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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

Regulations

List of regulations and procedures for checking the authenticity, assessing the fitness for circulation and the recirculation of the national currency.

Regulation 15/2013 Regulation 15/2013 "On the authenticity checking and criteria for recirculation of Albanian lek banknotes"

Regulation 39/2011 Regulation 39/2011 ''On export and import of Albanian banknotes and coins''

Regulation 41/2013 Regulation 41/2013 ''On the Albanian banknotes and coins suspected as counterfeit''

Regulation 49/2013 Regulation 49/2013 ''On the suspected counterfeit Euro and their foreign banknotes and coins''

Regulation 56/2015 Regulation 56/2015 ''On transactions with cash at the Bank of Albania''

Regulation 57/2013 Regulation 57/2013 ''On exchanging damaged Albanian banknotes and coins''

Regulation 81/2016 Regulation 81/2016 ''“On authenticity checking and criteria on recirculation of Albanian coins'’

Regulation 42/2021 Regulation No. 42 “Concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins”

Regulation 43/22021 Regulation No. 43 “On the reproduction criteria of banknotes and/or coins in the Republic of Albania’