Karas Wines and Converse Bank companies, managed by Argentine businessman of Armenian origin, philanthropist Eduardo Eurnekian, summarized the results of the contest announced for Armenian artists. The contest was conducted within the framework of Karas Art program with Converse Bank’s financial support.
Converse Bank is starting a number of contests devoted to the great Armenians, whose jubilees are celebrated this year. This is another cultural initiative by Converse Bank aimed at increasing awareness of the cultural heritage left over by the great Armenian writers and raising interest towards their works.
During the recent Armenian-Bulgarian business forum in Yerevan, Armenian businessman Gevorg Grigoryan operating in Bulgaria announced that he considers the possibility to export Armenian fruits to the Bulgarian market, novinite.com reports.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has attended the inauguration of a new cheese factory in Armenia.
Converse Bank has made the terms of “Converse 25” deposit more attractive, offering up to 9,5% interest rate for the first year of a deposit in AMD and up to 5% in case of a USD deposit. The interest rate will rise for the second year, reaching maximum 9,75% and 5,5%, respectively.
The collector coin has been designed by Haroutiun Samuelian (obverse) and Vardan Vardanyan (reverse). It has been minted in the Lithuanian Mint.
In case of making purchases with Converse Bank’s Mastercard plastic cards, cardholders will not only get the opportunity to participate in the lottery for a journey to Walt Disney Studio Park organized by MasterCard payment system, but also to make use of the Bank’s profitable offer to accumulate Converse points and exchange them for gifts in the Bank’s partner network.
Converse Bank has improved the terms of services offered to its young customers within the framework of the campaign “Create Your Credit History”. Given the demand for it, it will be offered to the Bank’s customers as a separate product.
For the first time in Armenia a strategic foreign investor acquired an Armenian mining company through joint financing of three Armenian banks. AIM-listed Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited acquired 100% of shares of “Kapan Mining and Processing Enterprise” CJSC for USD 55M from a company listed on the same stock exchange which is a subsidiary of Russian Polymetal Group.
Towards the agricultural season, Converse Bank has launched a new loan type “Agro” offering affordable and competitive interest rates to start-up and growing agricultural businesses.