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Central Bank of Jordan CBJ

Official site
https://www.cbj.gov.jo
Established
1964
Constituting statute
Central Bank of Jordan Law No. 23 of 1971 and its amendments

Who they are

Jordan's central bank, which began operations on 1 October 1964 and describes itself as having legal personality with financial and administrative independence.

What they do

Its law (Art. 4) sets objectives that include monetary stability and the supervision of banks. Its site lists supervision of banks, exchange companies, finance companies, electronic payment and transfer companies, credit information companies and insurance companies, and it runs a Fintech and Innovation section with a regulatory sandbox (JoRegBox). It also issues the instructions on virtual assets for the entities it supervises.

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