Central Bank of Kosovo

Central Bank of Kosovo
Banka Qendrore e Republikës së Kosovës
HeadquartersPristina
Coordinates42°39′36″N 21°09′30″E / 42.6600238°N 21.1584217°E / 42.6600238; 21.1584217
Established2008 (2008)
Central bank ofKosovo
CurrencyEuro
EUR (ISO 4217)
Reserves€ 1.177 billion
Preceded byCentral Banking Authority of Kosovo
Succeeded byEuropean Central Bank 1
Websitewww.bqk-kos.org
1 Many policies are managed de facto by the ECB/eurosystem, even if the bank is not part of the Eurosystem or the European System of Central Banks.

The Central Bank of Kosovo (Albanian: Banka Qendrore e Republikës së Kosovës, Serbian: Централна банка Републике Косова / Centralna banka Republike Kosova, BQK in Albanian and CBK in English) is the central bank of Kosovo. It was established in 2008 as successor of the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo (Autoriteti Bankar dhe i Pagesave të Kosovës or BPK, 1999-2006) and Central Banking Authority of Kosovo (Autoriteti Qendror Bankar i Kosovës or AQBK, 2006-2008).

The official currency in Kosovo is the Euro, which was unilaterally adopted by the United Nations administration for Kosovo in 2002; however, Kosovo is not a member of the Eurozone. The headquarters of the CBK are located in the capital of Kosovo, Pristina.