Inecobank to bring its credit portfolio to AMD 37bln by yearendOctober 20, 2010 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Executive Director of Inecobank Avetis Baloyan said that the credit portfolio of Inecobank CJSC increased by AMD 7.5bln in January-September 2010. “Currently, the bank’s credit portfolio makes AMD 34bln and we plan to bring it to AMD 37bln by the end of the year,” Baloyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. He noted that the bank has intensified the lending process recently, thus Inecobank may even exceed the planned index. Referring to the bank’s credit portfolio structure, the Executive Director said that the share of small and medium business makes 50%. On October 20, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Inecobank CJSC signed in Yerevan a $17mln loan agreement, out of which USD 11mln will be directed for small and medium business development, while the rest will be allocated for large business financing. 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 | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |