Bulgarian National Bank

Bulgarian National Bank
Българска народна банка (Bulgarian)
Balgarska narodna banka


Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) headquarters in Sofia	Coat of Arms of the Bulgarian National Bank

Headquarters

Sofia

Established

25 January 1879

Governor

Ivan Iskrov

Central bank of

Bulgaria

Currency

Bulgarian lev

ISO 4217 Code

BGN

Website

bnb.bg

The Bulgarian National Bank (Bulgarian: Българска народна банка, Balgarska narodna banka, IPA: [bəːlɡarskɐ narodnɐ banka]) is the central bank of the Republic of Bulgaria with its headquarters in Sofia. The BNB has been established on 25 January 1879. It is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and keeping the government's currency reserves. The BNB is also the sole owner of the Bulgarian Mint.

The current governor is Ivan Iskrov.

1 Headquarters
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

Headquarters

The Bulgarian National Bank's headquarters in Sofia are located on the central Battenberg Square. The current edifice was commissioned to the noted architects Ivan Vasilyov and Dimitar Tsolov and built between 1934 and 1939 in the strict and non-decorative Neoclassical style of the time. It spreads over an area of 3,700 m² and has four overground and three underground storeys. The inner decoration is the work of Ivan Penkov and Dechko Uzunov.

Notes

^ (Bulgarian) МИEТ, Европейска интеграция

References

Georgieva, Silviya (12 April 2006). "Сградата на БНБ респектира със строга красота" (in Bulgarian). Sega. http://www.segabg.com/online/article.asp?issueid=2211&sectionid=17&id=0002201. Retrieved 30 October 2006.

External links

(Bulgarian) (English) Bulgarian National Bank official site
Gallery of Bulgarian paper money

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Bulgarian National Bank

Contents

Headquarters

See also

Notes

References

External links