1600 people in Armenia used internet banking services of HSBC by late NovemberDecember 15, 2009 - 17:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - By late November 2009 the number of clients of Internet banking services of HSBC Bank Armenia reached 1600, CEO of HSBC Bank Armenia Timothy Slater told a PanARMENIAN.Net According to him, by the end of this year this number is expected to reach 2 000. HSBC Bank Armenia invested USD 2 million to make Internet banking service available in Armenia from July 1 2009. Internet banking enables to do non-cash transactions from any place 365 days a year 24 hours a day, allowing customers to check their bank accounts, execute transactions, as well as open new accounts on-line. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |