Unibank sets high interest rate for positive balance of pension cardsApril 6, 2011 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Unibank CJSC set a high interest rate for positive balance of pension cards – 5% per year. Unibank’s pension card is a universal banking card – ArCa Classic – with privileged terms of servicing for pensioners. The cards are emitted and serviced free of charge. In January 2011 Unibank signed an agreement with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Under it, pensioners can receive pensions via banking cards of Unibank. Pension cards can be validated in any of 34 branches of Unibank. In 2011, the bank plans to bring the number of emitted cards to 200 000, while the number of POS-terminals and ATMs will reach 900 and 100 respectively. 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. |