Personal Foreign Currency Account (PFCA)

What is PFCA?

Non-Resident Foreign Currency Accounts (NRFCs), Resident Foreign Currency Accounts (RFCs), Resident Non Nationals’ Foreign Currency Accounts (RNNFCs) and Non-Resident Non-National Foreign Currency Accounts (NRNNFAs) opened and maintained have now merged and re-designated as Personal Foreign Currency Accounts (PFCAs).

Who can open a PFCA?

An individual including a minor who is a Sri Lankan national.
An individual of Sri Lankan origin including a minor who is a resident outside Sri Lanka.
A non-national resident in Sri Lanka.
A Non-national either on temporary visit to Sri Lanka or intending to visit Sri Lanka.
An administrator or executor of the estates of a deceased person, who maintained a personal foreign currency account with that authorized dealer or restricted dealer until the completion of the administration of the deceased person’s estate.

What does a PFCA have to offer you?

Interest earned on foreign currency deposits
Profit by foreign exchange appreciation
Competitive exchange rates
Competitive interest rates

Designated Foreign Currencies

United States Dollars (USD)
Euro (EUR)
Sterling Pound (GBP)
Australian Dollars (AUD)
Singapore Dollars (SGD)
Swedish Kroner (SEK)
Swiss Franc (CHF)
Canadian Dollars (CAD)
Hong Kong Dollars (HKD)
Japanese Yen (JPY)
Danish Kroner (DKK)
Norwegian Kroner (NOK)
New Zealand Dollars (NZD)
Chinese Yuan (CNY)
Thai Bhat (THB)

Personal Foreign Currency Account (PFCA)

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