HSBC Bank Armenia profit up 40% in 2011 March 5, 2012 - 12:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC pre-tax profit totaled AMD 8.3bn, increasing by AMD 2.4bn (40%) compared with 2010, according to the bank’s chief financial officer. As Gevorg Tarumyan told a press conference on March 5, total assets grew by AMD 34bn or 23.5% to amount to AMD179bn, gross customer loans increased by 25.7% or AMD 22bn to AMD 108bn, with the corporate loan portfolio growing by 34% to AMD 86.5 bn. According to the bank’s chief financial officer, customer deposits increased by AMD 13bn or 14.4% to total AMD 120bn during the reporting period. Mr. Tarumyan further noted that the dividends paid during 2011 grossed AMD 1.1bn., with paid taxes increasing by 145% to total AMD 2.9bn. The banker said that HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC currently has rather high liquidity level and conducts monthly stress tests. Dwelling on Internet and telephone banking services, Mr. Tarumyan favored the growth in number of those service users in Armenia, the figure rising from 15 500 to 22 800 starting 2010. HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC has received high awards by such leading international publications as The Banker and Global Finance. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |