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Narodowy Bank Polski: 1945 French Polynesia: CFP franc: Overseas Issuing Institute: Institut d'émission d'outre-mer Portugal: Euro: European Central Bank (Bank of Portugal) Banco de Portugal: 1846 Qatar: Qatari riyal: Qatar Central Bank: مصرف قطر المركزي: 1973 Romania: Romanian leu: National Bank of Romania: Banca Națională a ...
Wim Duisenberg, first President of the ECB. The European Central Bank is the de facto successor of the European Monetary Institute (EMI). [7] The EMI was established at the start of the second stage of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) to handle the transitional issues of states adopting the euro and prepare for the creation of the ECB and European System of Central Banks (ESCB). [7]
In contrast to other EU bodies established through secondary legislation, each of more than fifty such entities has its own juridical personality granted by the EU law, recognised across the EU, and in some cases, also across the EEA countries, Switzerland, Serbia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and Turkey. Nevertheless, in relations with other ...
The ESCB is composed of the European Central Bank and the national central banks of all 27 member states of the EU. The first section of the following list lists member states and their central banks that form the Eurosystem (plus the ECB), which set eurozone monetary policy.
Bank of France Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank Greece: Bank of Greece Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland Italy: Bank of Italy Kosovo [a] Central Bank of Kosovo Latvia: Bank of Latvia Lithuania: Bank of Lithuania Luxembourg: Central Bank of Luxembourg Malta: Central Bank of Malta Montenegro [a] Central Bank of Montenegro Netherlands: De Nederlandsche ...
Portugal's central bank is the Banco de Portugal, which is an integral part of the European System of Central Banks. The largest Portuguese banks are Banco Comercial Português and the state-owned Caixa Geral de Depósitos. [135] Portuguese banks hold strategic stakes in other sectors of the economy, including the insurance sector.
Utilises the German name of Germany and the Latin names of Austria and Switzerland. Germany (Deutschland), Austria (Austria) and Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica), with Dach meaning "roof" in German. The term is sometimes extended to D-A-CH-Li, DACHL, or DACH+ to include Liechtenstein.
Banco Espírito Santo : bailed-out by the Portuguese state in 2014 and re-organised into Novobanco; Banco Português do Atlântico; Banco Português de Negócios : sold to the Angolese Bank Banco BIC in 2012; Banco Privado Português; Banif Financial Group : bailed-out by the Portuguese state in 2015 and sold to Banco Santander