{"id":17578,"date":"2024-04-12T12:44:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=17578"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:44:36","slug":"armenias-fintech-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/armenias-fintech-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia&#8217;s Fintech Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armenia&#8217;s fintech sector has experienced a significant surge in development, fueled largely by tech-savvy youth and overall economic growth. This has resulted in Armenia becoming a showcase for robust payment infrastructures, innovative lending solutions and expanding insurtech offerings. The government&#8217;s <em>Fintech Hub Armenia Program<\/em> has played a crucial role in this growth by providing funding, mentorship and networking opportunities. Armenia&#8217;s fintech landscape has also been marked by a considerable increase in investments, attracting more than USD 90 million in the last two years (up significantly from USD 20 million in 2019). With over 200 fintech companies established, the sector boasts a CAGR of 25% over the past three years. Moreover, Armenia&#8217;s engagement with blockchain and cryptocurrency, alongside a push towards greener energy sources for mining, demonstrates a forward-thinking approach to fintech and digital currencies. This thriving ecosystem is not only enhancing financial services within Armenia but also positioning the country as a burgeoning hub for fintech innovations and investments on the global stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-17578 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Barclaycard expanding contactless payment devices'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/barclaycard-expanding-contactless-payment-devices\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/watchnfc-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9566\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-9566'>\n\t\t\t\tBarclaycard expanding contactless payment devices\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Banks must embrace fintech to survive'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/banks-must-embrace-fintech-to-survive\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/people-standing-together-in-shape-of-an-arrow_3446-294-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8578\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/people-standing-together-in-shape-of-an-arrow_3446-294-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/people-standing-together-in-shape-of-an-arrow_3446-294-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/people-standing-together-in-shape-of-an-arrow_3446-294.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8578'>\n\t\t\t\tBanks must embrace fintech to survive\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Open banking is uberizing Ukraine\u2019s financial services'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/open-banking-is-uberizing-ukraine-s-financial-services\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/open-banking-ua-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-10535\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-10535'>\n\t\t\t\tOpen banking is uberizing Ukraine\u2019s financial services\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenia&#8217;s fintech sector has experienced a significant surge in development, fueled largely by tech-savvy youth and overall economic growth. This has resulted in Armenia becoming a showcase for robust payment infrastructures, innovative lending solutions and expanding insurtech offerings. The government&#8217;s Fintech Hub Armenia Program has played a crucial role in this growth by providing funding, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17579,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578\/revisions\/17579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}