Bank of Lithuania

Bank of Lithuania
Lietuvos bankas (in Lithuanian)
Head office in Vilnius,
former seat of Vilnius Land Bank
HeadquartersVilnius
Coordinates54°41′10″N 25°17′00″E / 54.68611°N 25.28333°E / 54.68611; 25.28333
Established27 September 1922 (1922-09-27)
Ownership100% state ownership
ChairmanGediminas Šimkus
Central bank ofLithuania
Reserves$1.310 billion
Websitelb.lt

The Bank of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos bankas) is the national central bank for Lithuania within the Eurosystem. It was the Lithuanian central bank from 1922 to 2014, albeit with a long suspension between 1940 and 1993. It issued the Lithuanian litas between 1922 and 1940, the Lithuanian talonas in 1991-1993, then a second litas from 1993 to 2014. Since 2015, it has also been Lithuania's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision.