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Money

There are moneychangers everywhere in Yerevan and cash machines dispensing drams are becoming quite common. Euros, dollars and roubles can be changed nearly everywhere; the pound and Georgian lari are less commonly traded. HSBC (56 32 39; hsbc@arminco.com; 9 Vazgen Sargsyan Poghots) is the leading international bank and has several branches with cash machines around the city. If you had to organise a money transfer, this would be an easy place to do it. Travellers cheques are mostly spurned or met with bewildered looks – avoid relying on them if possible or try a bank like HSBC. Handy ATMs that accept Visa and MasterCard include Anelik Bank (41 Pushkin Poghots) and Arexim Bank (20 Tumanyan Poghots).