The Bank of Thailand (BOT) serves as the central bank for the country. Tracing its roots back to 1939, BOT serves in a variety of central banking functions, including promoting monetary stability and policies, supervising financial institutions, providing banking facilities to the government and financial organizations, managing national reserves, and printing and issuing banknotes. Headquartered in Bangkok, BOT operates three regional offices which manage banking facilities, supervise foreign exchange control, and monitor economic conditions in their respective regional areas. BOT also has international representation in New York and London.