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Money

Changing money is very easy and the downtown area especially is awash with banks and moneychangers. The Arab Bank, Jordan Gulf Bank and the Housing Bank for Trade & Finance are among those with widespread ATMs for Visa and MasterCard, while Jordan National Bank and HSBC ATMs allow you to extract dinars from your MasterCard and are Cirrus compatible. The Housing Bank has an ATM in the arrivals hall at Queen Alia International Airport; you get there after passing through customs so make sure you have some cash to buy your Jordanian visa if necessary.

Many moneychangers are located along Al-Malek Faisal St in downtown.

Sahloul Exchange Co (9am-7pm Sat-Thu; Ground Fl, Aicco Bldg, Al-Malek Faisal St) Good for travellers cheques.

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