Bank of Lithuania

Bank of Lithuania
	Bank of Lithuania; Lietuvos Bankas (Lithuanian)
Bank of Lithuania headquarters in Gediminas Avenue, built by the order of Józef Montwiłł in 1889–1891	Commemorative Litas coin dedicated to 75th of the Bank of Lithuania (portrait of Vladas Jurgutis)
Headquarters	Vilnius
Established	27 September 1922 [1]
Chairman	Vitas Vasiliauskas
Central bank of	Lithuania
Currency	Lithuanian litas
ISO 4217 Code	LTL
Website	(Lithuanian) (English) The Bank of Lithuania

The Bank of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Bankas) is the central bank of the Republic of Lithuania. The Bank of Lithuania is a non-Eurozone member of the European System of Central Banks. The chairman of the bank is Vitas Vasiliauskas.

Primary functions

According to the Bank's official website, the Bank of Lithuania performs these primary functions:

maintaining price stability.
issuing Lithuania's currency, the Lithuanian litas.
formulating and implementing the monetary policy.
determining and announcing the exchange rate of the Lithuanian litas.
acting as an agent of the State Treasury.

Management and structure

The Bank is governed by a board consisting of a chairperson, two deputy chairpersons and two members.

According to The Bank of Lithuania official website, it is managed by Supervision Service; ten departments: Economics, Statistics, Market Operations, International Relations, Payment Systems, Cash, Accounting, Information Technology, General Services and Security; six autonomous divisions (Internal Audit, Legal, Organisation and Personnel, General and Public Relations, Risk Management), and Bank of Lithuania Branches in Kaunas and Klaipėda.