For the press

In today’s remote meeting, the Committee for the Coordination and Surveillance of the Financial System, comprised of the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, the Governor of Banco de la República, the Financial Superintendent, and the Director of FOGAFIN (Colombian agency that provides deposit…

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República, at its meeting today approved the financial statements of the institution for 2020. Both the Auditor General to the Bank and the external auditing firm KPMG S.A.S. issued an unqualified opinion on them. Additionally, the Office of the Financial…

"Returning to this entity is one of the things that I find very exciting," said the new Governor, who was a member of the Board of Directors from 1997 to 2009.

This Monday, January 4, Leonardo Villar Gómez took office as the new Governor of Banco de la República. Upon taking office, the…

The Governor of the Banco de la República, Juan José Echavarría, participated in the XXXVIII meeting of the South American Central Banks Governors  held on November 20 and which, on this occasion, was organized by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. This meeting is held yearly and constitutes…

With a score of 68 points out of 100, Banco de la República was recognized as the institution that generates the most confidence among the country's opinion leaders. This is according to the twelfth version of an opinion poll conducted by Cifras & Conceptos.

The firm surveyed 2,004…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a request by the Colombian authorities to increase access under its current Flexible Credit Line (FCL) arrangement  to 600% of Colombia’s quota, equivalent to USD 17.2 billion. The two-year arrangement remains in…

During the first semester of 2021, as part of modernization and digital transformation undertaken by the Foreign Exchange Affairs and Settlements Department, there will be changes in the procedures to record international investments. So, there might be some adjustments to the procedures…

Given the health emergency situation in the country, the service hours at our windows are modified starting Tuesday 19 April 2020, as follows:

In Bogotá:

Calle 13 # 35-25 (Industrial Area)

Mondays through Fridays from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm, non-…

In its virtual meeting today, the Committee for the Coordination and Surveillance of the Financial System, whose members are the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Financial Superintendent, and the Director of FOGAFIN (National Deposit Insurance Fund), analyzed aspects…

Today, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the renewal of the country's Flexible Credit Line (FCL) with that institution by the amount of SDR 7.8496 billion (i.e., 384% of Colombia's quota), which is equivalent to about USD 10.8 billion

The United States Federal Reserve has guaranteed Banco de la República access to repos through FIMA. This facility has been open since 6 April 2020. Eligible institutions are central banks with custody accounts for US Treasury securities at the Federal Reserve. Banco de la República would make…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met on April 9 to conclude the Article IV consultation with Colombia. In its report, the IMF highlights the country's macroeconomic policy framework and the short-term response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The flexible…

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, recommends to the Executive Board to approve the renewal of the Flexible Credit Line for Colombia.

In its session today, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia, in an extraordinary session, with the Financial Superintendent as guest attendant, adopted a set of measures addressed at strengthening the liquidity of the payments system in the context of the current extreme global…

At today's meeting, the Committee for the Coordination and Follow-up of the Financial System, formed by the Minister of Finance, the Governor of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia), the Financial Superintendent, and the Director of the Fund for Guarantees for Financial…

The Minister of Finance, the Governor of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia), and the Financial Superintendent hereby inform that:

The members of the Board of Directors of Banco de la República, the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, and the Financial Superintendent…

Banco de la República informs that fake news are circulating on the Internet stating that the Governor of the Central Bank would be planning to invest and would have inaugurated and endorsed the use of digital platforms such as ‘Bitcoin Time’ and ‘Bitcoin Loophople,’ through which participation…

The Eighth high-Level Political Dialog between the Eurosystem and Latin American Central Banks took place on 28 and 29 November in Cartagena de Indias. The meeting was organized jointly by the European Central Bank, Banco de España, and Banco de la República de Colombia, which hosted the meeting…