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How does it work

We are the most significant European online currency exchange platform. Here users create exchange rates.

Exchange is quick and easy

Pay in money for the exchange

Convenient payment methods

  • Fast transfer Przelewy24
  • Bank transfer
  • Payment card
  • Pay in with QR code
  • Google Pay
  • Apple Pay
  • BLIK
Choose a currency for the exchange Favourable exchange rate
  • You can exchange PLN, EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CZK, DKK, NOK, SEK, AUD, BGN, CAD, CNY, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, NZD, RON, SGD, TRY, ZAR
  • Max. 0,2% service charge
Receive your money Choose how to collect money

Thousands of users create offers

Walutomat is an innovative currency exchange platform, where thousands of users exchange with each other, and daily turnover reaches millions of PLN. The system matches user’s offers and automatically conducts the exchange transaction. It’s simple and safe.

For example, when you want to exchange PLN for EUR, someone else wants to exchange EUR for PLN. Our system will automatically conduct an exchange, anonymously matching both sides of the transaction.

I want to buy 10 000 EUR with PLN

I want to sell 10 000 EUR for PLN

Free and instant transfers between Walutomat users

Transfers between Wallets is a fast and convenient way to transfer funds to other Walutomat users. You can do this in 9 currencies. All you need is an account in Walutomat and the person who orders the transfer – the funds in the Wallet. Transfer money to the Wallet to your family or settle shared expenses with friends. Instantly and for free!

Benefits:

  • 0 PLN per transfer
  • Recipients receive the full amount without any deductions
  • Instant delivery time
  • Safe and easy to use

 

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Exchange directly into your bank account

Walutomat provides an easy way to exchange into currency account in just one step. After a transaction, we will immediately pay out funds to your account. For example, you pay in PLN and select an account to which you want to receive EUR.

 

Payouts to most Polish banks are free

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The Currency Wallet

The Wallet is your online money box in Walutomat service, allowing you to pay in and pay out your funds whenever you want. Thanks to this solution, you can immediately, without waiting for a bank transfer posting, exchange your funds. After an exchange, you can order at any time a payout to your account, an account of a recipient in Poland.

What is the cost of the Wallet?
  • PLN 0 – no hidden fees: extra charge only when you are using additional services, e.g., international transfers
  • Walutomat.pl charges a commission of every exchange transaction of 0.2% (or lower if you have a discount)
  • PLN 0 – for transfers to the majority of Polish banks
When you need a Wallet?
  • If you want regular and fast exchanges
  • If you want to send currency to someone else
  • If you want to save on currency exchanges
What are the advantages of the Wallet?
  • You can exchange PLN, EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CZK, DKK, NOK, SEK, AUD, BGN, CAD, CNY, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, NZD, RON, SGD, TRY, ZAR without a bank account in that currency
  • You don’t have to deposit money to the Walutomat.pl every time you want to exchange
  • You can make instant exchanges using your money in the Wallet
  • You can make payouts to other people on favorable conditions
  • You can transfer money without costs to the majority of Polish banks
How to use currency exchanged in the Wallet?

If you want to use currency outside the Walutomat.pl, you have to make a payout. You can do it in several ways:

If you want to send it to someone else (in Poland or abroad):

  • You can make a direct transfer to somebody else’s bank account. Most transfers from Walutomat are more favorable than from banks, so you do not have to make an extra transfer to your currency account.

If you need cash:

  • You can transfer funds to your bank account and use an ATM card associated with this account

If you want to use currency with your payment card:

  • You can transfer funds from the Wallet to your bank account associated with a payment card
How to pay in funds into the Wallet?
  • Only you can top-up the Wallet
  • You can pay in PLN, EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, CZK, DKK, NOK, SEK, AUD, BGN, CAD, CNY, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, NZD, RON, SGD, TRY, ZAR using a regular bank transfer or other payment method.

Choose your exchange rate

You can choose two transaction options:

 

Currently the best:

Walutomat will automatically offer you an exchange rate for the fastest and most efficient transaction.

 

Own rate:

You enter an exchange rate most suitable for you. Because of that, you know exactly how much you need to pay in and how much currency you will get after a transaction. However, it would be best if you remember that an exchange will be effective only when another user will agree for the deal with the rate offered by you.

1000 EUR po 4,2576
300 EUR po 4,3119
250 EUR po 4,3015
20 000 EUR po 4,2958
50 000 EUR po 4,2954
1,00 EUR po 4,2568
250 000 EUR po 4,2567
100 000 EUR po 4,2564

What is the difference between Walutomat and banks?

  Walutomat Bank Exchange office
How does he earn? Commission on exchange
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Spread (the difference between the buying and selling rates) Spread or commission
How much does he earn? 0,06% – 0,2% 1,5 – 6% 1,5 – 10%
What determines the exchange rate? From the course offered by thousands of other users From the exchange rate of the National Bank of Poland and the spread amount From the exchange rate of the National Bank of Poland and the spread amount
Where you exchange? You exchange online You exchange online or at a bank You exchange in a currency exchange
How do you receive? For own account or another person’s account For own account In cash

Fixed rate

To ensure the best possible exchange conditions, we combine the exchange mechanism between users with a guaranteed exchange rate.

 

How does this work?

 

If the user’s offer is matched with an order at a less favorable rate than the guaranteed rate, the order will be executed at the guaranteed rate. This rate will be more favorable to the user than the market rate at the time.

The guaranteed exchange rate is based on the average worldwide exchange rate plus a spread, which already includes the commission charged by Walutomat (0,2%). If you have a commission discount, this is also taken into account.

