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Absa Exchange Rate

Buy Cheques	Name	Multiply or Divide	Receive SWIFT/Western Union transfer	Buy Cheques	Sell foreign banknotes	Send SWIFT/Western Union transfer	Buy foreign banknotes
AED	United Arab Emirates Dirham	/	0.22851000	0.00000000	0.25851000	0.20847000	0.20147000
AUD	Australian Dollar	/	0.08729932	0.08829932	0.08929932	0.07928759	0.07828759
BWP	Botswana Pula	/	0.87379641	0.87579641	0.87979641	0.79840432	0.79340432
CAD	Canadian Dollar	/	0.08605567	0.08755567	0.08955567	0.07604364	0.07504364
CHF	Swiss Franc	/	0.05015929	0.05065929	0.05115929	0.04313417	0.04013417
CNY	China Yuan Renminbi	/	0.42651000	0.00000000	0.44651000	0.38645000	0.38145000
DKK	Danish Kroner	/	0.41247697	0.41547697	0.43147697	0.34840170	0.33590170
EUR	European Euro	*	19.38380000	19.35080000	19.22830000	19.89969000	19.93219000
GBP	British Sterling	*	22.47008000	22.44008000	22.31008000	22.99743000	23.03743000
GHS	Ghanaian Cedi	/	0.69224000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.64020000	0.00000000
HKD	Hong Kong Dollar	/	0.49262000	0.49862000	0.54512000	0.43955000	0.42755000
ILS	Israeli Shekel	/	0.18575496	0.18675496	0.18675496	0.16564073	0.16464073
INR	Indian Rupee	/	5.79502000	5.84502000	0.00000000	5.54337000	0.00000000
JPY	Japanese Yen	/	9.56400000	9.61400000	9.70400000	9.14200000	9.11200000
KES	Kenyan Shilling	/	7.85577000	7.90577000	0.00000000	7.51063000	0.00000000
MUR	Mauritian Rupee	/	3.11227000	3.12227000	3.13227000	2.83014000	2.80714000
MXN	Mexican Peso	/	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.95180000	0.00000000
NAD	Namibian Dollar	/	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000
NGN	Nigerian Naira	/	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	79.49257000	0.00000000
NOK	Norwegian Kroner	/	0.58742000	0.59742000	0.60742000	0.51717000	0.50717000
NZD	New Zealand Dollar	/	0.10737763	0.11037763	0.11337763	0.09535953	0.09175953
PLN	Polish Zloty	/	0.21976505	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.21369505	0.00000000
QAR	Qatar Rial	/	0.22891000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.20476000	0.00000000
SAR	Saudi Riyal	/	0.23519000	0.24219000	0.24919000	0.21114000	0.20614000
SCR	Seychelles Rupee	/	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
SEK	Swedish Kronor	/	0.58271000	0.58871000	0.60371000	0.52456000	0.50956000
SGD	Singapore Dollar	/	0.08248739	0.08498739	0.08748739	0.06947473	0.06847473
SZL	Swaziland Lilangeni	/	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000
UGX	Uganda Shilling	/	234.37500000	237.37500000	0.00000000	212.04900000	0.00000000
USD	US Dollar	*	16.61711000	16.59711000	16.58711000	17.00392000	17.00892000
ZMW	Zambian Kwacha	/	1.15524000	1.16524000	0.00000000	1.09622000	0.00000000

Last updated: 2026/05/05

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