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”

APY=(1+r/ո)^ո-1

 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 depositor can be more than one person according to the agreement, in that case the agreement is signed by all and the deposit is managed and used with the right of joint ownership.
3. If depositors are more than one person the Deposit and accrued interests are paid to all depositors proportionally, or to one of them on the basis of a notarized power of attorney signed by the others.
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.
5. The depositor can open the deposit in the name of a third person according to the legislation of RA and internal normative acts of the Bank.
6. The deposit can be opened online (without the possibility of making a deposit in favor of a third party) via Online Banking system https://conversebank.am/en/internet-banking/.

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. 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.
6. 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 or before the occurrence of circumstances stated in the deposit agreement, the interests are recalculated based on the application, on below terms:

• Upon termination of the deposit with a fixed interest rate, a recalculation is made at the demand deposit rate applied by the Bank (currently 0.1%).
• CBFR deposit:
• 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; except for partial termination when the recalculation interest rate is based on the rate set for the partial termination of the deposit.
• 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.

2. When 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

¹For 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.

 List of Required Documents
For individuals (except for private entrepreneurs):

• An ID card
• 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

For a resident legal entity, an organization that is not a legal entity / does not have the status of a legal entity (hereinafter referred to as a legal entity)
Statute:
The Decision of the founder set by the RA legislation or minutes of the general meeting of the founders for the corresponding organizational-legal type of legal entities, if the information on the founder's (shareholders, participants) shares and other data is missing in the statute, moreover:

• If the shareholders or participants are individuals, information on the number of shares, ID card information, registration address, telephone number (if available),
• In case the shareholders or participants are legal entites, the statute of the organization, state registration certificate, in case of a joint stock company, a certificate on shareholders possessing more than 5% share from the Central Depository of Armenia, VAT number, if it is not included in the state registration certificate,

Provided that the client deals with activities subject to licensing defined by the RA Law on Licensing, the relevant license (if available),
State registration certificate issued by the RA State Register of Legal Entities Agency,
Registration number of a taxpayer (VAT / tax code), if it is not included in the state registration certificate of the legal entity
Copies of the ID document (s) of the executive officers set by the statute.

For non-resident legal entity
Statute:
Founding documents in accordance with the legislation of the country (certificate of incumbency, certificate of incorporation, etc.)
Information about shareholders, participants, if not mentioned in the statute, moreover:

• If the shareholders or participants are individuals, information on the number of the shares, the details of the identity document, registration address, telephone number (if available)
• If the shareholders or participants are legal entities, the statute of the organization, the state registration certificate, in case of a joint-stock company a certificate on the shareholders possessing more than 5% share, VAT number

Provided that the client deals with activities subject to licensing defined by the RA Law on Licensing, the relevant license (if available),
Certificate of state registration issued by the relevant authority of the given country,
Copies of the ID document (s) of the executive officers set by the statute.

For private entrepreneurs

• State registration certificate issued by the RA State Register of Legal Entities Agency
• Provided that the client deals with activities subject to licensing defined by the RA Law on Licensing, the relevant license (if available),
• VAT number (tax code), if it is not included in the state registration certificate
• ID card
• Public service number or a reference of not having PSN (required only from RA residents and / or citizens) is not required if the customer presents an identification card bearing 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. 

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  250,000 AMD (two hundred fifty thousand) or the equivalent FX, and the amount of the transaction not surpassing  500,000 AMD (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