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Credit unions and banks will exchange your dollars into a foreign currency before and after your trip when you have a checking or savings account with them.If you need amounts of $1,000 or more, most banks require you to pick up the currency in person at a branch.

Your bank or credit union is almost always the best place to exchange currency.Before your trip, exchange money at your bank or credit union.Once you're abroad, use your financial institution's ATMs, if possible.After you're home, see if your bank or credit union will buy back the foreign currency.

Foreign Exchange can be purchased : from any bank which is authorised to deal in foreign exchange or full-fledged moneychangers. If the rupee equivalent exceeds Rs. 50,000/-, the entire payment has to be made by way of a crossed cheque/banker's cheque/pay order/demand draft only.

In order to get from 1 to 1.15, you must multiply by 1.15. Following that, to get from 1.15 to 1, you must divide by 1.15. In order to go from pounds to euros then, you multiply by 1.15 and to convert from euros to pounds, you divide by 1.15.

To calculate the percentage discrepancy, take the difference between the two exchange rates, and divide it by the market exchange rate: 1.37 - 1.33 = 0.04/1.33 = 0.03. Multiply by 100 to get the percentage markup: 0.03 x 100 = 3%. A markup will also be present if converting U.S. dollars to Canadian dollars.

Most major banks will exchange your U.S. dollars for a foreign currency if you have a checking or savings account with the institution. In some cases, a bank will exchange currency if you have a credit card with the bank.

Get the guest to sign on both the copy of the forex/currency exchange receipt. The front desk cashier should also countersign on the receipt. Count and handover the money in local currency to the guest. Place the exchange receipt inside an envelope and hand over the same to the guest.