Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten

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Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten
*Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten*

The building of the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.
Headquarters	Willemstad, Curaçao
Established	6 February 1828; 197 years ago (1828-02-06)
Ownership	State ownership
President	Richard Doornbosch
Central bank of	Curaçao and Sint Maarten
Currency	Caribbean guilder XCG (ISO 4217)
Website	www.centralbank.cw

The Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS; Dutch: Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten; previously the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles) is the central bank for the Caribbean guilder and administers the monetary policy of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The bank dates to 1828 making it the oldest surviving central bank in the Americas.^[1] The bank was responsible for the Netherlands Antillean guilder until it was replaced.

Prior to the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October 2010, the bank was responsible for monetary policy and currency throughout the Netherlands Antilles. When the BES islands became subject to the De Nederlandsche Bank, its present name was adopted. The bank replaced the Netherlands Antillean guilder with the Caribbean guilder in 2025.

There was controversy around the CBCS regarding corruption, most notably due to former CBCS president Emsley Tromp's connections to John Deuss and Hushang Ansary. Tromp was fired from his position in 2017.^[2]

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^ "In 175 years the Bank has evolved from a near dormant institution in the nineteenth century to a vibrant organization able to adapt to the ever changing financial world in the twenty-first century". centralbank.an. 2003-02-01. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
^ "Police raid Curacao Central Bank president's home | NL Times". nltimes.nl. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2025-04-01.

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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

v t e Buildings in Curaçao
Transport	Curaçao International Airport Queen Emma Bridge Queen Juliana Bridge
Forts	Fort Amsterdam Fort Beekenburg Fort Nassau Rif Fort Waterfort
Government	Central Bank Fort Amsterdam Statengebouw
Hospitals	Curaçao Medical Center Sint-Elisabeth Hospital
Museums	Blue Bay Sculpture Garden Curaçao Museum Kurá Hulanda Museum Jewish Historical Cultural Museum Landhuis Bloemhof Savonet Museum
Places of worship	Basilica of St. Anne Curaçao synagogue Fort Church Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral
Schools and Universities	University of Curaçao‎
Sports venues	Ergilio Hato Stadium Stadion dr. Antoine Maduro

12°06′29″N 68°55′42″W / 12.1080°N 68.9284°W / 12.1080; -68.9284

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