Banks Introduce Currency Changes En Masse

It has to do with damaged bills.

"Alfa-Bank" from October 22 reduced the fee for replacing worn and damaged banknotes. Now the fee is 5%, but not less than 5 rubles. Earlier, similar measures were taken by other banks.

It is important that banknotes for exchange retained signs of payment, and their authenticity did not cause doubt, specify in "Alfa-Bank". If these conditions are met, the banknotes can be exchanged for the same foreign currency - dollars or euros.

Since October 17, Paritetbank has established a commission for the exchange of worn or damaged, but solvent banknotes of dollars and euros in the amount of 5% of the amount, a minimum of 5 rubles.

Technobank has adjusted the tariff for this service from October 10 - 5% of the amount, a minimum of 10 rubles. The rule is valid for dollars, euros and Russian rubles. For customers of Technobank branches outside Minsk, a different amount of commission is possible, the bank specified.

"MTBank" reduced the commission for the exchange of damaged banknotes from 8% to 5% from October 3, while the minimum fee is Br10.

Reminder that Lukashenko recently criticized Belarusian banks that refuse to take some dollars.

"Let's agree, from January 1, 2026 the presence of such facts will automatically entail disciplinary responsibility of the head of the bank," he said, "it's impossible to offend people with some far-fetched questions.

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