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 | Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. |