Currency Issue Centre

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Monetary Policy
The Bank of Albania is responsible for formulating, approving and implementing the monetary policy in the Republic of Albania.

What is Monetary Policy?
- Analyses
Markets
In order to implement the monetary policy, the Bank of Albania carries out operations in the interbank market, the foreign exchange market and the government securities market.

Markets
Financial Stability
The Bank of Albania, in cooperation with other authorities, contributes to safeguarding financial stability in Albania.

Financial Stability
- De-euroziaton package
Supervision
The Bank of Albania is responsible for the licencing and supervision of banks and other institutions that conduct banking and financial activities in the Republic of Albania.

Supervision
- Handling complaints
- Supervisory expectations for green finance
Resolution
Resolution is the use of appropriate tools in the case of troubled banks facing financial distress.

Resolution
Statistics
The Bank of Albania compiles statistics to support the decision-making processes and bodies and performs statistical functions for the public at large.

Statistics
Currency
The Bank of Albania is the sole authority for issuing banknotes and coins of legal tender in the Republic of Albania. The monetary unit of the Republic of Albania is the "Lek”.

Role of the Bank of Albania in issuing the national currency
- Currency in circulation
Payments
To promote the normal operation and functioning of the payment system, as one of its main duties, the Bank of Albania plays an active role as the operator, overseer and catalyst and reformer of the payment systems.

Payment System
Museum and education
The Bank of Albania has been committed for years to expanding and deepening financial literacy in Albania, through educational activities and publications, as well as through its Museum.

Museum and Education
- Museum of the Bank of Albania
- Education

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In the context of improving the infrastructure and technological standards, on 26 October 2012, the Bank of Albania held a ceremony to inaugurate the new Currency Issue Centre.

The Currency Issue Centre is built in the spirit of modern architecture, with two striking circular ends that symbolise the coin.

This centre has the best infrastructure and is equipped with modern technological systems that will be used for money processing.

Using the facilities provided by the new building, this process will be carried out through high-speed automated systems, guaranteeing swift checking of the currency as regards its authenticity, physical condition and security.

The new Issue Centre will also include a modern laboratory, which will be part of the National Centre for Analysis. Through this laboratory, the latter may carry out professional expertise, analysing in detail technical characteristics and elements of suspected counterfeit banknotes and coins. This contemporary laboratory will not only contribute to strengthening fight against counterfeiting and improving the security of the Albanian currency, but it will also meet one of Albania's commitments in the context of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.