Bank of Greece
Head office in Athens | |
| Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
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| Coordinates | 37°58′43″N 23°44′00″E / 37.978611°N 23.733333°E |
| Established | 14 May 1928 |
| Ownership | e-E.F.K.A. Electronic National Social Security Entity (12.44%) Hellenic Public Sector (8.93%) |
| Governor | Yannis Stournaras |
| Central bank of | Greece |
| Reserves | 1 500 million USD |
| Succeeded by | European Central Bank (2001)1 |
| Website | www |
| 1 The Bank of Greece still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB. | |
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The Bank of Greece (Greek: Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος Trapeza tis Ellados, abbr. ΤτΕ) is the national central bank for Greece within the Eurosystem. It was the Greek central bank from 1927 to 2000, issuing the drachma.
Unusually among contemporary central banks, the Bank of Greece still has private shareholders and its stock is listed on the Athens Exchange.
In addition to its monetary role, the Bank of Greece is also a financial supervisory authority. In that capacity, it increasingly implements policies set at the European Union level. It is the national competent authority for Greece within European Banking Supervision. It is a voting member of the respective Boards of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). It is Greece's designated National Resolution Authority and plenary session member of the Single Resolution Board (SRB). It provides the permanent single common representative for Greece in the Supervisory composition of the General Board of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). It is also a member of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).