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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	/	0.22838000	0.00000000	0.23538000	0.21315000	0.20965000
AUD	Australian Dollar	/	0.09054251	0.09154251	0.09254251	0.08552313	0.08502313
BWP	Botswana Pula	/	0.89491004	0.89691004	0.90091004	0.83610493	0.83360493
CAD	Canadian Dollar	/	0.08867234	0.09017234	0.09217234	0.08265031	0.08215031
CHF	Swiss Franc	/	0.05249506	0.05299506	0.05299506	0.04748005	0.04698005
CNY	China Yuan Renminbi	/	0.42139000	0.00000000	0.44139000	0.38034000	0.37784000
DKK	Danish Kroner	/	0.43003705	0.43303705	0.44903705	0.37998618	0.36748618
EUR	European Euro	*	18.22607000	18.19307000	18.06857000	18.68717000	18.72067000
GBP	British Sterling	*	21.84416000	21.81416000	21.68216000	22.31616000	22.35716000
GHS	Ghanaian Cedi	/	0.73107000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.67897000	0.00000000
HKD	Hong Kong Dollar	/	0.49651000	0.50251000	0.54901000	0.44645000	0.44045000
ILS	Israeli Shekel	/	0.20007015	0.20107015	0.20107015	0.18201466	0.18101466
INR	Indian Rupee	/	5.74735000	5.79735000	0.00000000	5.54517000	0.00000000
JPY	Japanese Yen	/	9.76500000	9.81500000	9.90500000	9.42400000	9.39400000
KES	Kenyan Shilling	/	7.97494000	8.02494000	0.00000000	7.65575000	0.00000000
MUR	Mauritian Rupee	/	3.16352000	3.17352000	3.18352000	2.92518000	2.56518000
MXN	Mexican Peso	/	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	1.03693000	0.00000000
NAD	Namibian Dollar	/	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000
NGN	Nigerian Naira	/	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	81.95886000	0.00000000
NOK	Norwegian Kroner	/	0.60462000	0.61462000	0.62462000	0.54445000	0.53445000
NZD	New Zealand Dollar	/	0.11261220	0.11561220	0.11861220	0.10359501	0.10259501
PLN	Polish Zloty	/	0.24459800	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.23254620	0.00000000
QAR	Qatar Rial	/	0.22812000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.21007000	0.00000000
SAR	Saudi Riyal	/	0.23459000	0.24159000	0.24709000	0.21655000	0.21155000
SCR	Seychelles Rupee	/	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000	0.00000000
SEK	Swedish Kronor	/	0.62389000	0.62989000	0.64489000	0.57377000	0.55877000
SGD	Singapore Dollar	/	0.08223112	0.08473112	0.08723112	0.07222228	0.07122228
SZL	Swaziland Lilangeni	/	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000	1.00000000
UGX	Uganda Shilling	/	258.54400000	261.54400000	0.00000000	236.71300000	0.00000000
USD	US Dollar	*	16.46508000	16.44508000	16.43308000	16.81058000	16.81658000
ZMW	Zambian Kwacha	/	1.29628000	1.30628000	0.00000000	1.24613000	0.00000000

Last updated: 2026/11/12

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