Central Bank of Cuba

Central Bank of Cuba
Banco Central de Cuba
Logo of the Central Bank of Cuba
Logo of the Central Bank of Cuba
Established28 May 1997
Ownership100% state ownership[1]
PresidentJoaquín Alonso Vázquez
Central bank ofCuba
CurrencyCuban peso
CUP (ISO 4217)
Reserves$8 billion
Preceded byNational Bank of Cuba
Websitewww.bc.gob.cu

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]

  1. ^ Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
  2. ^ "Aniversario 62 de la nacionalización de la banca en Cuba". Contraloría General de la República (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ^ "About the BCC". May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "Designado nuevo Ministro Presidente del Banco Central de Cuba". Portal Banco Central de Cuba.