List of central banks

This is a list of central banks.AlphanumericTOC
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Central banks by country or region

A

*flag|Afghanistan – Da Afghanistan Bank ("د افغانستان بانک")
*flag|Albania – Bank of Albania ("Banka e Shqipërisë")
*flag|Algeria – Bank of Algeria ("بنك الجزائر")
*flag|Angola – Central Bank of Angola ("Banco Nacional de Angola")
*flag|Anguilla – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Antigua and Barbuda – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
*flag|Argentina – Central Bank of Argentina ("Banco Central de la República Argentina")
*flag|Armenia – Central Bank of Armenia ("Հայաստանի Կենտրոնական Բանկ", Hayastani Kentronakan Bank)
*flag|Aruba – Central Bank of Aruba ("Centrale Bank van Aruba")
*flag|Australia – Reserve Bank of Australia
*flag|Austria – "see: European Union"
*flag|Azerbaijan – National Bank of Azerbaijan ("Azərbaycan Milli Bankı")

B

*flag|Bahamas – Central Bank of The Bahamas
*flag|Bahrain – Central Bank of Bahrain
*flag|Bangladesh – Bangladesh Bank
*flag|Barbados – Central Bank of Barbados
*flag|Belarus – National Bank of the Republic of Belarus ("Национальный банк Республики Беларусь")
*flag|Belgium – "see: European Union"
*flag|Belize – Central Bank of Belize
*flag|Benin – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Bermuda – Bermuda Monetary Authority
*flag|Bhutan – Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
*flag|Bolivia – Central Bank of Bolivia ("Banco Central de Bolivia")
*flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina – Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Centralna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine")
*flag|Botswana – Bank of Botswana
*flag|Brazil – Central Bank of Brazil ("Banco Central do Brasil")
*flag|Brunei – Brunei Currency and Monetary Board
*flag|Bulgaria – "see: European Union"
*flag|Burkina Faso – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
*flag|Burundi – Bank of the Republic of Burundi ("Banque de la République du Burundi")

C

*flag|Cambodia – National Bank of Cambodia
*flag|Cameroon – "see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa"
*flag|Canada – Bank of Canada ("Banque du Canada")
*flag|Cape Verde – Bank of Cape Verde ("Banco de Cabo Verde")
*flag|Cayman Islands – Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
*flag|Central African Republic – "see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
*CFP franc – Overseas Issuing Institute ("Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer")
**flag|French Polynesia
**flag|New Caledonia
**flag|Wallis and Futuna
*flag|Chad – "see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa"
*flag|Chile – Central Bank of Chile ("Banco Central de Chile")
*flag|People's Republic of China|name=China, People's Republic of – People's Bank of China ("中国人民银行")
**flag|Hong Kong – "see: Hong Kong"
**flag|Macao – "see: Macau"
*flag|Republic of China|name=China, Republic of (Taiwan) – Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ("中央銀行")
*flag|Colombia – Bank of the Republic ("Banco de la República")
*flag|Comoros – Central Bank of the Comoros ("Banque Centrale des Comores")
*flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Democratic Republic of – Central Bank of the Congo ("Banque Centrale du Congo")
*flag|Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Republic of – "see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa"
*flag|Costa Rica – Central Bank of Costa Rica ("Banco Central de Costa Rica")
*flag|Cote d'Ivoire – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Croatia – Croatian National Bank ("Hrvatska narodna banka")
*flag|Cuba – Central Bank of Cuba ("Banco Central de Cuba")
*flag|Cyprus – "see: European Union"As the Republic of Cyprus does not control the north of the island de facto, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has the Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ("Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası")]
*flag|Czech Republic – "see: European Union"

D

*flag|Denmark – "see: European Union"
*flag|Djibouti – Central Bank of Djibouti ("Banque Centrale de Djibouti")
*flag|Dominica – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Dominican Republic – Central Bank of the Dominican Republic ("Banco Central de la República Dominicana")

