Dollar Glut: Azerbaijan’s Central Bank Builds Reserves to a Record

For people who lack access to bank credit or need cash quickly, pawnshops remain an alternative financial channel. Recent financial results show that the industry is no longer merely a small retail business: the loan portfolios of large pawnshops...

Azerbaijan’s central bank has changed its methodology for identifying systemically important insurers, giving greater weight to company assets while simplifying the assessment framework. Central Bank of Azerbaijan Governor Taleh Kazimov signed the...

Azerbaijan’s central bank has linked the assessment of green bank loans to the national classification system for environmentally sustainable projects, a move expected to improve market transparency while increasing documentation requirements and...

Azerbaijan’s central bank has changed the methodology used to identify systemically important banks, shifting the emphasis from assets placed with the regulator to lenders’ actual role in processing payments. The new model could alter the group of...