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City guides

How things actually work, city by city

Plain-English, source-backed guides to the systems you have to navigate in a new city — starting with banking and payments, with each fact tied to an official source.

Banking & Payments

How banking and payments actually work in a city — the regulator to verify a provider against, the local currency, how accounts are addressed, and the rails that move money, each tied to an official source.

Ghana

Accra

Bank of Ghana (BoG) · GHS

Netherlands

Amsterdam

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) · EUR

New Zealand

Auckland

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) · NZD

Thailand

Bangkok

Bank of Thailand (BOT) · THB

Colombia

Bogotá

Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia · COP

Belgium

Brussels

National Bank of Belgium (NBB) · EUR

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) · ARS

Egypt

Cairo

Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) · EGP

Morocco

Casablanca

Bank Al-Maghrib · MAD

Denmark

Copenhagen

Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) · DKK

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · AED

Ireland

Dublin

Central Bank of Ireland · EUR

Germany

Frankfurt

Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) · EUR

Finland

Helsinki

Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) · EUR

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) · VND

China

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) · HKD

Turkey

Istanbul

Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) / CBRT · TRY

Indonesia

Jakarta

Bank Indonesia (BI) / OJK · IDR

South Africa

Johannesburg

South African Reserve Bank — Prudential Authority · ZAR

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) · MYR

Nigeria

Lagos

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) · NGN

Peru

Lima

Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) · PEN

Portugal

Lisbon

Banco de Portugal · EUR

United Kingdom

London

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · GBP

Spain

Madrid

Banco de España · EUR

Philippines

Manila

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) · PHP

Mexico

Mexico City

Banco de México / CNBV · MXN

United States

Miami

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) · USD

Italy

Milan

Banca d'Italia · EUR

India

Mumbai

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) · INR

Kenya

Nairobi

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) · KES

Norway

Oslo

Finanstilsynet (Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) · NOK

France

Paris

Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) · EUR

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) · SAR

Chile

Santiago

Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF) · CLP

Brazil

São Paulo

Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) · BRL

South Korea

Seoul

Financial Services Commission (FSC) / Bank of Korea · KRW

China

Shanghai

People's Bank of China (PBoC) · CNY

Singapore

Singapore

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) · SGD

Sweden

Stockholm

Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) · SEK

Australia

Sydney

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) · AUD

Israel

Tel Aviv

Bank of Israel · ILS

Japan

Tokyo

Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) · JPY

Canada

Toronto

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) · CAD

Austria

Vienna

Financial Market Authority Austria (FMA) · EUR

Poland

Warsaw

Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) · PLN

Switzerland

Zurich

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) · CHF

City Health

How healthy a city is — and by what measure — using the City Health Dashboard's metrics from NYU Langone Health, with the underlying source linked for every number.

United States

Albuquerque

56 tracked measures

United States

Anchorage

54 tracked measures

United States

Atlanta

56 tracked measures

United States

Austin

55 tracked measures

United States

Baltimore

56 tracked measures

United States

Baton Rouge

56 tracked measures

United States

Boise

56 tracked measures

United States

Boston

56 tracked measures

United States

Boulder

54 tracked measures

United States

Brooklyn

56 tracked measures

United States

Buffalo

56 tracked measures

United States

Charlotte

56 tracked measures

United States

Chicago

56 tracked measures

United States

Cincinnati

56 tracked measures

United States

Cleveland

56 tracked measures

United States

Colorado Springs

55 tracked measures

United States

Columbia

55 tracked measures

United States

Columbus

56 tracked measures

United States

Dallas

55 tracked measures

United States

Dayton

56 tracked measures

United States

Denver

55 tracked measures

United States

Des Moines

56 tracked measures

United States

Detroit

56 tracked measures

United States

Durham

56 tracked measures

United States

El Paso

55 tracked measures

United States

Evansville

56 tracked measures

United States

Fargo

56 tracked measures

United States

Fort Lauderdale

56 tracked measures

United States

Fort Worth

55 tracked measures

United States

Fresno

56 tracked measures

United States

Greensboro

56 tracked measures

United States

Harrisburg

52 tracked measures

United States

Hartford

55 tracked measures

United States

Hoboken

53 tracked measures

United States

Honolulu

54 tracked measures

United States

Houston

55 tracked measures

United States

Indianapolis

56 tracked measures

United States

Jacksonville

56 tracked measures

United States

Kansas City

56 tracked measures

United States

Knoxville

56 tracked measures

United States

Lafayette

56 tracked measures

United States

Lancaster

55 tracked measures

United States

Lansing

56 tracked measures

United States

Las Vegas

56 tracked measures

United States

Lexington

56 tracked measures

United States

Little Rock

56 tracked measures

United States

Long Beach

56 tracked measures

United States

Los Angeles

56 tracked measures

United States

Louisville

56 tracked measures

United States

Madison

55 tracked measures

United States

Memphis

56 tracked measures

United States

Mesa

56 tracked measures

United States

Miami

56 tracked measures

United States

Milwaukee

56 tracked measures

United States

Minneapolis

56 tracked measures

United States

Mobile

56 tracked measures

United States

Nashville

56 tracked measures

United States

New Orleans

56 tracked measures

United States

New York City

56 tracked measures

United States

Norfolk

56 tracked measures

United States

Oakland

56 tracked measures

United States

Oklahoma City

56 tracked measures

United States

Omaha

56 tracked measures

United States

Orlando

56 tracked measures

United States

Pensacola

56 tracked measures

United States

Peoria

56 tracked measures

United States

Philadelphia

55 tracked measures

United States

Phoenix

56 tracked measures

United States

Pittsburgh

55 tracked measures

United States

Portland

55 tracked measures

United States

Portland, Maine

54 tracked measures

United States

Providence

56 tracked measures

United States

Raleigh

56 tracked measures

United States

Richmond

56 tracked measures

United States

Riverside

56 tracked measures

United States

Rochester

56 tracked measures

United States

Sacramento

56 tracked measures

United States

Salt Lake City

55 tracked measures

United States

San Antonio

55 tracked measures

United States

San Diego

56 tracked measures

United States

San Francisco

56 tracked measures

Costa Rica

San José

56 tracked measures

United States

Santa Fe

56 tracked measures

United States

Sarasota

56 tracked measures

United States

Scottsdale

56 tracked measures

United States

Seattle

56 tracked measures

United States

St. Louis

56 tracked measures

United States

Tampa

56 tracked measures

United States

Tucson

56 tracked measures

United States

Tulsa

56 tracked measures

United States

Virginia Beach

56 tracked measures

United States

Washington D.C.

56 tracked measures

United States

Wichita

56 tracked measures

United States

Winston-Salem

56 tracked measures

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