ArmInfo. The day before, "Armenian Banking Days" were held for the first time in the capital of Austria. The initiator of the Vienna event was the Union of Armenian Banks together with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has once again decided to leave the refinancing rate unchanged, setting it at 6.75%. This decision was made on September  16 during a meeting of the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic  of Armenia. Accordingly, the rates on Lombard repo is- 8.25% and the  interest rate on funds attracted from banks is 5.25%.

ArmInfo.  According to forecasts by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), the Armenian economy will stabilize on a 5.5% growth trajectory with domestic demand maintaining its role as the main driver of development. This is stated in the Bank's  latest Macroeconomic Review. The analytical material presents an  analysis of the economic development of the Bank's member states at  the beginning of 2025 and a forecast of the main macroeconomic  indicators until the end of 2025 and for 2026-2027.

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia announced the issue of a commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Armenian film  director and screenwriter Henrik Malyan on September 16 this year.  This was noted in the message of the Central Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo. AraratBank co-funded "Culture – My Way" project launched by the Teryan Cultural Center under the financing of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) of UNESCO, within the framework of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

ArmInfo.  Subvention programs are the driving force of Kapan. This was stated by Advisor to the Governor of the Syunik region Karen Balyan to the regional television  channel Syunik TV. 

ArmInfo.ACBA Bank has held a meeting with its shareholders and investors in a new format for the second time, summarizing the results of the first half of 2025. Through such meetings, the bank develops an environment of mutual trust with shareholders and investors, forms a new culture of corporate governance.

ArmInfo. Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has today downgraded Electric Networks of Armenia's (ENA) long-term corporate family rating (CFR) to Ba3 from Ba2 and its probability of default rating (PDR) to Ba3-PD from Ba2-PD. The outlook is negative. Previously, the ratings were on review for downgrade. This rating action concludes the review for downgrade that was initiated on ENA on 20 June 2025, as noted by Moody's Ratings.

ArmInfo. Natural gas supplies to Armenia will be temporarily suspended due to scheduled repair work in the Stavropol Territory of Russia, as reported by the press service of Gazprom Armenia.

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ArmInfo. . Criminal cases against businesses have been put on a conveyor belt, according to  Vahram Mirakyan, co-founder and president of the Mantashyants  Entrepreneurs Club. To address this issue, the club has developed a  legislative initiative to protect entrepreneurs' rights when dealing  with the State Revenue Committee (SRC) and the Investigative  Committee (IC). The proposed measures aim to prevent the seizure and  illegal confiscation of property as a means of pressure on business,  and to establish fair and predictable mechanisms for resolving tax  and economic disputes.

ArmInfo.  The size of Armenia's public debt may decrease in the near future. This will be done not by repaying previously taken public loan obligations, but by  fundamentally revising the legislation regulating public debt. "The  introduction of amendments does not aim to whet the appetite of the  country's economic authorities to attract new - 'legally unlimited'  borrowings, but is only conditioned by the need to meet the  requirements of the international standard established in relation to  public debt," Acting Head of the Public Debt Management Department of  the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia Marine Melikyan  said in an interview with ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.  Armenia and the US are discussing the establishment of a cyber lab, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenia and the United States have significant potential for bilateral cooperation in the technological sphere, as stated by Brendan Hanrahan, Senior  Official for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of the US Department of State during a meeting with Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan.

ArmInfo. From September 8 to 12, 2025, ruble transactions were actively conducted in Armenia's  interbank foreign exchange market, rather than dollar transactions. Euro transactions have not been conducted for the fourth month. 

ArmInfo.  Armenia has proposed the United States to begin developing a roadmap for the implementation of the TRIPP (Trump Route for International Peace and  Prosperity) project.  Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan  shared this information in a post on his Facebook page, citing the  results of a meeting with the head of the US State Department's  Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Brendan Hanrahan.

ArmInfo.  In the Armenian insurance market, the loss ratio for OSAGO began to decrease in 2025, amounting to 74% in January-August (compared to 79.1% the previous  year), as evidenced by data from the Bureau of Motor Insurers of  Armenia.

ArmInfo. 5,092,062 AMD – this is the amount raised within the framework of “The Power of One Dram” campaign for August, which will be transferred to the “Bridge of Hope” NGO. For more than three decades, the organization has been working to protect the rights of people with disabilities and to promote their social inclusion.

ArmInfo.  Armenia and the Czech Republic are considering the possibility of expanding the LEADER methodology for rural development. This methodology is  currently being implemented  as a pilot  and may be launched in  Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Gegharkunik, as reported by the press service  of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure,  citing the results of a meeting between Deputy Minister of  Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Asatur Vardanyan and a  Czech delegation led by Deputy Minister of Territorial Development of  the Czech Republic Radim Srsen.

ArmInfo.  The first introductory meeting of the Armenian Web 3 - CJN Accelerator was held at the initiative of the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Armenia,  the Lebanon International Business Association Network (L.I.B.A.N)  and the Web3 Armenia Foundation.