Information that is circulating online is indicating that the US dollar has made its way back to the economy.
For some who are out of the country this may seem to be silly news, but for the past few months seeing a $20 note was a rarity that could necessitate the family head to summon everyone in the household to come have a look at it!
The $50 and $100 notes were even more difficult and you stood a better chance of getting a resignation from a President who was in office for 37 years than seeing these notes.
I am beginning to suspect that banks have played a part in being saboteurs of Zimbabwe. How do we all of a sudden have USD in our ATMs? Not a bond in sight but USD chete!?! Bank heads explain yourselves please!
— LindaKSibs (@LindaKSibs) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/YoungMudhara/status/934851247269732353
Various tweets, Facebook posts and WhatsApp message circulating are pointing towards not only are banks dishing out US dollars but ATMs have started working again. ATMs working is a big deal, in that most of the financial institutions in the country have been compelling customers to come into their banking halls to access cash, as all they were dolling out were coins.
A look at recent figures from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, a paltry $11m only was dispensed in a week from the banks, while $2bn worth of transactions were processed.
The return of the US dollar to the market will make many happy and expectant of reactivation of customer’s bank cards being able to make online and external payments out of Zimbabwe.
Talks of black market rates for the greenback going down have been circulating as well, with rates said to be as little as 40% extra, from as high as 90%.
This might be premature celebrations though as just yesterday we published a notification from Barclays that they’ll be discontinuing DStv payments, a transaction that most banks require people to pay in US dollars. When banks accept any means of currency from customers and settle DStv in USD then we can bring out the champagne.
Has your bank started issuing USDs? Do you really need US dollars to make local payments? Would it not be better for you to get bond notes that you can transact with locally?
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I got USD from Barclays yesterday but international payments is more important we await the opening up of online payments on our cards
Which ATM was that @Sage.
I was by Barclays Pearl House this afternoon to pre-fund my Visa card. I asked the teller whether their ATM’s have started dolling out the greenback, and she said no. People were queued outside waiting for bond notes. Such claims need to be verified, it seems this is just social media at its worst.
Was at Barclays Cripps road today and USD, dololo. They were serving the usual bond coins.
You have to be quite dumb to believe that there is now magically USD cash available at banks in Zimbabwe!
haha what more important now is online payment ndoyatirikuda now now
@ Anonymus not at ATM but banking hall highlands branch $50
Those are pure lies peddled by the lacoste faction, they just want to give ED an A+ rating
I have a USD account in zimbabwe, Can I now withdraw up to 9,000$ from the bank in cash?
Never
Really? basing your story on social media hoaxes, this is a pathetic lie
Lies. I couldn’t get even the bond coin from the bank today. They ran out. Usd nothing.
Blue lies banks are giving bond notes