When people travel from one state to another, they need to exchangemoney. There is an exchange rate for this. It is approximately equal allover the world for main money units at a certain moment of time, butchanges from day to day. The exchange rate depends on the situation incurrency market.In Ukraine, like in other countries of the world, we may change hryvnasinto other currency in banks or special booths called "Bureau dechange". They give a receipt in which it is written how much money yougive, what the current exchange rate is and how much foreign currencyyou receive. But in Ukraine you can not use foreign currency to buysomething or to pay for any service. You must use hryvnas only.You may pay in cash (notes or coins) , by cheques or credit cards. If youhave a bank account, you are given a cheque- book and when you need topay it is necessary to write the sum, sign the cheque, pull it out ofthe book and give to the seller.If you have a special account for a credit card, you give your card tothe seller who fixes it and then takes the sum off your account. Hegives you a bill as to other customers. If you need to take cash fromcredit card account, you may get it from a bank or a bankomat.A bancomat is a device a bit bigger than a public telephone. You putyour card into slot, type your pin code, press some buttons to let themachine know what some of money you need, take your card and receiptback and receive your cash from the bankomat.
