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The Rate Board: live currency exchange rates

See what any currency is worth in any other, and work out a fair price for a customer paying with foreign money.

Where to find it Rate Board Open this screen in Quid POS

The Rate Board is a currency converter. It opens in its own tab and anyone can use it, even without logging in.

The Rate Board with a commission slider and a table of currencies, rates and amounts
The Rate Board.

How to read it

  • The top row is the currency you are converting from. Its rate is always 1.
  • Every row below shows how much of that currency you get for one of the top currency.
  • The Unit column converts any amount. Type an amount in the top row's Unit box and every row shows what it is worth.

To put a different currency on top, choose it from the drop-down list in the top row, or click any row's currency code.

Example

A tourist wants to know the price in US dollars of an item marked 350 pesos.

  1. Put MXN in the top row.
  2. Type 350 in its Unit box.
  3. Read across the USD row: that is the price in dollars.

The Commission slider

Changing money costs you something at the bank. Slide Commission to the right to add a percentage. All the amounts change to include it. This is a quick way to decide what margin to charge.

When you have settled on a percentage, set the same number as your Premium in SettingsCurrency, so that the register uses it automatically. See Currencies: accept more than one kind of money.

The rates are refreshed every few minutes.

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Related help

Currencies: accept more than one kind of moneyChoose your own currency, show a second and third on the register, and set the exchange margin.Take payment: cash, card, or a mixHow to record how the customer paid, give the right change, and split a bill across two ways of paying.