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European Central Bank
The central bank for the euro, established in 1998 and based in Frankfurt. It conducts monetary policy for the euro area and directly supervises the region's largest banks.
- Legal name
- European Central Bank
- LEI
- 549300DTUYXVMJXZNY75 ISO 17442 · GLEIF
- BIC
- ECBFDEFFXXX ISO 9362 · chosen from 1 BICs on the record: the only one both in the entity's own country and carrying the head-office branch code
- Type
- Central
- Headquarters
- Frankfurt
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Ownership
- Public institution
- Founded
- 1998
- Primary regulator
- EU treaties (European Parliament oversight)
- Licensing
- Established by the EU treaties as the central bank for the euro area; since 2014 it directly supervises significant euro-area banks through the Single Supervisory Mechanism.
- Website
- www.ecb.europa.eu
Monetary policyBanking supervision (SSM)Payment systems (TARGET)Financial stability
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Central peers
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