ArmInfo. Ameriabank placed loans for more than $ 4.5 billion in the economy of Armenia for 2007-2018. Of this amount, $ 674 million accounted for financing of SMEs. As the press service of the bank told ArmInfo, in total the average y-o-y growth in lending to the economy amounted to 39.5%, while the SME sector in particular - 41%. During this period, over 1.2 billion drams were directed to export financing by the bank. The share of Ameriabank loans in Armenia's GDP grew from 2007-2018 from 0.18% to 5.07%.
ArmInfo. Ameriabank has the only credit portfolio in Armenia that exceeds $ 1 billion, amounting to $ 1.166 billion as of January 1, 2019, against $ 9 million ten years earlier (almost 130 times increase). The press service of the bank told ArmInfo that primacy is also retained on assets - $ 1.612 billion, against $ 44.5 million ten years ago (an increase of more than 36 times). The volume of investment attracted by banks increased over 10 years (2007-2018) from $ 5.7 million to $ 132.7 million (an increase of 23.3 times).Ameriabank also leads in total liabilities, the volume of which increased over the ten-year period from $ 33 million to $ 1.426 billion (an increase of 43.2 times).
ArmInfo. Converse Bank has made the terms of "Converse 25" deposit more attractive, offering up to 9,5% interest rate for the first year of a deposit in AMD and up to 5% in case of a USD deposit. The interest rate will rise for the second year, reaching maximum 9,75% and 5,5%, respectively, the press service of the bank informs.
ArmInfo.. Ameriabank leads in terms of volume of factoring operations, providing a portfolio of 11 billion drams in 2018 with a y-o-y growth of 59%. To date, the factoring portfolio of the bank already exceeds 12 billion drams. As the Bank's press service told ArmInfo, the dominant part of these operations falls on export factoring, in which Ameriabank closely cooperates with the Export Insurance Agency of Armenia, which gives exporters the opportunity from a financial point of view to build more efficient and reliable business relations with foreign partners.
ArmInfo.VTB Bank (Armenia) has opened its new, high-tech, comfortable Contact Center, located in Business Center "34" at ul. Karekin Nzhdeh 34. The press service of the bank told ArmInfo, saying that repair work had been going on for several months in a room designed for the Contact Center employees: the technological component, the color scheme of the interior and the design of the recreation area were carefully chosen.
ArmInfo.Ameriabank, holding the leadership in the main financial indicators, pulls up retail lending to the leading positions in the banking system of Armenia. Thus, according to the Financial Rating of Banks of Armenia as of December 31, 2018, prepared by ArmInfo IC, the bank's assets amounted to 779.8 billion drams ($ 1.6 billion, 1st position). In their structure, 70% or 545.8 billion drams ($ 1.13 billion, first position) accounted for credit investments, and 8.3% or 64.4 billion drams ($ 133.1 million) - on investments in securities.
ArmInfo. On March 12, Ardshinbank resumed work of the regional branch of "Gyumri" in a newly renovated and modernized office meeting modern requirements. As the press service of the bank told ArmInfo, the restarted branch is equipped with extensive technical capabilities that facilitate the use of banking services.
ArmInfo. VTB Bank (Armenia) for 2018 granted amnesty to fines and penalties to individual customers for a total amount of up to 3 billion drams. As the press service of VTB Bank (Armenia) told ArmInfo, as a result, in 2018, fines and penalties for more than 4,600 loans of 4,000 customers were written off.
ArmInfo.According to the Global Finance monthly magazine, Ameriabank was awarded the nomination "The Best Investment Bank-2019" in Armenia. This award from Global Finance is awarded to Ameriabank annually, starting in 2012.
ArmInfo. Since 2019, Ameria CJSC has become the exclusive partner of the Global Association for Entrepreneurship Research (GERA) in Armenia for a period of 5 years.