E

*flag|East Timor - Central Bank of East Timor
*Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa – Bank of Central African States ("Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale", BEAC)
**flag|Cameroon
**flag|Central African Republic
**flag|Chad
**flag|Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Republic of
**flag|Equatorial Guinea
**flag|Gabon
*flag|Ecuador – Central Bank of Ecuador ("Banco Central del Ecuador")central bank tracks the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve of the USA]
*flag|Egypt – Central Bank of Egypt (البنك المركزي المصري)
*flag|El Salvador – Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador ("Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador")
*flag|Equatorial Guinea – "see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa"
*flag|Eritrea – Bank of Eritrea
*flag|Estonia – "see: European Union"
*flag|Ethiopia – National Bank of Ethiopia
*flag|European Union / European System of Central Banks
**Eurosystem – European Central BankEuropean Central Bank sets all monetary policies, and so these banks in actuality, are only "offices" of the European Central Bank, in charge of implementing ECB decisions and policy..]
***flag|Austria – Austrian National Bank ("Oesterreichische Nationalbank")
***flag|Belgium – National Bank of Belgium ("Nationale Bank van België" / "Banque nationale de Belgique")
***flag|Cyprus – Central Bank of Cyprus ("Κεντρική Τράπεζα της Κύπρου" / "Kıbrıs Merkez Bankası")
***flag|Finland – Bank of Finland ("Suomen Pankki")
***flag|France – Bank of France ("Banque de France") [excluding New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia, which use the CFP franc.]
***flag|Germany – Federal Bank of Germany ("Deutsche Bundesbank")
***flag|Greece – Bank of Greece ("Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος")
***flag|Republic of Ireland|name=Ireland – Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland ("Banc Ceannais agus Údarás Seirbhísí Airgeadais na hÉireann")
***flag|Italy – Bank of Italy ("Banca d'Italia")
***flag|Luxembourg – Central Bank of Luxembourg ("Banque Centrale du Luxembourg")
***flag|Malta – Central Bank of Malta ("Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta")
***flag|Netherlands – Netherlands Bank ("De Nederlandsche Bank")
***flag|Portugal – Bank of Portugal ("Banco de Portugal")
***flag|Slovenia – Bank of Slovenia ("Banka Slovenije")
***flag|Spain – Bank of Spain ("Banco de España")
**Members of the European System of Central Banks, but not of the Eurosystem:
***flag|Bulgaria – Bulgarian National Bank ("Българска народна банка")
***flag|Czech Republic – Czech National Bank ("Česká národní banka")
***flag|Denmark – National Bank of Denmark ("Danmarks Nationalbank")
***flag|Estonia – Bank of Estonia ("Eesti Pank")
***flag|Hungary – Hungarian National Bank ("Magyar Nemzeti Bank")
***flag|Latvia – Bank of Latvia ("Latvijas Banka")
***flag|Lithuania – Bank of Lithuania ("Lietuvos Bankas")
***flag|Poland – National Bank of Poland ("Narodowy Bank Polski")
***flag|Romania – National Bank of Romania ("Banca Naţională a României")
***flag|Slovakia – National Bank of Slovakia ("Národná banka Slovenska")
***flag|Sweden – Bank of Sweden ("Sveriges Riksbank") [The world's oldest central bank.]
***flag|United Kingdom – Bank of England

F

*flag|Fiji – Reserve Bank of Fiji
*flag|Finland – "see: European Union"
*flag|France – "see: European Union"
*flag|French Polynesia – "see: CFP franc"

G

*flag|Gabon – "see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa"
*flag|Gambia – Central Bank of The Gambia
*flag|Germany – "see: European Union"
*flag|Georgia – National Bank of Georgia ("საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი")
*flag|Ghana – Bank of Ghana
*flag|Greece – "see: European Union"
*flag|Grenada – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Guatemala – Bank of Guatemala ("Banco de Guatemala")
*flag|Guinea – Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea ("Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée")
*flag|Guinea-Bissau – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Guyana – Bank of Guyana

H

*flag|Haiti – Bank of the Republic of Haiti ("Banque de la République d'Haïti")
*flag|Honduras – Central Bank of Honduras ("Banco Central de Honduras")
* flag|Hong Kong – Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("香港金融管理局")A special administrative region]
*flag|Hungary – "see: European Union"

I

*flag|Iceland – Central Bank of Iceland ("Seðlabanki Íslands")
*flag|India – Reserve Bank of India
*flag|Indonesia – Bank of Indonesia
*flag|Iran – Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran ("بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران")
*flag|Iraq – Central Bank of Iraq ("بنك العراق المركزي")
*flag|Republic of Ireland|name=Ireland – "see: European Union"
*flag|Israel – Bank of Israel ("בנק ישראל")
*flag|Italy – "see: European Union"

J

*flag|Jamaica – Bank of Jamaica
*flag|Japan – Bank of Japan ("日本銀行")
*flag|Jordan – Central Bank of Jordan

