Statutory functions
Listed below there are the functions of the Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino according to the provisions of its Statutes:
Supervision. The Central Bank exercises control over the supervised entities and their activities; for this purpose, it issues its own regulations, requires periodic statistics and qualitative data, and carries our on-site inspections. In case of temporary cash imbalances, the Central Bank intervenes through its loans, adequately guaranteed, in order to safeguard the stability of the financial intermediaries. The function of the supervisory authority is performed taking into account the purpose of protecting savings that the Statute assigns to the Central Bank.
Currency Authority. The Central Bank will be able to conduct currency business equal to that carried out in Italy by Credit Companies that enjoy the currency qualification of a full-operation licensed bank.
Management of the payment system. The maintenance of an efficient payments system is a prerequisite for the orderly conclusion of the economic transactions. The Central Bank aims at having the payment system of San Marino work steadily and in compliance with high security standards, so that it may offer to the economic operators the best conditions for settling their transactions. Through these two activities, the Central Bank manages and controls a dedicated local IT network. Additionally, the CBSM operates for the purpose of having the payment system of San Marino linked to the foreign systems, so as to maximise integration and facilitate payment from and to other countries.
Consulting. Consultancy services to the State, through the Offices of the Public Administration, individual Secretaries of State, or directly to the State Congress, as regards a wide range of activities and issues. The Central Bank offers its contribution of experience and professionalism on the proposed introduction of new laws, individual projects and operating activities.
Monetary, financial, credit and currency statistics. The Central Bank gathers statistical data and other information from supervised entities; this activity is carried out either with set frequencies or on a case-by-case basis. The data received, after stages of verification and validation, feed internal statistics, which are used for supervisory purposes, or are aggregated for statistics intended for publication, or are processed and transmitted to international contacts and included in statistics of the different financial systems worldwide.
State Treasury. The management of the Sole Treasury Service of the State and by the Public Authorities and Autonomous Undertakings has been entrusted to the Central Bank since 1993. The CBSM makes all payments (for salaries, pensions, and supplies of all kinds) based on the payment orders issued, and handles collections of all taxes (either directly or made through bank counters). Additionally, it produces a periodic reporting (from the daily cash situation to annual reporting) to different agencies.
State Tax Department. The State Tax Department, established in 2004 and entrusted to the Central Bank, is focused on managing the collection of taxes, levies, duties and sanctions of the Tax Authority. Based on the Entries into the Register made by the imposing Entities, the CBSM prepares the tax collection notices, arranges the mailing, the notification, either by hand or "at the door", and the collection thereof. Where the conditions provided for by law are met, the Central Bank may grant payment extensions to the taxpayers. If the tax collection notices are not paid by their expiry date, the CBSM shall enforce the collection thereof through appropriate enforcement procedures, which may end with the sale of the seized assets.
Custodian of the financial resources of the State, of Authorities and Entities of the PA. On such amounts, the Central Bank pays the remunerations agreed upon with the State Congress. The resources deposited by the PA, together with the assets of the Bank and the other funds collected (mainly from interbank funding) are invested on the capital markets with a view of optimising returns in line with specific diversification and risk reduction criteria.
Agent for the management of national debt certificates. The Central Bank acts as paying agent and centralised manager of government securities issued by the Republic of San Marino. Therefore, the CBSM takes care of the electronic recording thereof, being dematerialised securities, the issuance and settlement thereof, the coupon payment and capital repayment. The issuing, subscription and circulation of the government securities of the Republic of San Marino are regulated by art. 12 of Law no. 153 of 31 October 2013 and by the Delegated Decree no. 173 of 18 December 2013.
Institutional reference point. The Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino holds relationships with a wide range of foreign contacts: central banks and supervisory authorities, international institutions (International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Bank for International Settlements), international Organisations (OECD, European Commission, etc.), Associations (International Association of Deposit Insurers, European Association of Deposit Insurers, etc.). For most of these reference points, the CBSM also produces a series of statistical data and information that ensure to the Republic of San Marino an approbate visibility at an international level.