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Sidama Bank currently buys USD at 161.73 ETB and sells it at 164.96 ETB. Below is its full published board - 8 currencies, with cash and transactional rates for each.
Against the market
Ranked against every Ethiopian bank with a current USD cash board. Stale boards and off-market quotes are left out, as in our methodology.
What Sidama Bank pays you
12thof 23 banks
Sidama Bank ranks 12th of 23 banks for anyone selling USD cash. At 161.73 ETB against 164.73 ETB at Buna Bank, the difference is 3,001.20 ETB on 1,000 USD.
What Sidama Bank charges you
13thof 23 banks
Sidama Bank ranks 13th of 23 banks for anyone buying USD cash. At 164.96 ETB against 164.10 ETB at Dashen Bank, the difference is 856.40 ETB on 1,000 USD.
Buying is what Sidama Bank pays you for foreign currency; selling is what it charges to hand it over. Select a currency to see how this bank ranks against every other bank in Ethiopia.
Showing 8 of 8 currencies
| Currency | Cash buying | Cash selling | Trans. buying | Trans. selling | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEDUnited Arab Emirates Dirham | 45.44unchanged 0.00% | 46.35unchanged 0.00% | 45.44unchanged 0.00% | 46.35unchanged 0.00% | 1.96% |
| CADCanadian Dollar | 111.70unchanged 0.00% | 113.94unchanged 0.00% | 111.70unchanged 0.00% | 113.94unchanged 0.00% | 1.96% |
| CHFSwiss Franc | 108.24 | 114.73 | 113.59 | 120.41 | 5.66% |
| CNYChinese Yuan | 23.55unchanged 0.00% | 24.02unchanged 0.00% | 23.55unchanged 0.00% | 24.02unchanged 0.00% | 1.96% |
| EUREuro | 184.13unchanged 0.00% | 187.81unchanged 0.00% | 184.13unchanged 0.00% | 187.81unchanged 0.00% | 1.96% |
| GBPBritish Pound Sterling | 208.50unchanged 0.00% | 212.67unchanged 0.00% | 208.50unchanged 0.00% | 212.67unchanged 0.00% | 1.96% |
| KWDKuwaiti Dinar | 304.69 | 322.97 | 319.75 | 338.94 | 5.66% |
| USDUnited States Dollar | 161.73unchanged 0.00% | 164.96unchanged 0.00% | 161.73unchanged 0.00% | 164.96unchanged 0.00% | 1.96% |
Answers
Sidama Bank currently buys USD at 161.73 ETB and sells it at 164.96 ETB - so you receive the first figure when selling USD and pay the second when buying it. The board on this page lists all 8 currencies the bank quotes, with cash and transactional rates for each, last read 1h ago.
On today's board: Sidama Bank ranks 12th of 23 banks for anyone selling USD cash. At 161.73 ETB against 164.73 ETB at Buna Bank, the difference is 3,001.20 ETB on 1,000 USD. Sidama Bank ranks 13th of 23 banks for anyone buying USD cash. At 164.96 ETB against 164.10 ETB at Dashen Bank, the difference is 856.40 ETB on 1,000 USD. Leaders change from day to day, and a bank rarely leads every currency at once - each currency row on this page links to the full ranking for that currency.
Sidama Bank publishes rates for 8 currencies against the Ethiopian birr, listed in full on this page. A currency the bank does not quote is left out rather than shown as zero - if it is not in the table, that bank does not deal in it.
The published board is set centrally and applies bank-wide, so the rate should be the same at any Sidama Bank branch on a given day. Availability is not: a smaller branch may not hold enough physical foreign currency to fill a large cash exchange, and larger transactions may require identification and supporting documents.
Directly from the exchange rate board Sidama Bank publishes itself, re-read automatically several times a day. Nothing here is estimated and no parallel market rate is included. If the bank has not refreshed its board, this page says so and shows the trading day the figures actually belong to instead of implying they are current.
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