OREANDA-NEWS. The news agency "ARKA" published the "Press Rating'' of Armenian banks based on the results of the second quarter of the year 2009. In the reported period AmeriaBank, HSBC-Armenia, Armeconombank, Unibank and ARARATBANK are in the top 5 of "Press Rating", reported the press-centre of ARARATBANK.

According to the analysis, during the second quarter in Armenian press there has been a definite increase in the informative activity of the banks. During April - May of 2009, the number of "press-signals" has increased by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year.

The prevailing part of the information has been occupied with the approaches on the "Bank policy" and "Views and forecasts of economy". "Press Rating" of ARKA is made based on the Bank's financial and economic indicators, the actual state of its activities and the effectiveness of providing information.

The higher is the degree of effectiveness with which the bank provides information about its actual activities, the more productive is its communicative policy. It is worth mentioning that this rating does not consider any advertising material.