ArmInfo. The first client was served in test mode in the framework of providing services of State Register Agency and Real Estate Cadastre in the Ijevan branch of Ardshinbank. The Ijevan branch has become the first regional branch of the bank, where state services are expedited to the bank in the light of the agreement signed with the Justice Ministry of Armenia, the press- service of the bank told ArmInfo.
According to the Minister of Justice of Armenia Arpine Hovhannisyan, the task of the improvement of the quality and effectiveness of the services, provided by the state bodies of Armenia, is the priority of the government of the republic. The delegation of some state body functions to private structures, such as banks makes the process more available for the citizens.
The bank considers the cooperation with the government represented by the Justice Ministry in this sector important and prospective, the Director of Strategic Development of Ardshinbank Armen Gasparyan said. "Ardshinbank has the most developed branch network in the republic, which provides possibility to cover more clients with the services. The region's residents will soon experience by themselves all the advantages of the new service, as they will not need to get to the capital or to the regional center to get a state inquiry. Ardshinbank has announced this service earlier in two branches in Yerevan, from now on it is available in our Ijevan branch. We are planning to implement the service in more 10 branches of the bank", A. Gasparyan noted.
The Head of Retail of Ardshinbank Artak Khachatryan told about the advantages of the functions delegated to the bank. "The new service will optimize the process of crediting, shortening the necessary documentation processing and as a result will enhance the effectiveness of the bank processes, making them more available and fast and that is another step towards the client", A. Khachatryan concluded. To recall, Ardshinbank has become an operator of several service functions of state bodies, within the framework of the reform, launched by the government, on the basis of the agreement with the Justice Ministry.
To note, currently considering merge with Areximbank-GPB Group the bank has 72 branches (16 of which of Areximbank) and an office in Paris. Starting from 2017 Ardshinbank took the lead by its branch network not only by total number of branches but also by the number of regional offices. By main balance indicators Ardshinbank enters top 3. Center of Business Investments LLC - 97.52% is the majority shareholder of Ardshinbank.