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Current interest rates

CDH Investment Bank wishes to advise its valued customers and all stakeholders that the reference rate for May 2026 has been revised from 20.80% to 20.60%.
For more information please contact:
customercare@cdh-malawi.com 
info@cdh-malawi.com
The rate is effective Wednesday, 6th May 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%
Other
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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 – Wednesday, 13 May 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 1733.8334 1810.5 1837.6575 1864.815
GBP 1.3547 1.3551 2399.9722 2443.9635 2421.9678 2527.0108 2564.916 2602.8211
ZAR 16.4732 16.4761 107.4025 109.4827 108.4426 113.203 114.901 116.599
EUR 1.1733 1.1735 2078.3465 2116.4425 2097.3945 2188.3604 2221.1858 2254.0112
AUD 0.7238 0.724 1245.8284 1267.3738 1256.6011
AED 3.6719 3.6732 468.7581 476.8648 472.8115
BWP 0.0706 0.0718 121.519 123.6206 122.5698
CNY 6.7914 6.7922 253.443 257.8261 255.6346
CAD 1.3695 1.3699 1256.8332 1278.5688 1267.701
CHF 0.7803 0.7806 2205.8606 2244.0087 2224.9346
DKK 6.3671 6.3681 270.3323 275.0075 272.6699
HKD 7.8284 7.8292 219.8703 223.6728 221.7716
INR 95.64 95.65 17.997 18.3082 18.1526
JPY 157.68 157.71 10.916 11.1048 11.0104
KES 129.05 129.25 13.3377 13.5684 13.4531
MYR 3.925 3.93 438.5307 446.1146 442.3227
MZN 63.25 64.52 27.2132 27.6838 27.4485
NZD 0.5941 0.5944 1022.5845 1040.2691 1031.4268
ZMK 18.9 18.95 91.0705 92.6455 91.858
NOK 9.181 9.1837 187.4777 190.72 189.0988

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 April 2026

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

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