List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-03-14 14:00
On March 2, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1718 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with...
List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-03-14 07:09
On March 2, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1718 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with...
A seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of commercial banks operating in the RA was organized
2016-03-11 18:59
On January 29 the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of commercial banks operating in the RA and financial supervision department of the Central Bank of Armenia.The head of the Financial Monitoring Center Daniel Azatyan delivered an opening speech.In the framework of the seminar the participants were introduced to the rules for delisting and unfreezing the property of terrorism-related persons...
A seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of commercial banks operating in the RA was organized
2016-03-11 07:12
On January 29 the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of commercial banks operating in the RA and financial supervision department of the Central Bank of...
List established under UNSC resolutions was supplemented
2016-03-10 18:42
On March 7, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolution 2127 approved supplements to the list of individuals and entities associated with Central African...
List established under UNSC resolutions was supplemented
2016-03-01 18:09
On February 29, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved supplements to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...
Inflation report 2016/1 (Monetary Policy Program Q1, 2016, Status Report on Implementation of the Monetary Policy Program, Q4, 2015)
2016-02-26 05:49
Executive summary
In the time of unfavorable economic developments in the main partner countries on the Armenian economy and inexorable influence of deflationary trends in international markets of commodities and food products, the economic growth in 2016 will remain weak. The 12-month inflation rate, although low at the beginning of the year, will tend to expand. Starting from 2017, the economic growth will accelerate to gradually approach the long-term equilibrium and inflation will continue...
List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-02-24 13:20
On February 23, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...
New FATF public statement issued
2016-02-23 13:17
On February 19, 2016 the FATF issued a Public Statement on jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism regime.The statement is available...
The Board of the CBA lowered the refinancing rate by 0.25 percent
2016-02-16 08:39
The Board of the CBA lowered the refinancing rate by 0.25%
At the February 16, 2016 meeting the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to lower the refinancing rate by 0.25 percentage point to 8.5%.
In January of 2016 inflation was 2.2% compared to 2.5% recorded in the same month of the previous year. In the meanwhile the 12-month inflation rate fell slightly, amounting to -0.4% at the end of the month. The low level of inflation is almost entirely due to the decrease in agricultural...
List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-02-12 13:22
On February 11, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...
Statistical overview (December. 2015)
2016-02-12 10:29
Statistical overview
The “CBA Bulletin” of the Central Bank of Armenia is a monthly periodicalthat presents Monetary Overview section which contains data on monetary, external, fiscal and real sectors, and data on payment and settlement system and financial system indicators.
The data source of real sector (excluding core inflation) and external trade is the National Statistical Service of Armenia (http://www.armstat.am). The data source on fiscal, external sectors (excluding...
An interview has been made on 5th Round Mutual evaluation report of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing system of Armenia
2016-02-09 18:38
Several days ago media approached the 5th Round Mutual evaluation of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing system of Armenia. Tert.am has made an interview with Ani Melkonyan - Expert of the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia, member of the Armenian delegation in Council of Europe MONEYVAL committee of experts, to figure out the particulars of the...
Mutual evaluation report of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures of Armenia was published
2016-01-29 18:24
On January 28, 2015 the Council of Europe (CoE) MONEYVAL Committee published the 5th round mutual evaluation report of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures of Armenia adopted on 10 December 2015. The Republic of Armenia was the first CoE country evaluated in accordance with FATF methodology revised in 2012.The distinctive feature of the evaluation procedure commenced since December 2014 was that for the first time the AML/CFT system was to be assessed not only from...
List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-01-18 13:41
On January 15, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...