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| Headquarters | Via del Voltone |
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| Established | 2005 |
| Ownership | 72% state ownership 28% banks and insurance companies[1] |
| President | Catia Tomasetti |
| Central bank of | San Marino |
| Currency | Euro |
| Website | www |
The Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino (CBSM) (Italian: Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino), is the financial regulatory authority of San Marino. Despite its name, it is not a fully-fledged central bank given San Marino's use of the euro.
The CBSM was established through a merger between the Istituto di Credito Sammarinese (San Marino Credit Institute, a body with public and private shareholders acting as the central bank of the Republic of San Marino) and the Ispettorato per il Credito e le Valute (Inspectorate for Credit and Currencies, a public administration office charged with supervisory and combating money-laundering activities).
The central bank's endowment fund is currently €12.9 million divided into 2,500 indivisible registered shares worth €5,164.57 each. The possessory title of these shares is reserved to the state, as majority shareholder, and to San Marino undertakings engaged in credit, financial and insurance activities.
Pursuant to art. 3 of its statutes the Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino will exercise its powers for the purpose of:
- promoting the stability of the financial system and protecting savings, whose substantial social value is recognised by the republic, through supervision of the credit, financial and insurance activities in which authorised intermediaries are engaged;
- providing banking and financial services to the state and to the public administration, one purpose being to coordinate the management of liquidity and the choice of forms of financing;
- providing adequate support to the financial system of the Republic, to include performing the functions of incentive and guidance;
- facilitating economic and financial activity, setting up and maintaining efficient and reliable payment systems for the republic.
The central bank is answerable for the attainment of its objectives to the Grand and General Council (parliament).[2]
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- ^ "The Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino". Central Bank of San Marino. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2020.