Yerevan has cleared an 80-million-euro OPEC Fund loan under the Armenia Economic Transformation Program, targeting competition reform and stronger private investment inflows.
Foreign direct investment into Georgia rose 47.7% year on year to $271.2 million in the first quarter of 2026, after a full-year 2025 total of $1.68 billion.
Azerbaijan's sovereign wealth fund says its developed-market equity book rose to $18 billion in H1 2026, with lifetime income of $10.9 billion on $7.1 billion invested.
Armenia's economic activity index rose 6.5% year-on-year in July, driven by a 26.5% surge in construction and 17% growth in services, as parliament approved the 2026-2031 government programme.
Arins Group, owned by Armenian businessman Karen Safaryan, has agreed to acquire Terabank, Georgia's sixth-largest bank, and the Biltmore Tbilisi.
S&P Global says Armenia's banking sector is well capitalized and highly profitable, even as banks' investment portfolios fell 9.5% year-to-date to 1.93 trillion drams in Q2 2026.
TBC Bank's Q2 2026 net profit rose 12% to GEL 386 million, its 14th consecutive quarter above 23% ROE, with Georgian loans up 14% year-on-year to GEL 29 billion.
Foreign direct investment in Georgia reached $1.9 billion in 2025, up 19.3%, with the UK first at $426.6 million and Azerbaijan climbing to second place, Geostat data show.
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