Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan

27°21′30″N 88°43′52″E / 27.35833°N 88.73111°E / 27.35833; 88.73111

Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་
HeadquartersThimphu, Bhutan
Established4 August 1982 (legal)
1 April 1983 (began operations)
Ownership100% state ownership
GovernorDasho Penjore
Central bank of Bhutan
CurrencyNgultrum
BTN (ISO 4217)
Reserves1 090 million USD
Websitewww.rma.org.bt

The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་) is the central bank of Bhutan and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is also the minting authority for the Bhutanese Ngultrum. The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan was established under the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan Act of 1982. Subsequently, the Act of 1982 was amended by the Financial Institutions Act of 1992 and replaced in its entirety by the Royal Monetary Authority Act of 2010.