Cash and Payments Department
Ladislav Kročák, Executive Director
Kateřina Dvořáková, Deputy Executive Director
- Cash Circulation and Payment Media Protection Division
Jan Mayer, Deputy Executive Director in charge of a division - Payment Systems Division
Martin Hanzal, Director - Payments Regulation Division
Michal Vodrážka, Director - Prague Branch
Jakub Žák, Deputy Director - Brno Branch
Lubomír Gerák, Director - Ostrava Branch
Martina Koudelová, Director - Hradec Králové Branch
Jiří Vik, Director - Operational Division Ústí nad Labem
Alena Jestříbková, Director - Operational Division Plzeň
Jarmila Sedláčková, Director - Operational Division České Budějovice
Karol Szitás, Director
Responsible for
- preparing draft implementing regulations in the money circulation area
- in cooperation with the General Secretariat, preparing draft legislation on money circulation
- drawing up explanatory opinions on legal regulations concerning money circulation, including replies to queries from the public
- managing Czech money reserves, gold and other precious metals, including silver and gold commemorative coins
- supervising cash circulation
- protecting Czech banknotes and coins against counterfeiting and the functions of the National Counterfeit Centre and National Analysis Centre
- producing the designs and parameters of new Czech banknotes and coins
- coordinating the holding of courses on the identification of suspected counterfeit or altered banknotes and coins, and awarding certificates to course participants
- coordinating the testing of devices for processing domestic banknotes and coins, including preparing outputs for mandatory data releases
- in areas of payments regulation, including payment systems, central bank digital currency (CBDC) and rules of conduct for the provision of payment services and the issuance of electronic money:
- proposing the strategy and principles for financial market regulation and supervision
- working with the Ministry of Finance and other central authorities on preparing legislation
- interpreting regulatory rules
- preparing draft decrees, provisions of a general nature and official information documents, if they do not fall within the material competence of another department, and consulting such materials with market participants
- monitoring developments in European law and preparing opinions on proposed amendments
- drawing up opinions on selected legal regulations affecting financial market regulation and supervision
- working in active cooperation with European supervisory authorities and the ESCB
- conducting oversight of payment and settlement system operators, electronic payment instruments, schemes and arrangements
- monitoring and evaluating developments in the area of payments innovation, including central bank digital currency (CBDC)
- drawing up the methodology for maintaining accounts and providing payment services to CNB clients
- administering and developing the ABO system for accounting and payments
- publishing the Schedule of Charges for the Financial and Business Services of the CNB
- coordinating Treasury-related activities in the area of payment services provision
- providing and distributing debit cards to clients
- carrying on operational activities in units in Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Hradec Králové, Ústí nad Labem, Plzeň and České Budějovice, particularly in the area of:
- managing money reserves
- cash services
- selling commemorative coins and numismatic material to the CNB’s contractual partners
- providing compensation for damaged banknotes and coins and exchanging invalid and worn out banknotes and coins
- executing payments
- maintaining accounts of the state budget and other clients, including state financial assets and liabilities accounts, including cash operations on those accounts
- receiving submissions from natural persons