Armenia gave preliminary approval to the investment  project for the construction of the Dry Port industrial park in Gyumri, the press service of the RA government reports.

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EBRD, Amundi-Acba Asset Management conclud  first cross-currency repo  transaction
 Tuesday, January 16 2024 21:03

ArmInfo. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Amundi-ACBA Asset  Management are joining forces to facilitate access to local currency financing and strengthen the local capital market in Armenia. This was reported by the press service of the Amundi-Acba Asset Management  pension fund.

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Nothing will change for RA citizens who took mortgage loan within  income tax refund program - MP
 Tuesday, January 16 2024 16:52

ArmInfo. Nothing will change for RA citizens who have already taken a mortgage loan within the  framework of the income tax refund program. MP from the ruling Civil Contract party Babken Tunyan wrote on his Facebook page.

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Mortgage loan debt per capita in Armenia for 9 months of 2023 was USD  861 per person
 Tuesday, January 16 2024 15:23

ArmInfo.Mortgage loan debt per capita in Armenia for 9 months of 2023 amounted to $861 per person. The volume of the mortgage burden in the country is lower only than the indicators of Russia ($1397), ($1397), but significantly exceeds the indicators of Kazakhstan ($597), Belarus ($487), Azerbaijan ($198), Uzbekistan ($132) and Kyrgyzstan ($47).

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Subsidies to Armenia`s communities to be increased next year -  premier 
 Monday, January 15 2024 11:53

ArmInfo.Government subsidies to communities will increase significantly from January 1, 2024. Prime  Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook account, publishing the corresponding video material. 

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Government to provide AMD 3.5 billion loan to Yeraskh metallurgical  plant
 Thursday, January 11 2024 20:16

ArmInfo. The GTB Steel company, which was forced to move the metallurgical plant project from Yeraskh  to the city of Ararat, will receive a loan of 3.5 billion drams from the RA government. The resolution was adopted on January 11 at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.

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In 2024, Armenia to continue compensation process of USSR Sberbank  cash deposits
 Thursday, January 11 2024 17:03

ArmInfo. In 2024, Armenia will continue the process of providing compensation for cash deposits made  in the republican bank of Sberbank of the USSR before June 10, 1993, to citizens born before June 30, 1941 inclusive. The corresponding decision was made on January 11 at a meeting of the Armenian government.

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The amount of 3.945.010 AMD to the Health Fund for Children of Armenia. The power of one dram for January will go to “Armenian Mothers” fund
 Thursday, January 11 2024 10:42

ArmInfo.Idram and IDBank summarize the December program of the "The power of one dram" initiative. The "one drams" collected for the payments made by the clients of the two companies in December, 3.945.010 AMD, will be sent to the Health Fund for Children of Armenia.

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Armenian parliament discusses issue of increasing bank tariffs
 Wednesday, January 10 2024 21:28

ArmInfo.The Armenian Parliament held a discussion on the topical issue of banking tariffs. This problem  becomes quite acute due to the transition to a significant growth of non-cash transactions in the country, associated with the adoption of a law regulating non-cash circulation a year ago and actually obliging economic entities to accept non-cash payments for goods and services. 

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ARARATBANK attracts USD 5 million from EFSE to support MSMEs in Armenia 
 Wednesday, January 10 2024 12:25

ArmInfo.A long-term loan facility to prioritize women in business

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Despite declining yields, demand for Armenia`s long-term government  debt obligations remains significant
 Tuesday, January 9 2024 19:50

ArmInfo. The first exchange trades in government bonds this year show that demand for them continues to remain high and significantly exceeds supply.

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Only USD, EUR transactions carried out on Armenian foreign exchange interbank in first short week of January
 Friday, January 5 2024 18:09

ArmInfo. Only dollar and euro  transactions were carried out at the foreign currency interbank of  Armenia in the first short week of January 2024 (January 3-5), hile  there were no euro transactions in the same period a year ago,  instead there were ruble transactions  along with dollar ones, but  both then and now they were recorded in small volumes with downward  trend in dollar transactions. 

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Armenia`s gross international reserves go on decreasing
 Wednesday, January 3 2024 13:59

ArmInfo. Armenia's gross international reserves go on decreasing as against the historical record last August, $4.219bln.

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As of November 2023, Armenia`s banking system registers record-high deposit portfolio - premier
 Friday, December 29 2023 10:57

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan visited the Central Bank to participate in the reception  organized on the occasion of the upcoming New Year and Christmas.

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Unemployment rate to be below 13% in 2023, CBA forecasts
 Thursday, December 28 2023 15:41

ArmInfo. According to the new  forecast of the Central Bank for 2023, the unemployment rate will be  below 13% (against the actual 13% in 2022), while according to its  previous forecast (September), the bank expected an increase of up to  14%. But in the medium term, in parallel with the recovery in demand,  the unemployment rate will stabilize near its long-term sustainable  level of 15%. This is noted in the Central Bank's Monetary Policy  Program (MPP) for Q4 2023, published at the end of December, where  GDP growth expectations for 2023 indicate a less noticeable slowdown  in rates to 8.3% (from 12.6% in 2022) and further to 6.1% in 2024 and  5.7% in 2025.

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