{"id":256148,"date":"2026-02-02T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/?p=256148"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:15:13","slug":"exclusive-central-bank-issues-operating-mechanism-for-exchange-companies-with-a-4-profit-margin-for-cash-and-cheques-and-2-5-for-transfers-and-raises-the-dollar-allocation-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/exclusive-central-bank-issues-operating-mechanism-for-exchange-companies-with-a-4-profit-margin-for-cash-and-cheques-and-2-5-for-transfers-and-raises-the-dollar-allocation-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Central Bank Issues Operating Mechanism for Exchange Companies with a 4% Profit Margin for Cash and Cheques, and 2.5% for Transfers\u2026 and Raises the Dollar Allocation Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our source has obtained a circular issued by the Central Bank of Libya to exchange companies and exchange offices outlining the regulations for selling foreign currency to individuals, setting a cap of 70% for purchases carried out through these companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circular stipulates a commitment to sell up to $8,000 per year, excluding the amounts allocated for specific purposes: $2,000 for personal purposes, $10,000 for medical treatment, $7,500 for study, and $3,000 per year for foreign workers, provided this does not exceed $300 per month for foreigners working in both the public and private sectors. No foreign currency transaction may be carried out outside the unified electronic platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maximum profit margin from selling foreign currency is set at 4%, added to the purchase price from the Central Bank of Libya. The selling price to customers shall reflect a 4% margin for cash payments, and a 2.5% margin for payments made via cheques, bank transfers, and electronic payment methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our source has obtained a circular issued by the Central Bank of Libya to exchange companies and exchange offices outlining the regulations for selling foreign currency to individuals, setting a cap of 70% for purchases carried out through these companies. The circular stipulates a commitment to sell up to $8,000 per year, excluding the amounts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":256149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[628,613],"class_list":["post-256148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-central-bank","tag-libya"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256150,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256148\/revisions\/256150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}