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Central banks
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
Central banks
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
Central banks
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
This is a list of
central banks
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
. Countries that are only partially recognized internationally are marked with an asterisk (*).
Disappeared central banking jurisdictions
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Bank of Amsterdam
The Bank of Amsterdam ( nl, Amsterdamsche Wisselbank, lit=Exchange Bank of Amsterdam) was an early bank, vouched for by the city of Amsterdam, and established in 1609. It was the first public bank to offer accounts not directly convertible to co ...
(1609-1791)
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Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401-1714)
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East African Currency Board
The East African Currency Board (EACB) was established in 1919 to supply and oversee the currency of British colonies in British East Africa. It was established after Britain took control of mainland Tanzania from Germany at the end of World War ...
(1919-1966)
* – (''Hrvatska Državna Banka'', 1941-1945)
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National Bank of Czechoslovakia (1926–1939 and 1945-1950) and
State Bank of Czechoslovakia
The National Bank of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Národní banka Československá) was the central bank of Czechoslovakia between 1926 and 1939. Between 1939 and 1945, its activities were divided into the National Bank for Bohemia and Moravia in Prague ...
(1950–1992)
* – (1854-1875)
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Bank of Saint George
The Bank of Saint George ( it, Casa delle compere e dei banchi di San Giorgio or informally as ''Ufficio di San Giorgio'' or ''Banco'') was a financial institution of the Republic of Genoa. It was founded in 1407 to consolidate the public debt ...
(1407-1805)
* – (1948-1968) and
Staatsbank der DDR (1968-1990)
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Hamburger Bank (1619-1875)
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Bank of Korea
The Bank of Korea (BOK; ) is the central bank of the Republic of Korea and issuer of Korean Republic won. It was established on 12 June 1950 in Seoul, South Korea.
The bank's primary purpose is price stability. For that, the bank targets in ...
(1909–1950)
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Central Bank of Manchou
The Central Bank of Manchou (; Japanese language, Japanese Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ''Manshū Chūō Ginkō''), was the central bank of the Empire of Japan, Japan-Puppet state, sponsored state of Manchukuo. The bank was established by the ' ...
(1932-1945)
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Bank of Issue in Poland
Bank of Issue in Poland ( pl, Bank Emisyjny w Polsce, german: Emissionbank in Polen, also translated into English variously as the ''Bank of Issue'', ''Issue Bank'', ''Issuing Bank'' or ''Emitting Bank in Poland'') was a bank created by Nazi German ...
(1940-1945)
* – (1765-1846) and (1847-1875)
* – (1849-1861), itself formed through the merger of (1846-1849) and Banca di Torino (1847-1849)
* – National Bank of Vietnam (1954-1975)
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Banco di Napoli
Banco di Napoli S.p.A., among the oldest banks in the world, was an Italian banking subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo group, as one of the 6 retail brands other than "Intesa Sanpaolo". It was acquired by the Italian banking group Sanpaolo IMI (the p ...
, under different names from 1463 to final end of central banking role in 1926
* – Banca di Firenze (1816-1893), renamed from 1857
* – People's Bank (1917-1922) and
Gosbank
Gosbank (russian: Госбанк, Государственный банк СССР, ''Gosudarstvenny bank SSSR''—the State Bank of the USSR) was the central bank of the Soviet Union and the only bank in the entire country from 1922 to 1991. ...
(1922-1991)
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Banco del Giro (1524-1806)
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National Bank of Serbia
The National Bank of Serbia ( sr, Народна банка Србије, Narodna banka Srbije) is the central bank of Serbia. Founded in 1884, the responsibilities of the bank are: monetary policy, sole issuer of Serbian banknotes and coins, p ...
, successively named ''National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'' (1920-1929), ''National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia'' (1929-1946), and ''National Bank of Yugoslavia'' (1946-2003)
See also
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Central banks and currencies of Africa
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Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean This is a list of the central banks and currencies of the Caribbean.
There are a number of currencies serving multiple territories; the most widespread are the East Caribbean dollar (8 countries and territories), the United States dollar (5) and th ...
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Central banks and currencies of Europe
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List of currencies
A list of all currencies, current and historic. The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region.
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* Afghani – Afghanistan
* Akşa – Tuva
*Angolar – Angola
* Apsar - Abkhazia
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...
Lender of last resort
A lender of last resort (LOLR) is the institution in a financial system that acts as the provider of liquidity to a financial institution which finds itself unable to obtain sufficient liquidity in the interbank lending market when other facil ...
to countries short of liquidity
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Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks".
The BIS carries out its work thr ...
an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks.
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External links
Centralbanksguide.com: Central Banks of the World website— ''with links to websites''.
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