Slovenská Koruna (SKK) = 100 halierov. Notes are in denominations of SKK5000, 1000, 500, 100, 50 and 20. Coins are in denominations of SKK10, 5, 2 and 1, and 50 halierov. Further information can be found online (website: www.nbs.sk).

Foreign currency (including traveller's cheques) can be exchanged at bureaux de change, main hotels, all banks, road border crossings, as well as major travel agencies.

Major credit cards (American Express, Diners Club, and MasterCard/Eurocard Visa) and debit cards (Eurocheque cards, Maestro and Visa Electron) are widely accepted.

American Express, Thomas Cook and Visa traveller's cheques are accepted in banks and at bureaux de change. Exchange rate charges are at least 1 per cent of the nominal cheque value. To avoid additional charges, travellers are advised to take traveller's cheques in Euros, US Dollars or Pounds Sterling.

The import and export of local and foreign currency is permitted up to an amount equivalent of SKK150,000, which must be declared.

Generally Mon-Fri 0800-1800.