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Electronic payments
(also known as telegraphic transfers)
Inward and outward electronic payments are a safe, convenient and cost-effective way of transferring money. You can use them for travel, gifts or payments into and out of South Africa.
Drafts A draft is an instruction given by us to a foreign bank to pay a beneficiary specified by you a fixed sum of money. The value is stipulated in either rands or the relevant foreign currency.
MoneyGram money transfer A MoneyGram money transfer is a reliable and convenient way to send and or receive money from family and friends in over 170 countries outside the common monetary area (Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho), without the need of a bank account. The service can also be used by existing Standard Bank account holders.
Clean bills of exchange (foreign cheques) Receiving a foreign cheque from a friend or relative?
Exchange control All foreign exchange transactions in South Africa are subject to exchange control regulations, which are governed by the South African Reserve Bank.

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