Annual percentage yield

The interest against the funds on your account are calculated based on the nominal interest rate, and the annual interest yield shows the income you would earn if you redeposited the interests generated against the deposit.
The annual percentage yield is calculated based on the following formula set under the CBA Regulation 8/02 “Calculation of Annual Percentage Yield of Bank Deposits”

 

 Where:

• APY – annual percentage yield
• r – annual simple rate
• ո – number of capitalizations of interest in 1 year

 General Terms for Opening of Deposit

1. Time deposit agreement is concluded between the Bank and the Depositor.
2. The expiry of the deposit agreement consists of accumulation and repayment periods.
3. Through the expiry of the deposit the depositor can voluntarily add any sum to the deposit unlimitedly according to the terms set for “Bareketsik apaga” deposit.
4. Any person can enter sums to the deposit account if the account details are available, while withdrawals are made only by the client or by a person authorized by him.

Calculation and Payment of Interests

1. The interests are calculated against the actual balance of the deposit from the day of opening of the deposit until the day preceding the day of its return to the depositor or withdrawal from the depositor’s account on other grounds.
2. The Bank calculates the interests at a simple interest rate, taking 365 days in a year or 366 days in a leap year as a divisor.
3. The interest amount is calculated on a daily basis against the account balance.
4. Where the time deposit is opened with a foreign currency, the interests are paid to the depositor with AMD at the respective buy rate set by the Bank at the date of payment for the respective currency or, at the depositor’s discretion, with the currency of the deposit.
5. At the maturity of the deposit accumulation period, the amount is to be returned to the depositor in his / her preferred form in the form of lump sum or regular payments.
6. The interests calculated against the deposit, unless the depositor has received in the period set in the deposit agreement, are paid by the Bank to the depositor on the latter’s demand.
7. Unless the depositor demand the redemption of the deposit and the payment of the calculated interest after expiry, the agreement is deemed renewed on the terms and conditions of time deposits applied by the Bank at that point, unless otherwise required in the customer’s deposit agreement or based on the customer’s written instruction.

Additional information

1. Time deposit accounts are opened and serviced free of charge.
2. The deposit account is closed once the deposit agreement expires.
3. No current banking transactions can be executed on the deposit account other than opening and redemption of the deposit.
4. The deposit is opened at branches from the savings account with the currency of the deposit; in the absence thereof, the deposit is opened free of opening and service charge.
5. The interests accrued on the deposit and the funds credited to the deposit account are paid to the depositor free of any commission.
6. The information about the deposit opened with the Bank is deemed bank secrecy and the Bank guarantees its confidentiality.

 

Early Termination of Deposit Agreement

1. Where the time deposit is returned on the depositor’s demand before expiry, the interests are recalculated based on the application, on below terms:

• Upon termination of the deposit before the end of the 1st year from the day of opening, the recalculation is made at the interest rate applied by the Bank to demand deposit at that point (currently 0.1%).;
• Upon termination of the deposit after the end of the 1st year, the interests are recalculated in the following manner: the interests accrued and paid in 1 year preceding the termination date are recalculated in the manner set in the above paragraph; and the interests calculated and accrued before that (the final day of the year preceding the start of the previous 1 year) are not recalculated.
• Upon termination in the distribution period, no recalculation is performed.

2. Where the depositor dissolves the FX time deposit agreement on the condition of directly concluding a time deposit agreement with AMD on similar terms, the interests are not recalculated.

Communication with the Bank

You can communicate with Converse Bank CJSC either by mail or by email, whichever you prefer. Electronic correspondence is the most convenient, it is 24/7 accessible, is free of any risk of loss of paper-based information and ensures confidentiality.

Tariffs for issuance of statements and references

Handover of statements1 at the Bank (VAT included)
Issuance of statement to customer in periods set under the RA laws and/or the agreement: AMD 0 Issuance of electronic statement to customer in periods set under the RA laws and/or the agreement: additional issuance at the customer’s discretion by the method and for the period preferred thereby (1 statement per period): AMD 0 In addition to the periods set above: -  for up to 3-year period:  1,000 AMD -  for 3-year and longer period:3,000  AMD  (if stored by the Bank)
References to be submitted to various institutions1 (VAT included)
For deposits opened in 1 month2	5,000 AMD
For deposits opened earlier	3,000 AMD
Based on online application in the Bank’s site	3,000 AMD

¹ For the simultaneous issuance of a reference and a statement to the same customer, the charge is applied only to the reference if such charge is set.
² In the presence of several accounts, the date of opening of the earliest account is considered, irrespective of being included in the reference.

