25000 South African Rand to Swiss Franc converter

Currency Exchange in South Africa

South Africa has some of the toughest foreign exchange rules in the world, there are good reasons for this but they will not be covered here. Tough rules and regulations aside, Currency Exchange, Dollars, Euros and Pounds are nearly always the best, is straightforward in South African. There are many places in South Africa that will exchange your foreign currency and where cash is not needed nearly everywhere, even street vendors, will take plastic. Having some hard cash is always helpful in South Africa, but most tourists need to be aware that crime and pickpocketing is very real in the African nation hence plastic is safer. However, where and how do you exchange currency in South Africa.

How to Exchange

To exchange your dollars and other currencies in South African Rands your primary requirement is your passport and the address of where you are staying. A form may be given to fill in that requires a signature and other than that that is about all. The process is generally fast and painless.

Where to Exchange

It really does make sense to shop around and every major centre from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein to Cape Town will have many places to exchange your cash. Many high street banks have stopped or downscaled their in branch foreign exchange, and even when you do head to bank that does offer the service the queue can be long. High street banks may offer competitive rates and often much lower fees or commissions, and if you ask many will reverse the fixed fees to make the transaction even more competitive. If you want really competitive foreign exchange, especially for larger volumes of cash FNB is known to be the most competitive.

However, there are many foreign exchange offices dotted in malls around the country. Here are some of the more well-known and trusted foreign exchange companies you may find:

• Travelex
• Bidvest Bank
• American Express
• Interchange
• Imali Express

These are some of the more trusted and reliable foreign exchange companies. If you are in a centre it is worthwhile getting a quote from two or three in the same mall. The offices are often competitive and it could save you up to ZAR200 on your transaction in some cases. Each transaction has a combination of fees and commission and you must realise that this is taken out of your transaction after the exchange rate conversion. It is worthwhile, as stated, to ask a couple of offices for a quote.

There are currency exchange offices at each international airport in South Africa, very often these are not as competitive as you may expect. Many people learn that they should rather wait until they are away from the airport to trade cash.

The really best way to exchange currency is with a local, many hotel guests often need money changing either coming in or leaving the country. Better still if you have family in SA let them draw the cash while transfer from your country with a company such as HiFX and deposit funds safely in a South African Bank account. With Currency exchange in SA as long as you use reputable exchange companies or think out of the box with friends, colleagues or family you really cannot go wrong.

With this currency converter, you're able to add your favorite currencies and remove the ones you don't need. Add or remove as many currencies as you want and construct the converter according to your needs. Enter the amount in the field next to the currency and you will see the converted results in other currency fields.

Just imagine – you are traveling from your home to the country where the national currency is different than yours and you don't know the value of that currency. Just go to the currexy.com currency calculator and convert any currency - it is very fast, reliable and useful. Our converter is always updating with fresh currency exchange rates from the most popular live forex markets, so you are always safe with and guaranteed to get the best and the newest exchange rates.

Currency converter on mobile, tablet and desktop

This currency converter works on all devices and does not cause any problems when you’re browsing on the web. You don't have to install any app on your device, just save this page's url and you'll always be able to use perfectly programmed currency converter on your phone, tablet and, of course, computer.

This international currency converter consists of as many currencies as there are in the entire world. As we mentioned before, you are able to construct your own calculator from different currencies.

The usage of prepared currency converters will save you much time. The main idea is to help you reach your favorite conversion tool in a comfortable way. By saving the urls of your favorite currency calculators, you won't need to google the most common phrases, like "currency converter, currency calculator" and each time have it appear on the site that you don't know or be provided with data which might not be so accurate. So instead, enjoy using our convenient and reliable converter.

We are still working and preparing currency calculators for every language and country in the world. The pages with calculators are ready to use, just we have to write some stories and advices how it is better to change currency if you want to save money. We are reviewing best currency exchange offices and common advices to save money when exchanging foreign currency. To do this in different languages and also to analyze every country in the world it is challenge! We've accepted this, and we are serving to all our visitors to reach best user experience when using currency converter.

Currency converter usage on Mobile (video)

As you see in the video, this currency converter is available to use on mobile phone, everywhere you want, in the street, forest, bar, bank - anywhere. We are ready to introduce you more tutorials how to use currency converter and how to exchange currency at best rates.