K

*flag|Kazakhstan – National Bank of Kazakhstan ("Қазақстан Ұлттық Банкі")
*flag|Kenya – Central Bank of Kenya
*flag|North Korea|name=Korea, Democratic People's Republic of – Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ("조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행")
*flag|South Korea|name=Korea, Republic of – Bank of Korea ("한국은행")
*flag|Kosovo|name=Kosovo, Republic of - Central Bank of Kosovo ("Banka Qendrore e Kosovës")
*flag|Kuwait – Central Bank of Kuwait
*flag|Kyrgyzstan – National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic ("Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Банкы")

L

*flag|Laos – Bank of the Lao Democratic People's Republic
*flag|Latvia – "see: European Union"
*flag|Lebanon – Banque du Liban ("مصرف لبنان")
*flag|Lesotho – Central Bank of Lesotho
*flag|Liberia – Central Bank of Liberia
*flag|Libya – Central Bank of Libya ("مصرف ليبيا المركزي")
*flag|Liechtenstein – National Bank of Liechtenstein Because Liechtenstein is in currency union with Switzerland, the Swiss National Bank performs most duties ]
*flag|Lithuania – "see: European Union"
*flag|Luxembourg – "see: European Union"

M

*flag|Macau – Monetary Authority of Macao ("澳門金融管理局")
*flag|Republic of Macedonia|name=Macedonia, Republic of – National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia ("Народна банка на Република Македонија")
*flag|Madagascar – Central Bank of Madagascar ("Banque Centrale de Madagascar")
*flag|Malawi – Reserve Bank of Malawi
*flag|Malaysia – Bank Negara Malaysia
*flag|Maldives – Maldives Monetary Authority
*flag|Mali – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Malta – "see: European Union"
*flag|Mauritania – Central Bank of Mauritania ("Banque Centrale de Mauritanie")
*flag|Mauritius – Bank of Mauritius
*flag|Mexico – Bank of Mexico ("Banco de México")
*flag|Moldova – National Bank of Moldova ("Banca Naţională a Moldovei") [Transnistria maintains its own bank, see #De facto independent countries] "
*flag|Mongolia – Bank of Mongolia
*flag|Montenegro – Central Bank of Montenegro ("Centralna Banka Crne Gore")
*flag|Montserrat – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Morocco – Bank Al-Maghrib ("بنك المغرب")
*flag|Mozambique – Bank of Mozambique ("Banco de Moçambique")
*flag|Myanmar – Central Bank of Myanmar ("မ္ရန္‌မာနုိင္‌ငံတော္‌ဗဟုိဘဏ္‌")

N

*flag|Namibia – Bank of Namibia
*flag|Nepal – Central Bank of Nepal ("Nepal Rastra Bank")
*flag|Netherlands – "see: European Union"
*flag|Netherlands Antilles – Bank of the Netherlands Antilles ("Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen")Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the EU.]
*flag|New Caledonia – "see: CFP franc"
*flag|New Zealand – Reserve Bank of New Zealand
*flag|Nicaragua – Central Bank of Nicaragua ("Banco Central de Nicaragua")
*flag|Niger – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Nigeria – Central Bank of Nigeria
*flag|Norway – Bank of Norway ("Norges Bank")

O

*flag|Oman – Central Bank of Oman
*flagicon|OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States – Eastern Caribbean Central Bank [Although the British Virgin Islands are members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, they do not use the Eastern Caribbean dollar as a de-facto currency.]
**flag|Anguilla
**flag|Antigua and Barbuda
**flag|Dominica
**flag|Grenada
**flag|Montserrat
**flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis
**flag|Saint Lucia
**flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

P

*flag|Pakistan – State Bank of Pakistan
*flag|Panama – National Bank of Panama ("Banco Nacional de Panamá") Although, Panama does not have any official Central Bank.
*flag|Papua New Guinea – Bank of Papua New Guinea
*flag|Paraguay – Central Bank of Paraguay ("Banco Central del Paraguay")
*flag|Peru – Central Reserve Bank of Peru ("Banco Central de Reserva del Perú")
*flag|Philippines – Central Bank of the Philippines ("Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas")
*flag|Poland – "see: European Union"
*flag|Portugal – "see: European Union"

Q

*flag|Qatar – Qatar Central Bank

R

*flag|Romania – "see: European Union"
*flag|Russia – Central Bank of the Russian Federation ("Центральный банк Российской Федерации")
*flag|Rwanda – National Bank of Rwanda ("Banque Nationale du Rwanda")

