National Bank of Slovakia

Central Bank of Slovakia

National Bank of Slovakia
Národná banka Slovenska

National Bank of Slovakia headquarters

Headquarters| Bratislava
Coordinates| 48°09′12″N 17°06′54″E﻿ / ﻿48.153333°N 17.115°E﻿ / 48.153333; 17.115
Established| 1 January 1993; 32 years ago (1993-01-01)
Ownership| 100% state ownership[1]
Governor| Peter Kažimír[2]
Central bank of| Slovakia
Reserves| 1 190 million USD[1]
Preceded by| State Bank of Czechoslovakia, 1950–1992
Succeeded by| European Central Bank (2009)1
Website| www.nbs.sk
1Národná banka Slovenska still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB.

National Bank of Slovakia (Slovak: Národná banka Slovenska, NBS) is the national central bank for Slovakia within the Eurosystem. It was the Slovak central bank from 1993 to 2008, issuing the koruna. Since 2014, it has been Slovakia's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision.[3]

It was formed on 1 January 1993 from the division of the State Bank of Czechoslovakia as part of the process of dissolution of Czechoslovakia, together with the Czech National Bank.

## Name

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The bank doesn't call itself the National Bank of Slovakia in English but uses its Slovak name Národná banka Slovenska in its English communications. It is not to be confused with the Slovak National Bank, the short-lived central bank of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945) that was carved out from the National Bank of Czechoslovakia.

## Organization

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### Governing bodies

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The supreme governing body of the National Bank of Slovakia is the Bank Board, which formulates monetary policy, applies appropriate instruments, and rules on monetary measures. It is composed of the Governor and a Vice-Governor, and other three members.[4] Since the introduction of euro in 2009, the Governor of the NBS has been an ex-officio member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank

### Appointments

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The Governor and a Vice-Governor are appointed and can be under certain circumstances dismissed by the President of Slovakia at the proposal of the Government and subject to the approval of the Slovak Parliament. The remaining three members are appointed and dismissed by the Slovak government following the proposal of the Governor. The term of appointment for bank board members is six years (five years before 1 January 2015). The number of subsequent terms is not limited for board members, but the Governor and Deputy Governor are allowed to serve only for two terms.[4]

### Regional footprint

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In addition to its headquarters in Bratislava, the National Bank has 5 regional offices.[5]

## Resolution Council

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The Slovak Resolution Council (Slovak: rada pre riešenie krízových situácií, lit. 'council for the resolution of crisis situations') is Slovakia's designated national authority for bank resolution, and as such, is the Slovak member of the Single Resolution Mechanism.[6] It is hosted by the NBS, but operates under an autonomous governance framework, and thus counts as a separate authority.

The Resolution Council was established on 1 January 2015.[7] The implementation of its decisions is delegated to the Crisis Resolution Department of the NBS Regulation Department.[8] In addition to its role as bank resolution authority, the Resolution Council was designated as national resolution authority for central counterparties with effect at 12 August 2022.[7] The same 2022 legislation granted the Council additional authority to impose financial penalties.[9]

## Headquarters

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The headquarters of the National Bank of Slovakia was opened on 23 May 2002 in Bratislava. At a height of 111.6 metres and with 33 floors, it was the highest office building in Bratislava until 2020, when it was surpassed by Nivy Tower.

## Governors

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* Vladimír Masár, 29.07.1993 - 29.07.1999[10]
* Marián Jusko, 30.07.1999 - 31.12.2004[10]
* Ivan Šramko, 01.01.2005 - 11.01.2010[10]
* Jozef Makúch, 12.01.2010 - 01.06.2019[10]
* Peter Kažimír, Since 01.06.2019[10]

## See also

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* Banks portal

* Slovak koruna
* Slovak euro coins
* List of banks in Slovakia
* Economy of Slovakia
* List of central banks

## References

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1. ^ a b Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
2. ^ Slovak Spectator (13 March 2019), Kažimír appointed as new governor of Slovakia's central bank Slovak Spectator.
3. ^ "National supervisors". ECB Banking Supervision.
4. ^ a b "NBS Bank Board: - www.nbs.sk". www.nbs.sk.
5. ^ "NBS Organizational structure: - www.nbs.sk". www.nbs.sk.
6. ^ "Plenary members: SRB Plenary Session". Single Resolution Board. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
7. ^ a b "About the Resolution Council". Slovak Resolution Council. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
8. ^ "Rada pre riešenie krízových situácií". National Bank of Slovakia. 1 January 2015.
9. ^ "Právomoci Rady pre riešenie krízových situácií sa rozšíria". Teraz.sk. 25 May 2022.
10. ^ a b c d e "Former NBS Governors and Bank Board members: - www.nbs.sk". www.nbs.sk.

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