Foreign Currency and Exchange Rate

As of 09:30 am, 05/21/2025
Currency Buying Selling
US Dollars - USD 55.1500 56.0500
Euro - EUR 61.0180 64.5472
Japanese Yen - JPY 0.3749 0.3965
Hong Kong Dollar - HKD 6.9066 7.3059
Singapore Dollar - SGD 41.7961 44.2139
Chinese Yuan - CNY 7.4924 7.9254
Korean Won - KRW 0.0391 0.0410
Taiwanese Dollar - TWD 1.7924 1.8960
Thailand Baht - THB 1.6457 1.7408

Foreign currency and Exchange, Foreign Exchange, Forex, or simply FX, is the process of changing one currency into another for a variety of reasons, usually for commerce, trading, or tourism. Its market is a global marketplace for exchanging national currencies. Because of the worldwide reach of trade, commerce, and finance, FX markets tend to be the largest and most liquid asset markets in the world. Currencies trade against each other based on FX rates of currency pairs. For example, USDPHP is a currency pair for trading the USD against the PHP.

  1. Trading Hours
    • Morning: 09:00 AM - 11:45 AM
    • Afternoon: 01:00 PM - 03:45 PM
      *No FX trades beyond the above cut-off times. Strict compliance is required.

  2. All FX sales by the bank are subject to client’s submission of a duly accomplished Application to Purchase Foreign Exchange form and supporting documents, as applicable, in compliance with applicable FX regulations, among others.

  3. Please note that the FX rates are indicative only and may be subject to change within the day without prior notice.

  4. For the prevailing FX rate of USD and other currencies, please talk to any of our branch personnel at your nearest Chinabank branch.

  5. For cash transactions, all currency notes may be subject to availability.

  6. Chinabank reserves the right to refuse demonetized notes and confiscate cash or currency notes deemed to be counterfeit.