S

*flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Saint Lucia – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – "see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States"
*flag|Samoa – Central Bank of Samoa
*flag|San Marino – Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino ("Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino")
*flag|São Tomé and Príncipe – National Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe ("Banco Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe")
*flag|Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
*flag|Senegal – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Serbia – National Bank of Serbia ("Народна банка Србије" / "Narodna banka Srbije")
*flag|Seychelles – Central Bank of Seychelles
*flag|Sierra Leone – Bank of Sierra Leone
*flag|Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore
*flag|Slovakia – "see: European Union"
*flag|Slovenia – "see: European Union"
*flag|Solomon Islands – Central Bank of Solomon Islands
*flag|Somalia – "None" [Since the collapse of the political system in Somalia in 1991, it is unclear whether the Central Bank of Somalia is still operating. There is no active website and news about the bank is rare.] [Somaliland maintains its own bank, see #De facto independent countries]
*flag|Somaliland - Bank of Somaliland
*flag|South Africa – South African Reserve Bank
*flag|Spain – "see: European Union"
*flag|Sri Lanka – Central Bank of Sri Lanka
*flag|Sudan – Bank of Sudan
*flag|Suriname – Central Bank of Suriname ("Centrale Bank van Suriname")
*flag|Swaziland – Central Bank of Swaziland
*flag|Sweden – "see: European Union"
*flag|Switzerland – Swiss National Bank ("Schweizerische Nationalbank" / "Banque Nationale Suisse" / "Banca Nazionale Svizzera" / "Banca Naziunala Svizra")
*flag|Syria – Central Bank of Syria ("مصرف سورية المركزي")

T

*flag|Tajikistan – National Bank of Tajikistan ("Бонки миллии Тоҷикистон")
*flag|Tanzania – Bank of Tanzania
*flag|Thailand – Bank of Thailand ("ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย")
*flag|Timor-Leste – Banking and Payments Office of Timor-Leste ("Autoridade Bancária e de Pagamentos de Timor-Leste")
*flag|Togo – "see: West African Economic and Monetary Union"
*flag|Tonga – National Reserve Bank of Tonga
*flag|Trinidad and Tobago – Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
*flag|Tunisia – Central Bank of Tunisia ("Banque Centrale de Tunisie")
*flag|Turkey – Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey ("Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası")
*flag|Turkmenistan – State Central Bank of Turkmenistan

U

*flag|Uganda – Bank of Uganda
*flag|Ukraine – National Bank of Ukraine ("Національний банк України")
*flag|United Arab Emirates – Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates ("مصرف الإمارات العربية المتحدة المركزي")
*flag|United Kingdom – "see: European Union"
*flag|United States of America – Federal Reserve System
*flag|Uruguay – Central Bank of Uruguay ("Banco Central del Uruguay")
*flag|Uzbekistan – Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan ("O'zbekiston Respublikasi Markaziy Banki" / "Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий Банки")

V

*flag|Vanuatu – Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
*flag|Vatican City – Institute for Religious Works ("Istituto per le Opere di Religione")
*flag|Venezuela – Central Bank of Venezuela ("Banco Central de Venezuela")
*flag|Vietnam – State Bank of Vietnam ("Ngân hàng nhà nước Việt Nam")

W

*flag|Wallis and Futuna – "see: CFP franc"
*West African Economic and Monetary Union – Central Bank of West African States ("Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest", BCEAO)
**flag|Benin
**flag|Burkina Faso
**flag|Cote d'Ivoire
**flag|Guinea-Bissau
**flag|Mali
**flag|Niger
**flag|Senegal
**flag|Togo

Y

*flag|Yemen – Central Bank of Yemen

Z

*flag|Zambia - Bank of Zambia
*flag|Zimbabwe - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

De facto independent countries

*flag|Northern Cyprus - Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ("Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası")
*flag|Somaliland – Bank of Somaliland ("Baanka Somaliland")
*flag|Transnistria - Transnistrian Republican Bank ("Приднестровский Республиканский Банк")

Countries without central banks

*flag|Andorra
*flag|Monaco

References

ee also

*Central banks and currencies of Africa
*Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
*Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America

Also should be noted:
*World Bank groupndash In a sense, the central investment bank of the world (long term loans).
*International Monetary Fundndash Lender of last resort to countries short of liquidity (short term loans)
*Bank for International Settlementsndash an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks. http://www.bis.org/index.htm

External links

* [http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm Bank for International Settlements' central bank website list]
* [http://www.gbanking.com gbanking.com - Global banking directory]
* [http://people.freenet.de/quickfirm/zentralbanken.html Links to Central Banks, Banking Supervion Authorities and Banking Associations]
* [http://www.europebanks.info/centralbanks.htm Links to Central Banks in Europe]