Euromoney names Ameriabank best Armenian bank of 2011 July 8, 2011 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ameriabank cjsc was awarded a Superiority Prize of a leading journal Euromoney as the best Armenian bank in 2011, according to Ameriabank’s retail banking director Vazrik Sekoyan. “Official award ceremony took place on July 7 in London,” Sekoyan told a press conference in Yerevan. He noted that when choosing a winner Euromoney organizers took into consideration such indicators as rapid growth and enhancement of the bank activity at the local market, implementation of new services, as well as introduction of two trade systems AMERIA GLOBAL and TRADING WEB TRAIDER. Successful merger with Cascade Bank in 2010 and efficient cooperation with a range of international organizations for the last two years was taken into account as well. In turn, the bank’s development director Tigran Jrbashyan emphasized significance of the award and expressed hope that Euromoney’s competitor Financial Times will also award the bank with a high estimate by the yearend. “At least all current indices prove that Financial Times will praise our activity highly,” Jrbashyan said. 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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |