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Exchange rates.

Three kinds of rate appear on Olympus: reference rates, live market rates and your quote. This page explains each.

Three kinds of rate.

Each one has a different job. Only your quote is a price.

Reference rates

Rates to the Botswana pula held in the Olympus platform. Used internally for compliance thresholds and limits. Not a price.

Live market rates

Mid-market rates from a public feed, shown for orientation. They exclude fees and any margin, and are not an Olympus price.

Your quote

The rate applied to your payment or transfer, with any margin included. Shown before you confirm, and valid for a short time.

Olympus converts money as part of a payment or transfer. It does not offer currency trading, hedging or foreign exchange advice, and nothing on this page is advice on when or whether to convert.

Olympus reference rates.

Rates to the Botswana pula held in the Olympus platform, last updated 4 September 2026. Olympus uses them internally, for compliance thresholds and limit checks. They are not a price you can convert at.

Currency1 unit in BWP
BWP1.00
EUR14.60
GBP17.20
USD13.50
ZAR0.73

Transfer and fee calculator.

Enter what the recipient should receive. The sender pays the conversion and the fee, and the recipient gets the exact amount. The calculator uses live market rates, so the result is an estimate. Your quote is the price.

Rate
Converted cost
Transfer fee
You pay in total
Recipient gets
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Rates by Exchange Rate API, with backup feeds. If none can be reached, the calculator uses the Olympus reference rates above.

How Olympus quotes a conversion.

  1. You ask for a quote

    When you send an international payment or convert between currencies, a quote is requested for that transaction.

  2. You see the rate

    The rate and any fee are shown before you confirm. Quotes expire, so the rate you see is the rate you get if you confirm in time.

  3. Fees are separate

    International transfer fees are on the Fees page. A conversion margin, if any, is part of the quoted rate and is not shown as a separate figure.