OeNB Dismisses Management of Money Printing Subsidiary

Professional ServicesBanks ♦ Published: October 28, 2011; 19:12 ♦ (Vindobona)

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OeNB Dismisses Management of Money Printing Subsidiary / Picture: © OeNB

The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) today announced that it has dismissed both managing directors of its wholly owned subsidiary Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH (OeBS), which is charged with printing the Republic’s bank notes.

A routine internal audit had resulted in the suspicion of “unlawful actions and withholding of information from the Supervisory…