E-payments comprise 60% of total number of CB paymentsMay 18, 2010 - 10:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the first quarter of 2010, majority of payments effected through the payment systems of the Central Bank of Armenia were e-payments. According to the RA CB press office, the e-payments comprised 60% of total number of CB payments, increasing by 28% as compared with the same period of 2009. The average daily amount of e-payments totaled AMD 19 bln. E-payments through commercial banks comprised 77% of the total volume. 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 | Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. |