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Currency for Foreigners (UPDATED)
2016 January 14 (Thursday) 12:03:59
From today a priority of purchase and sale of foreign currency will be hotels and airports, as well as those tourist facilities, which receive foreign guests.
Furthermore, according to the decision of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic, it is prohibited to exchange currency outside the head offices, branches and offices of banks.
"In recent days, due to the growth of operations with currency exchange and the central bank has restricted the activities of currency exchange offices stopped for effective and efficient regulation of commercial banks, to strengthen control over operations and optimizing costs," the statement of the regulator said. As the cause of the restriction of the segment quite a large network of banks is reported.
According to the CBA, currently the country has 914 branches and offices of 43 local banks, 458 of which are located in the regions. --17D-
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