Asian/Pacific Central Banks

The Afghanistan Bank is the central bank of Afghanistan. It regulates all the banking and money handling operations in Afghanistan. In 2009, the Afghan Ministry of...

The Central Bank of Armenia is a legal entity, the sole founder of which is the Republic of Armenia. The Central Bank operates in accordance with the Constitution and...

The Reserve Bank of Australia came into being on 14 January 1960 as Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority, when the Reserve Bank Act 1959 removed the...

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan is the central bank of Azerbaijan, emitting Azerbaijani manat. In early 1992, former Soviet banks were incorporated into the National Bank...

Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, was established as a body corporate vide the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972) with effect from 16th...

The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA) was established under the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan Act, passed by the 56th session of the National Assembly of...

BCMB was established on 1st February 2004 pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Currency and Monetary Order, 2004 which was formally known as Brunei Currency Board (BCB), which...

The National Bank of Cambodia, located in Phnom Penh, is the central bank of Cambodia. The Bank's duties include the management of monetary and exchange policies, the...

The People's Bank of China is the central bank of the People's Republic of China with the power to control monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland...

The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) is the central bank of the Pacific island country of Fiji. The responsibilities of the FRB include issue of currency, control of money...

The National Bank of Georgia is the central bank of Georgia. Its status is defined by the Constitution of Georgia. The main objective of the National Bank is to ensure...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) was established on 1 April 1993 by merging the Office of the Exchange Fund with the Office of the Commissioner of Banking. Its...

The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Central Office of the Reserve...

Bank Indonesia is the central bank of Indonesia. It was founded on 1 July 1953 from the nationalization of De Javasche Bank, a Dutch bank dating from colonial times. The...

The Bank of Japan is the central bank of Japan. The Bank is often called Nichigin for short.The Bank of Japan is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on the site of a...

The National Bank represents, within the limits of its authority, the interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the relations with the central banks, with banks of other...

The status, objectives, functions, powers and principles of organization and activity of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic are legislatively determined by the...

The Monetary Authority of Macao is a regulatory institution established on December 20, 1999, upon the transfer of the sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to the People's...

Established on 26 January 1959 under the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 (Revised -1994). It is a statutory body wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia with the...

The Maldives Monetary Authority was established on 1st July 1981, and is endowed with the regular powers and obligations of a central bank under the mandate provided by...

The Bank of Mongolia is the central bank of Mongolia. The legal grounds of the central bank’s powers, its management, organization, activities and the relations...

The Central Bank of Myanmar is the central bank of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It was established under the Central Bank of Myanmar Law in 1990. Its headquarters are in...

The Nepal Rastra Bank ,established in 1956, is the central bank of Nepal. It supervises the commercial banks in Nepal and guides monetary policy. Nepal Rastra Bank also...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the central bank of New Zealand and is constituted under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. The Governor of the Reserve Bank is...

The State Bank of Pakistan is the central bank of Pakistan. While its constitution, as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically...

Bank of Papua New Guinea's main function is to issue currency and to act as the banker and financial agent to the Government. It is also in charge of regulating banking...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is the central bank of the Republic of the Philippines. It was established on 3 July 1993 pursuant to the provisions of the 1987...

The Central Bank of Samoa is the nation's reserve bank and, as such, it acts as banker to the Government and the commercial banks. The Central Bank undertakes the...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is the central bank of Singapore. It was set up in 1971 to oversee various monetary functions associated with banking as well as...

Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) was established in February 1983 under the Central Bank of Solomon Islands Act 1976 which was amended in 1985 to, amongst other...

The Bank of Korea was originally established with a capital of 1.5 billion won, all of which was subscribed by the Government, but the amendment of the Bank of Korea Act...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950, two years after independence. The founder governor of the Central Bank...

According to the Central Bank of China Act, the Bank's operational objectives include promoting financial stability, ensuring sound banking operations, maintaining the...

The National Bank of Tajikistan is central issuance reserve bank of the Republic of Tajikistan and it is ownership of the Republic of Tajikistan. The National Bank of...

The Bank of Thailand was first set up as the Thai National Banking Bureau. The Bank of Thailand Act was promulgated on 28 April 1942 vesting upon the Bank of Thailand the...

The National Reserve Bank of Tonga is the central bank of Tonga. The Reserve Bank is responsible for regulating the issue and supply of domestic and international...

The Central Bank of Turkmenistan is the national bank of Turkmenistan. It is located 2 kilometres south of the centre of Ashgabat and is operated by the government. It...

The Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan represents a centralized control system. For the performance of assigned tasks it creates the appropriate services and...

The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu is the Central Bank of the Republic of Vanuatu. Vanuatu achieved its political independence from Great Britain and France on July 30, 1980...

The State Bank of Vietnam is a ministry-level body under the administration of the government; the bank governor is a member of the cabinet (equivalent to a minister in...