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Schedule of reception of citizens by the Executive Board of the National Bank of Moldova.
The registration of applicants for an audience is carried out based on a written request on the subject addressed.
Anca Dragu, Governor
1st Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 606.
Vladimir Munteanu, First Deputy Governor
2nd Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 606.
Tatiana Ivanicichina, Deputy Governor
3rd Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 607.
Constantin Șchendra, Deputy Governor
4th Wednesday of the month: 14.00-16.00;
Telephone: +373 22 822 607.
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National Bank and the members of its decision-making bodies shall be independent in exercising the tasks conferred upon them by law, and shall neither seek nor take instructions from public authorities or from any other authority.
In order to ensure and maintain price stability over the medium term, the National Bank’s aim will be to keep inflation (measured by Consumer Price Index) at the level of 5.0 percent annually with a possible deviation of ± 1.5 percentage points, considered to be optimal for growth and development of Moldova's economy over the medium-term.
National Bank shall have the exclusive right to issue on the territory of the Republic of Moldova banknotes and coins as legal tender, as well as commemorative and jubilee banknotes and coins as legal tender and for numismatic purposes.
National Bank is exclusively responsible for the licencing, supervision and regulation of financial institutions activity.
National Bank of Moldova acts as banker and fiscal agent of the State and shall receive from state bodies economic and financial information and documents, which are necessary for carrying out its tasks.
National Bank of Moldova supervises the payment system of the Republic of Moldova and promotes a stable and efficient functioning of the automated inter-bank payment system
National Bank of Moldova is an autonomous public legal entity and is responsible to the Parliament.
National Bank shall inform the public on the monetary policy strategy on the results of the macroeconomic analysis, the evolution of the financial market and on statistics, including with regard to monetary supply, crediting, balance of payments and the state of the foreign exchange market.
National Bank of Moldova is responsable for the compilation of the balance of payments, international investment position and the statistics of the external debt of the Republic of Moldova.
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During 01.01.2016 - 20.05.2016, National Bank conducted a total of 371 inspections at foreign exchange entities to verify their compliance with the legislation in force.
Following the inspections, it has been detected various violations at 47 (12.66%) foreign exchange entities, of which the most frequent were related to:
- erroneous reporting / failure to report to the National Bank of Moldova / changing the information on foreign exchange rates applied on cash foreign exchange operations;
- failure to apply cash and control machines;
- failure to display the information necessary for individuals in a visible place;
- lack of working capital in the share capital at the required level;
- failure to submit changes to the data contained in the documents attached to the application for license issuance.
As a result of the above-mentioned violations and in accordance with the Law no.62-XVI of 21.03.2008 on foreign exchange regulation, National Bank applied to foreign exchange entities the following sanctions:
- 3 withdrawals of licence for activity;
- 13 suspensions of activities;
- 1 fine;
- 30 warnings;
The information on the suspension / withdrawal of licences of foreign exchange offices / hotels for performing foreign exchange operations in cash with individuals and on limiting through prohibition the performance of such operations by foreign exchange offices of licensed banks following the inspections is published and updated on the official website of the National Bank of Moldova.
National Bank of Moldova will continue to supervise the activity of foreign exchange entities in strict accordance with the Law no.62-XVI of 21.03.2008 on foreign exchange regulation and take appropriate measures to discipline the foreign exchange entities that violated the legislation in force.
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