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Monetary Policy
The Bank of Albania is responsible for formulating, approving and implementing the monetary policy in the Republic of Albania.

What is Monetary Policy?
- Analyses
Markets
In order to implement the monetary policy, the Bank of Albania carries out operations in the interbank market, the foreign exchange market and the government securities market.

Markets
Financial Stability
The Bank of Albania, in cooperation with other authorities, contributes to safeguarding financial stability in Albania.

Financial Stability
- De-euroziaton package
Supervision
The Bank of Albania is responsible for the licencing and supervision of banks and other institutions that conduct banking and financial activities in the Republic of Albania.

Supervision
- Handling complaints
Resolution
Resolution is the use of appropriate tools in the case of troubled banks facing financial distress.

Resolution
Statistics
The Bank of Albania compiles statistics to support the decision-making processes and bodies and performs statistical functions for the public at large.

Statistics
Currency
The Bank of Albania is the sole authority for issuing banknotes and coins of legal tender in the Republic of Albania. The monetary unit of the Republic of Albania is the "Lek”.

Role of the Bank of Albania in issuing the national currency
- Currency in circulation
Payments
To promote the normal operation and functioning of the payment system, as one of its main duties, the Bank of Albania plays an active role as the operator, overseer and catalyst and reformer of the payment systems.

Payment System
Museum and education
The Bank of Albania has been committed for years to expanding and deepening financial literacy in Albania, through educational activities and publications, as well as through its Museum.

Museum and Education
- Museum of the Bank of Albania
- Education

Supervision

The Bank of Albania has the exclusive right to grant or revoke the license for exercising banking activities, and regulates and supervises the commercial banks that operate in Albania. It also fulfils these functions for non-banking financial institutions, such as the micro-finance institutions, and foreign exchange bureaus.

As the regulator, the Bank of Albania issues sublegal acts, such as decisions, regulations, guide and orders, binding for all the supervised subjects, to ensure banking system stability.

As the supervisor, the Bank of Albania pursues, examines and monitors the activity of these institutions, to ensure that they are safe and in compliance with the laws and regulations in force.

The Bank of Albania helps to create a healthy banking system also in its function as “the lender of last resort”. Thus, when a bank or a financial institution has a temporary lack of liquidity, it may borrow from the Bank of Albania, if it cannot secure a loan from other commercial banks.