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 Head office on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana | |
| Headquarters | Sheshi Austria 1, 1001 Tirana, Albania |
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| Established | 2 September 1925[1][2] |
| Ownership | 100% state ownership[3] |
| Governor | Gent Sejko |
| Central bank of | Albania |
| Currency | Albanian Lek ALL (ISO 4217) |
| Reserves | 2 890 billion USD[3] |
| Website | www |
The Bank of Albania (Albanian: Banka e Shqipërisë) is the central bank of Albania, issuing the Albanian lek. It is headquartered in Tirana, with five branches in Shkodër, Elbasan, Gjirokastër, Korçë and Lushnjë, and a Research and Training Center in Berat.[4]
The bank was founded in 1925 in Rome as the National Bank of Albania (Albanian: Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis, Italian: Banca Nazionale d’Albania, Albanian acronym BKS or BKSH), replaced in 1945 by the state-owned Albanian State Bank based in Tirana (Albanian: Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar, BSS or BSHSH), before taking its current name in 1992.
- ^ "A brief history of central banking in Albania". Bank of Albania. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Kartmonedha shqiptare, historia nis me Zogun" [Albanian banknotes, history begins with Zog]. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ a b Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
- ^ "Bank of Albania's buildings". Bank of Albania.