Established | 28 May 1997 |
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Ownership | 100% state ownership[1] |
President | Joaquín Alonso Vázquez |
Central bank of | Cuba |
Currency | Cuban peso CUP (ISO 4217) |
Reserves | $8 billion |
Preceded by | National Bank of Cuba |
Website | www |
The Central Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Central de Cuba, BCC) is the central bank of Cuba. It was created in 1997 to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Nacional de Cuba), which was established on 23 December 1948[2] and began operations on 27 April 1950.[3]
The current president of the bank is Joaquín Alonso Vázquez.[4]