Asia

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) was established on 1 April 1993 by merging the Office of the Exchange Fund with the Office of the Commissioner of Banking.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is the central bank of the Republic of the Philippines. It was established on 3 July 1993 pursuant to the provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the New Central Bank Act of 1993.

The Bank of Korea was established on June 12, 1950 under the Bank of Korea Act. The Bank of Korea was originally established with a capital of 1.5 billion won, all of which was subscribed by the Government.

A new chapter in the history of Bank Indonesia as an independent central bank was initiated when a new Central Bank Act, the UU No. 23/1999 on Bank Indonesia, was enacted on May 17, 1999.

Central bank of Republic of Armenia.

The Central Bank of Oman was established vide a Royal Decree promulgated in December 1974 and commenced operations on April 1st 1975 in accordance with provisions defined in the Banking Law of 1974.

Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the Central Bank of the Kingdom of Nepal, was established in 1956 to discharge the central banking responsibilities including guiding the development of the embryonic domestic financial sector.

Bank Negara Malaysia is the central bank for Malaysia. It was established on 26 January 1959, under the Central Bank of Malaya Ordinance, 1958.

On December 20, 1999, the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) was established upon the return to the People's Republic of China. In order to be more in line with common practice, the name of the institution became simplified as Monetary Authority of Macao3 while the acronym AMCM maintained. The autonomy, all functions and responsibilities of the AMCM remain unchanged. In addition, the Macao SAR Government assigned to the AMCM the additional responsibility of managing the reserve fund of the Macao SAR effective from April 1, 2000.

According to the Central Bank of China Act, the Bank's operational objectives include promoting financial stability, ensuring sound banking operations, maintaining the stable internal and external value of the currency.