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Current interest rates

CDH Investment Bank wishes to advise its valued customers and all stakeholders that the reference rate for August 2026 has been revised from 20.50% to 20.80%. For more information please contact: customercare@cdh-malawi.com  info@cdh-malawi.com The rate is effective Wednesday, 5th August 2026.
Savings
Prime Investors 9.50% Balances above K500,000
Smart Investors 8.00% Balances above K100,000
Call Accounts
7 day call 6.00%
30 day call 7.00%
Fixed Deposits
1 month 8.00%
2 months 8.50%
3 months 9.00%
6 months Negotiable
Current Account
Accounts below K50m 0.25%
Balances above K50m 0.25%
Foreign Currency Account
Foreign currency account 0.10%
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Malawi reference rate Manager for current rate
Date:Monday, 11 March 2026
CurrencySpot BuyingSpot SellingTT BuyTT SellTT MiddleCash BuyCash MidCash Sell
USD111716.666717511733.83341810.51837.65751864.815
GBP1.34461.34532382.61572426.28892404.45232508.73562520.24622557.4912
ZAR16.245516.2607108.9079111.0172109.9625114.7896115.0812116.782
EUR1.16341.16372060.992098.76792079.8792170.08522194.49752226.9285
AUD0.71710.71721234.29621255.64211244.9691
AED3.67183.6733468.7709476.8778472.8244
BWP0.0710.072122.2075124.321123.2643
CNY6.8646.8643250.7624255.0991252.9307
CAD1.35591.35631269.43951291.39321280.4163
CHF0.77710.77722214.9442253.24932234.0966
DKK6.42166.4228268.038272.6735270.3558
HKD7.82657.8268219.9237223.7271221.8254
INR91.911091.921018.727219.051018.8891
JPY158.1400158.180010.884211.072510.9784
KES129.2000129.400013.322213.552613.4374
MYR3.92203.9300438.8661446.4559442.6610
MZN63.240063.940027.217527.688227.4528
NZD0.59430.59441022.92881040.61931031.7740
ZMK19.307019.969089.150790.692589.9216
NOK9.61329.6286179.0489182.1454180.5971

Indicative Foreign Exchange Rates – Monday, 24 August 2026

Currency Spot Buying Spot Selling Telegraphic Transfer (TT) Cash
TT Buy TT Sell TT Middle Cash Buy Cash Mid Cash Sell
USD 1 1 1716.6667 1751 1733.83335 1810.5 1837.6575 1864.815
GBP 1.3641 1.3645 2416.620185 2460.916685 2438.768435 2544.540068 2582.708169 2620.87627
ZAR 16.0054 16.0125 110.5416253 112.6825946 111.61211 116.5116148 118.2592891 120.0069633
EUR 1.1678 1.168 2068.605625 2106.52304 2087.564333 2178.10392 2210.775479 2243.447038
AUD 0.7167 0.7171 1233.607691 1254.9417 1244.274696
AED 3.6726 3.6728 468.6687905 476.7739476 472.7213691
BWP 0.0711 0.0722 122.3796663 124.4961 123.4378832
CNY 6.7236 6.7237 255.9987209 260.4259623 258.2123416
CAD 1.3796 1.38 1247.631922 1269.208466 1258.420194
CHF 0.8004 0.8009 2150.466017 2187.656172 2169.061094
DKK 6.4004 6.401 268.9258484 273.5766515 271.2512499
HKD 7.8384 7.8385 219.5898398 223.387426 221.4886329
INR 95.7 95.7125 17.98571578 18.29676071 18.14123824
JPY 158.91 158.95 10.83149582 11.01881568 10.92515575
KES 129.35 129.55 13.30678779 13.53691535 13.42185157
MYR 4.038 4.043 426.2587915 433.6305102 429.9446508
MZN 63.3 64.57 27.19167457 27.66192733 27.42680095
NZD 0.5973 0.5976 1028.092471 1045.8723 1036.982385
ZMK 18.85 18.9 91.31209549 92.89124668 92.10167109
NOK 9.2969 9.3123 185.1405307 188.3423507 186.7414407

Notice of changes on applicable VAT rates and introduction of a new money transfer levy

CDH Investment Bank wishes to inform its valued customers and all stakeholders of the introduction of a 0.05% levy on electronic money transactions, and the adjustment of the value added tax (VAT) rate from the 16.5% to 17.5% on all transactions that attract value added tax

 

The effective date is May 2026

 

For more information please contact:
customercare@cdh-malawi.com 
info@cdh-malawi.com

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