Bulgarian National Bank

Bulgarian National Bank
	Bulgarian National Bank; Българска народна банка (Bulgarian); Balgarska narodna banka
Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) headquarters in Sofia	Coat of Arms of the Bulgarian National Bank
Headquarters	Sofia
Established	25 January 1879
Governor	Ivan Iskrov
Central bank of	Bulgaria
Currency	Bulgarian lev
ISO 4217 Code	BGN
Website	bnb.bg

This article is about the bank. For the computer game, see BnB.

"BNB" redirects here. For the Congolese airport with this IATA airport code, see Boende Airport.

The historical building of BNB today (now occupied by Office of Foreign economic affairs of Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism^[1]

The Bulgarian National Bank (Bulgarian: Българска народна банка, Balgarska narodna banka, IPA: [bəːlɡarskɐ narodnɐ banka]) is the central bank of the Republic of Bulgaria with its headquarters in Sofia. The BNB was established on 25 January 1879.

It is an independent institution responsible for issuing all banknotes and coins in the country, overseeing and regulating the banking sector and keeping the government's currency reserves. The BNB is also the sole owner of the Bulgarian Mint. The governor is Ivan Iskrov.

Headquarters [edit]

The Bulgarian National Bank's headquarters in Sofia are located on the central Battenberg Square. The current edifice was commissioned to the noted architects Ivan Vasilyov and Dimitar Tsolov and built between 1934 and 1939 in the strict and non-decorative Neoclassical style of the time. It spreads over an area of 3,700 m² and has four overground and three underground storeys. The inner decoration is the work of Ivan Penkov and Dechko Uzunov.