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Currency pair Exchange rate guarantee for purchases (including Walutomat’s commission) Exchange rate guarantee for sales (including Walutomat’s commission)
EUR PLN average rate - 0,0150 average rate + 0,0150
CHF PLN average rate - 0,0100 average rate + 0,0300
USD PLN average rate - 0,0150 average rate + 0,0150
GBP PLN average rate - 0,0200 average rate + 0,0200
EUR USD average rate - 0,0050 average rate + 0,0050
EUR GBP average rate - 0,0040 average rate + 0,0040
EUR CHF average rate - 0,0075 average rate + 0,0025
GBP USD average rate - 0,0070 average rate + 0,0070
USD CHF average rate - 0,0075 average rate + 0,0025
GBP CHF average rate - 0,0100 average rate + 0,0035
AUD PLN average rate - 0,0150 average rate + 0,0150
BGN PLN average rate - 0,0125 average rate + 0,0125
CAD PLN average rate - 0,0150 average rate + 0,0150
CNY PLN average rate - 0,0050 average rate + 0,0050
HKD PLN average rate - 0,0021 average rate + 0,0021
HUF PLN average rate - 0,000150 average rate + 0,000150
ILS PLN average rate - 0,0090 average rate + 0,0090
MXN PLN average rate - 0,0020 average rate + 0,0020
NZD PLN average rate - 0,0150 average rate + 0,0150
RON PLN average rate - 0,0060 average rate + 0,0060
SGD PLN average rate - 0,0135 average rate + 0,0135
TRY PLN average rate - 0,0080 average rate + 0,0080
ZAR PLN average rate - 0,0017 average rate + 0,0017
EUR AUD average rate - 0,0090 average rate + 0,0090
EUR BGN average rate - 0,0110 average rate + 0,0110
EUR CAD average rate - 0,0075 average rate + 0,0075
EUR CNY average rate - 0,0600 average rate + 0,0600
EUR HKD average rate - 0,0400 average rate + 0,0400
EUR HUF average rate - 0,0200 average rate + 0,0200
EUR ILS average rate - 0,0200 average rate + 0,0200
EUR JPY average rate - 0,0100 average rate + 0,0100
EUR NZD average rate - 0,0100 average rate + 0,0100
EUR RON average rate - 0,0250 average rate + 0,0250
EUR SGD average rate - 0,0070 average rate + 0,0070
EUR TRY average rate - 0,5000 average rate + 0,5000
EUR ZAR average rate - 0,1200 average rate + 0,1200

The average rate in the table above is the worldwide exchange average rate. You can always check its value in the https://www.walutomat.com/en/exchange-rates/

The service provider guarantees the above rates during the week from Monday 8:00 a.m. to Friday 8:00 p.m. On weekends, the difference between the guaranteed purchase and sale rates may be doubled. This does not affect standard exchange rates or the commission, which remains at no more than 0,2%. This is due, among other things, to the fact that the interbank market is closed on weekends.

 

Example of exchange calculation.

You have PLN and want Walutomat users to sell you 100 000 USD. The average worldwide exchange rate is 3,9850.

The standard guaranteed rate would be 4,0000, because:

3,9850 + 0,0150 = 4,0000 (including commission of 0,2% amounting to 0,0080)

However, in the case of this transaction, the exchange rate will be more favorable by 0,0020, as transactions exceeding 200 000 PLN result in an automatic reduction of the commission from 0,2% to 0,15%. This reduces the commission from 0,0080 to 0,0060 per currency unit.

The final guaranteed exchange rate is therefore 4,0000 – 0,0020 which is 3,9980

Depending on the available offers, the transaction will consist of exchanges on the market and, if there are no sufficiently favorable offers, also exchanges at the guaranteed rate. The maximum rate collected from the exchange will be equal to:

4,0000 / (1+0,2%) = 3,9920

 

Simplified status of the market at the time of the example transaction:

Sale rate Total amount
3,9901 34 000,00 USD
3,9948 20 000,00 USD
3,9998 46 000,00 USD
3,9999 10 000 USD

The transaction on the market, without the protection mechanism, would have executed at a price of 399550,2 PLN, which, after commission, would have amounted to 400149,53 PLN. This transaction would have consisted of offers ranging from 3,9901 to 3,9998.

Through the control mechanism, no fragment will perform worse than 3,9920, which is the guaranteed rate. As a result, the entire transaction will be concluded for 399135,4 PLN, which, after commission, will be 399734,1031 PLN.

As a result, in the example above, the guaranteed rate will result in a saving of 415,42 PLN, or an additional 0,0041 on each dollar.

 

Example of how to calculate the rate at which offers will be removed from the market

In this example, the customer wants Walutomat to sell him dollars.

The average exchange rate on the interbank market is 3,9850. As a result, the standard guaranteed exchange rate is 4,0000, because:

3,9850 + 0,0150 = 4,0000

The commission paid by the client affects the final exchange rate, but not the level at which it will be matched with orders on the exchange.

To calculate the rate at which the client will conclude transactions on the market and at what point they will switch to the guaranteed rate, we must subtract the commission from the standard guaranteed rate:

4,0000 – (4,0000 * 0,2%) = 4,0000 – 0,0080 = 3,9920

As a result, the user’s exchange transaction will be matched in sequence with all offers up to 3,9920. If it were to be matched with an offer less favorable than 3,9920, the rest would be executed at the guaranteed rate, so that the user would not pay more than the guaranteed rate.