BTA Bank to join MONEY GRAM international payment systemMay 22, 2009 - 23:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Central Bank of Armenia permitted BTA Bank CJSC to join MONEY GRAM international payment system.The decision was taken during the sitting of the CBA Board presided over by CBA Chairman Artur Javadyan on Friday. BTA Bank CJSC is a strategic partner of one of Kazakhstan's biggest banks - BTA Bank JSC which holds 49% of shares in the authorized capital of BTA Bank. The other shareholders of the banks are company ZRL (31.1%) and Kazakh-Armenian company MOBILEX (16.2%). Currently, the bank implements transfers through Faster, Migom and CONTACT payment systems, the CB press office reported. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |