Bank of Greece
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Not to be confused with National Bank of Greece.
The Bank of Greece (Greek: Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος Trapeza tis Ellados, abbr. ΤτΕ) is the Greek member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Greece from 1927 to 2000, issuing the drachma. Since 2014, it has also been Greece's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision.[3]
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Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
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Coordinates | 37.978611°N 23.733333°E / 37.978611; 23.733333 |
Established | 14 May 1928; 96 years ago (1928-05-14) |
Ownership | e-E.F.K.A. Electronic National Social Security Entity (12.44%) Hellenic Public Sector (8.93%)[1] |
Governor | Yannis Stournaras |
Central bank of | Greece |
Reserves | 1 500 million USD[2] |
Succeeded by | European Central Bank (2001)1 |
Website | www |
1 The Bank of Greece still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB. |
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Unlike most contemporary central banks, the Bank of Greece still has private shareholders and its stock is listed on the Athens Exchange.[4]