ArmInfo. Ameriabank's Investor's Day initiative this time has united Armenia's tech community. The day before (April 16), the Bank invited representatives of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE), which unites over 250 tech companies, to its platform. Ameriabank itself is a member of UATE since 2025, acting as a changemaker in the sector.
The goal of this collaboration is to form a fintech ecosystem and a new culture of interaction that will foster development and progress in both the financial and tech sectors. Introducing the Investor's Day initiative to journalists, Diana Hakobyan, Ameriabank's Co-Director of Foreign Exchange and Brokerage, noted that by holding this event, the bank has taken on a challenging and important mission: to develop an investment mindset and a literate investment culture in the country. This is a monthly platform for networking and discussing investment-related topics. It brings together specialists and investors who can get answers to their questions. As interest in investing grows in the country, the number of clients and the number of questions grows, the need for such platforms has arisen," Hakobyan emphasized.
This is the ninth time Ameriabank has held Investor's Day. The decision to invite representatives from the technology sector, she explained, was driven by its development trends and the significant potential for fostering an investment culture. "This is one of the most active groups among our clients-they actively use Ameriabank's My Invest platform," the expert noted. Hakobyan emphasized that one of the advantages of My Invest is its simultaneous access to over 30 international financial markets and over 20,000 stocks and bonds. The platform allows clients to monitor stock exchange prices in real time and execute trades automatically, quickly, and without intermediaries. She noted that Ameriabank's share of the stock exchange's corporate securities market reaches 80%.
"This is the most active platform on the exchange, and the number of clients is growing. This has been facilitated by providing direct access: clients buy and sell through My Invest independently (without intermediaries) and see prices in real time, which also contributes to the exchange's development," Hakobyan added.
Sargis Karapetyan, Executive Director of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises, noted that the MyInvest platform also offers bonds from UITE Expo, a 100%-owned company. He recalled that these are Impuct Bonds, issued earlier this year. According to Karapetyan, 50% of the shares have already been sold for 750 million drams, with the ultimate goal of attracting 1.5 billion drams in investments. He noted that the cooperation with Ameriabank is developing in two directions: "On the one hand, we help financial companies utilize technology, and on the other, we develop an understanding of the tech sector's needs and the necessary products, thereby facilitating the accelerated development of the tech sector in Armenia."
He clarified that the event, is an attempt to better introduce the tech sector to financial instruments from an investment perspective, as the sector is known to be actively developing and offering opportunities for attracting and implementing investments.
Edita Ghazaryan, Deputy Director of the Union, noted that a long-term partnership is being built with Ameriabank, as the bank shares their vision of transforming Armenia into a technology powerhouse and is ready to contribute to achieving this goal. "This understanding is evident among top management levels. Since the bank joined the Union as a member moving along this transformation path, numerous events are planned, and cooperation will not be limited to current initiatives - a more robust and strategic collaboration is expected," she added.
Armen Kocharyan, Chairman of the Union of Advanced Technology Companies, noted that the technology market is already moving beyond the stage of technological solutions to the formation of capital-forming companies. Naturally, the time is approaching when this capital, strategies, and technologies must be consolidated, and strategic cooperation with Ameriabank appears a logical step for more intelligent development of the accumulated capital and investment portfolio. He also emphasized that cooperation with Ameriabank is developing in the right format and at the right time, as the technology market is moving to a new stage - from formation to sustainability, capital, and strategic development.
