Armenian banks in the media: Q1 2026 results

Banks.am presents a brief quarterly report titled “Armenian Banks in the Media,” compiled using data from the MaxMonitor media monitoring system operated by the Mediamax media company.

According to data for the first quarter of 2026, IDBank leads in terms of media mentions (across news websites, newspapers, and television news programs) with 768 mentions. Fast Bank ranks second with 622 mentions, followed by Ameriabank in third place with 588 mentions.

In the first quarter of 2026, IDBank led in terms of mentions on news websites with 752 mentions; Armeconombank led in newspapers with 15 articles, while IDBank also led television coverage with 6 reports.

In terms of positive mentions, IDBank ranks first (682 mentions,) followed by Fast Bank (615 mentions) and Ameriabank (472 mentions).

By share of positive coverage, Fast Bank leads with 98.9% (615 positive mentions out of 622 total). Biblos Bank Armenia ranks second with 97.2% (69 out of 71), and Acba Bank ranks third with 90.6% (471 out of 520).

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Mediamax has been conducting media monitoring since 2001. The banking monitoring service was launched in 2009 and has been operated through the Mediamax system since mid-2015.

The system tracks media coverage of all commercial banks in Armenia and consists of two main components: Monitoring and Analysis. The database is updated every 15 minutes.

Within the scope of banking monitoring, the system covers all Armenian news websites (approximately 150), around a dozen newspapers, and nine television companies broadcasting news programs.