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What Bank of China really charges to exchange money

Bank of China's applied rates and published fees, verified against its own public sources and regenerated daily. Updated: 2026-08-28.

Rates applied today

Cost in CNY per unit of foreign currency when paying or converting with Bank of China, against the market reference.

OperationCurrency1 × in CNYvs referenceStatus
TransferUSD6.7432-0.56%fresh
TransferEUR7.8346-0.43%fresh
TransferGBP9.1454-0.40%fresh
CashUSD6.7432+0.21%fresh
CashEUR7.8346+0.37%fresh
CashGBP9.1454+0.37%fresh

Published card fee

Not published
Foreign-transaction fee · from published sources
Read from this bank's own published card-rate sheet — it is the rate the bank applies, not a calculation of ours. The bank's own charge is 1.5%.

Where these numbers come from

Card: the ECB reference rate plus the bank's published margin. Transfers: no published pricing we can verify.

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Frequently asked questions

What exchange rate does Bank of China use?

Bank of China prices card payments via the ECB reference rate plus the bank's published margin. Rates on this page are indicative, derived from published data, and regenerate daily.

What does Bank of China charge for card payments abroad?

Bank of China does not publish a fixed foreign-transaction fee; conversion is priced per transaction.

Is there a cheaper bank than Bank of China in China?

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