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The West African Monetary Union is characterised by the recognition of a common monetary unit , the Franc of the African Financial Community (CFA F), which is issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). WAMU currently comprises : Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

The National Bank of Ethiopia being the central bank of the country, plays a key role in the Ethiopian economy by formulating and implementing the country's monetary policy.

To contribute to Swaziland's national economic development through promotion of monetary stability and by fostering an environment which ensures a stable and a sound financial system.

The Bank of Japan's missions are to maintain price stability and to ensure the stability of the financial system, thereby laying the foundations for sound economic development.

Consistent with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act (Chapter 173) and other Acts, the Bank maintains the internal value of the Zimbabwe currency by ensuring stable interest and inflation rates and by providing appropriate management of the monetary system.

The Bank of Thailand was first set up as the Thai National Banking Bureau. The Bank of Thailand Act was promulgated on April 28,1942 vesting upon the Bank of Thailand the responsibility for all central banking functions. The Bank of Thailand started operations on December 10,1942.

The Brunei Currency Board (BCB) was established by the 1967 Currency Act in Chapter 32 of the Laws of Brunei. As stipulated in Section 9(1) of the Act, it has the sole right to manage and issue currency notes and coins in Brunei Darussalam.

Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, was established as a corporate vide the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972) with effect from 16th December, 1971.

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.

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.