HSBC Bank Armenia becomes the regional center to provide IT servicesOctober 13, 2009 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Since September 2009 the Group of Regional Assistance of HSBC Bank of Armenia has expanded its activities by providing IT related assistance to HSBC offices in Georgia, Kazakhstan and Russia. As the press service of HSBC in Armenia reports, in September 2008, the bank projected to become a regional center for information technology, providing IT services to HSBC Group member banks in CIS countries. The software program of the Group provides a wide range of banking and investment transactions to meet customer needs in different countries and raise effectiveness of these operations. The program is now installed in 63 countries, transactions totaling 764 million USD serving about 10 million active customer accounts are realized through it. In 2010-2011 Group projects to expand the geography of its service in Central, Western and other directions in Europe. 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 | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |