Ameriabank reports AMD 146bn loan portfolio in 2012January 30, 2013 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ameriabank CJSC ensured AMD 146 billion loan portfolio in 2012, Deputy General Director and CFO of the bank said. “The growth totaled 7% as compared with 2011 results,” Gevorg Tarumyan told Jan 30 press conference. The CFO further called attention to the restructuring of Ameriabank’s total loan portfolio, with the bank prioritizing lending to SMEs and physical persons. As Mr Tarumyan noted, the SMEs lending amounted to about AMD 21 billion, increasing by 12% as compared with 2011. The bank reported 13% growth of volume of lending to physical persons against 2011 results (up to AMD 25 billion). Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |