WB to hold World for Financial Infrastructure Week in Rio de JaneiroMarch 7, 2011 - 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the first time, the World Bank Group will gather financial infrastructure practitioners from around the World for Financial Infrastructure Week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 14-17, 2011. Financial Infrastructure Week combines both a full day of common plenary sessions and three different streams: Payment Systems - "Expanding the Horizons of Payment System Development"; Credit Reporting - "Moving beyond the Crisis – The Role of Credit Reporting"; Secured Transactions - "Increasing Access to Credit through Secured Transactions Reform". The World Bank Group is a leader in financial infrastructure development in emerging markets, including payment systems and remittances, credit reporting and secured lending/collateral registries. The three programs have organized a number of events and conferences to raise awareness and disseminate best practices in their respective arenas. The payment systems stream is the fourth global conference organized for payment systems specialists, the World Bank said on its website. 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 | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |