BGC

Bank of Greece operates as the central bank of Greece. It participates in the formulation and implementation of monetary policy in the euro area as a member of the Eurosystem; provides liquidity and accepts deposits from domestic credit institutions; supervises credit and various financial institutions, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, and insurance distributors, as well as financial institutions under liquidation; and operates as a national resolution authority for the credit and financial institutions. It also provides payment and securities settlement infrastructures; oversees payment systems and means of payment and clearing systems; coordinates with various parties in financial markets; operates electronic secondary securities market; and issues foreign exchange rates and maintains an archive of historical rates.