Category: Banks. Country: Nicaragua.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua has created this WEB site in English with the hope that anyone interested in the economy and finances of Nicaragua will find pertinent information that will help create a clearer understanding of the challenges and accomplishments of the country in the past few years. We welcome all comments and suggestions for other information that may be of use to researchers, investors, financial entities and the general public. The information on this WEB site in English is the authorized but unofficial translation of documents of the Central Bank of Nicaragua. The legal, official version of all documents, is the printed version in Spanish. The Central Bank of Nicaragua was created by Article 148 inc. 19 of the Constitution of 1950 through legislative decree no. 525 on the 25th of August, 1960. It began operations January 1, 1961 as a state institution with operational autonomy, indefinite duration, independent funding and legal identity. It is governed by Article 99 of the current constitution which establishes that 'The Central Bank is the state regulator of the monetary system'. In 1992, the legal framework of the bank was modernized through Executive Degree No. 42-92, 'The Basic Constitutional Law of the Central Bank of Nicaragua - which defines it as an autonomous, decentralized institution of the State, of technical character, of indefinite duration, with legal identity, independent funding and complete capacity to enter into legal contracts. The bank's home office is in the city of Managua.
Address: Km. 7 Carretera Sur, 200 mts. este Managua, Phone: 505 265 0747 Fax: 505 265 1816
