Cash-Directorate

Main responsibilities

to monitor and implement the decisions of the ECB and of the relevant European Union institutions and bodies regarding euro banknotes and coins throughout their life cycle;
to assess production needs and ensure the supply of necessary quantities of euro banknotes and coins, per denomination, both from the Printing Works Directorate and from cross-border currency shipments, as well as their safe storage and circulation;
to ensure the smooth supply to credit institutions across the country with the necessary quantities of euro banknotes and coins, through the Bank's network;
to cooperate with credit institutions on all the issues related to the circulation of the common currency in Greece;
to ensure the authenticity and quality of euro banknotes in circulation;
to perform authenticity and fitness checks of the cash inflows both from the Bank's transactions and from credit institutions, using state-of-the art equipment and in accordance with ECB specifications;
to monitor currency circulation in Greece, co-operate with the Hellenic Police in the fight against counterfeiting and implement the respective ECB guidelines in Greece.
to provide information to tellers, professional cash handlers and the public on euro banknotes and coins and on their security features.