Yerevan/Mediamax/. CB Board made changes into the main economic standards of banking activity at its session today. According to the changes, changes in the structure of mandatory backup on foreign currency deposits will come into effect starting from April, 2010.

Mediamax was informed in CB press service that starting from April 14, the mandatory backup of 12% in CB from the foreign currency means, attracted by banks, will be partially backed up in AMD.

CB informed that ¼ of the sum in foreign currency reserved by banks in CB (3% from the total sum of the deposit) will be backed up in AMD.

Mediamax reminds that while presenting the steps on Armenian financial system’s dedollarization on March 11, Head of Armenian CB’s Department for Monetary-Credit Policy Artur Stepanyan stated that in a few months CB intends to oblige banks to back up already half of the backup 12% of the foreign currency deposit in AMD.