Copies of Documents, Transaction Grounds and Other Information (VAT included)
For up to 1-month period	1,800 AMD per document
For up to 1-year period	3,000 AMD  per document
For over 1-year period	12,000 AMD per document

Postal Delivery of Statement (VAT included)
In Armenia and Artsakh	0 AMD
International	Delivery service provider’s rate in cases under the law and the agreement In other cases, Delivery service provider’s rate + AMD 1,500

Delivery of Statements by Registered Mail (VAT included)
In Armenia and Artsakh	3,000 AMD
International	Delivery service provider’s rate + 3,000 AMD

ATTENTION

The Bank cannot unilaterally decrease the interest rate set under the deposit agreement for the deposit, which the individual has opened on the condition to receive it back at the expiration of a specific period or upon the occurrence of circumstances set under the agreement.

The Bank can revise and amend Tariffs and Rates for additional services by giving a notice to the customers in the manner set under the agreement: by posting a message on the Bank’s website (www.conversebank.am), by making the information available in the Bank’s premises, by post delivery and by other methods offered by the Bank and selected by the Customer, which shall be deemed the proper notification of the Customer.

For the purpose of the Customer’s due diligence in compliance with the RA Law on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, the Bank can demand additional documents or other information from the consumer and as well ask additional questions to the customer on “Know your customer” principle.

Based on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Agreement concluded with the USA, the Bank can collect additional information to clear out your status of a US taxpayer.

The Customer’s rights to dispose the account and the cash on the latter can be restricted by the court decision based on the claims filed by the Enforcement Service or tax authorities or any other competent authority specified in the law.

The funds can be confiscated from the account without the Customer’s instruction by the court decision based on the claims filed by the Enforcement Service or tax authorities.  They are reflected in the customer’s bank account statements, which the Bank issues to the Customer in the manner agreed between the Bank and the Customer.

List of Required Documents

• Customer’s and depositor’s ID document
• Public Service Number (PSN) or reference to the absence of PSN (only for RA residents and/or citizens); is not needed if the customer discloses an ID card bearing the PSN

In addition to the aforementioned documents, the Customer has to disclose the proofs of origin of the amount and/or a declaration on the origin of the financial resources if the deposited sum, as well as the total sum of the previous deposits and the currently deposited sum are in excess of AMD 5 M or the equivalent FX.
The aforementioned documents are not required from the Bank’s accountholder customers, whose legal files contain the relevant documents and proofs of the origin of the financial resources.
Unless the documents are disclosed in Armenian, English or Russian, the apostille or notarized translation into the particular languages is needed.

Your Financial Adviser

“Your Financial Adviser” is an electronic system for search and comparison and selection of the most efficient option of services offered to individuals: https://www.fininfo.am/finhelper/index.php?type=deposit.

Notice on Guaranteed Deposit Terms and Conditions

Deposit Guarantee Fund of Armenia is the guarantor of your deposit.

The currency structure of the deposit		Maximum amount of deposit guarantee
If you have only an AMD-denominated deposit in the same bank		16 million AMD
If you have only a foreign currency-denominated deposit in the same bank		7 million AMD
If you have both AMD-denominated and foreign currency-denominated deposit in the same bank	If the AMD-denominated deposit is more than 7 million AMD	16 million AMD (only AMD deposit is guaranteed)
	If the AMD-denominated deposit is less than 7 million AMD	7 million AMD ( ­AMD- denominated­ deposit is guaranteed in full, and the foreign currency-denominated deposit is guaranteed in the amount of difference between 7 million AMD and the difference between the amount of deposits subject to refund)

Location: 15 Khorenatsi, Yerevan (Elite Plaza business center)
Tel. +374 10 583514

Settlement of Disputes

Any dispute between the Customer and the Bank, unless settled through negotiations, is resolved in compliance with the RA laws both judicially and through the Financial System Mediator (for individuals).

Notice on Financial System Mediator

Please be advised that based on the RA Law on Financial System Mediator, the disputes relating to a property claim for up to AMD 10 M or equivalent FX amount arising with regard to the services rendered to you by Converse Bank CJSC can be settled through the Financial System Mediator.
Based on the agreement concluded between the Bank and the Financial System Mediator, the Bank abandons the right to dispute the resolutions of the Financial System Mediator only for property claims not surpassing AMD 250,000 (two hundred fifty thousand) or the equivalent FX, and the amount of the transaction not surpassing AMD 500,000 (five hundred thousand) or equivalent FX.

Location: 15 M. Khorenatsi, 0010 Yerevan
Floor 7, Elite Plaza business Center
Tel. (+ 37460) 70 11 11
Fax (+ 37410) 58 24 21
Email [email protected]

Contact the Bank

For additional information, please

• Visit the Bank’s website https://www.conversebank.am
• Visit the Customer Service Office at the Head Office or any branch of the Bank
• Call +374 10 511211
• Viber +374 95 511211
• Skype: conversebank-callcenter