Currency: Kuwait Dinar (KD) = 1000 fils. Notes are in denominations of KD20, 10, 5 and 1, and 500 and 250 fils. Coins are in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 fils.
Credit & debit cards: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which may be available.
Travellers cheques: Widely accepted. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take travellers cheques in US Dollars or Pounds Sterling.
Currency restrictions: The import and export of local and foreign currency is not restricted.
Exchange rate indicators: The following figures are included as a guide to the movements of the Kuwait Dinar against Sterling and the US Dollar:
Date May '04 Aug '04 Nov '04 Feb '05
£1.00 = 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.55
$1.00= 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.29
Banking hours: Sun-Thurs 0800-1200.
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