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Zemen Bank exchange rates today

Zemen Bank currently buys USD at 162.67 ETB and sells it at 165.92 ETB. Below is its full published board - 8 currencies, with cash and transactional rates for each.

8 CURRENCIESzemenbank.comUPDATED AT 28 OCTOBER 2026

Against the market

How Zemen Bank compares today

Ranked against every Ethiopian bank with a current USD cash board. Stale boards and off-market quotes are left out, as in our methodology.

Selling USD cash

What Zemen Bank pays you

3rdof 22 banks

This bank
162.67 ETB
Market median
161.67 ETB
Gap on 1,000 USD
2,057.90 ETB

Zemen Bank ranks 3rd of 22 banks for anyone selling USD cash. At 162.67 ETB against 164.73 ETB at Buna Bank, the difference is 2,057.90 ETB on 1,000 USD.

Buying USD cash

What Zemen Bank charges you

20thof 22 banks

This bank
165.92 ETB
Market median
164.90 ETB
Gap on 1,000 USD
1,818.60 ETB

Zemen Bank ranks 20th of 22 banks for anyone buying USD cash. At 165.92 ETB against 164.10 ETB at Dashen Bank, the difference is 1,818.60 ETB on 1,000 USD.

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Zemen Bank rate board

Buying is what Zemen 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

Zemen Bank exchange rates: buying and selling rates in Ethiopian birr for 8 currencies.
CurrencyCash buyingCash sellingTrans. buyingTrans. sellingSpread
AED39.69up +0.01%40.48up +0.01%43.85up +0.01%44.73up +0.01%1.96%
CAD104.11up +0.25%106.19up +0.25%114.78up +0.03%117.08up +0.03%1.96%
CHF186.57down −0.22%190.30down −0.22%194.22down −0.80%198.10down −0.80%1.96%
EUR189.08unchanged 0.00%192.87unchanged 0.00%187.21unchanged 0.00%190.96unchanged 0.00%1.96%
GBP212.35unchanged 0.00%216.60unchanged 0.00%212.35unchanged 0.00%216.60unchanged 0.00%1.96%
NOK15.59up +0.20%15.90up +0.20%17.28up +0.54%17.63up +0.54%1.96%
SEK14.66down −0.23%14.96down −0.23%16.21down −0.17%16.54down −0.17%1.96%
USD162.67unchanged 0.00%165.92unchanged 0.00%161.06up +0.01%164.29up +0.01%1.96%

Answers

Zemen Bank - frequently asked questions

What is the Zemen Bank exchange rate today?

Zemen Bank currently buys USD at 162.67 ETB and sells it at 165.92 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 Just now.

Does Zemen Bank have the best exchange rate in Ethiopia?

On today's board: Zemen Bank ranks 3rd of 22 banks for anyone selling USD cash. At 162.67 ETB against 164.73 ETB at Buna Bank, the difference is 2,057.90 ETB on 1,000 USD. Zemen Bank ranks 20th of 22 banks for anyone buying USD cash. At 165.92 ETB against 164.10 ETB at Dashen Bank, the difference is 1,818.60 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.

Which currencies does Zemen Bank exchange?

Zemen 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.

Are ZEM rates the same at every branch?

The published board is set centrally and applies bank-wide, so the rate should be the same at any Zemen 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.

How does ET-Forex get Zemen Bank rates?

Directly from the exchange rate board Zemen 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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