Built for Kenyan bureaux de change

Your bureau,
running at bank grade.

Sarafu Pro is the operating system for the modern forex bureau — live rates that track the market every morning, trades executed in seconds on a true double-entry ledger, and CBK & FRC reporting built in from day one.

Live market reference
1 USD = KES
Interbank mid · refreshed every morning, 9:00 AM EAT
15
Currencies traded — majors and East Africa
<2s
From counter to double-entry ledger
100%
Every shilling on a balanced ledger
3
Regulator reports built in: EOD, BDC-1, CTR
Everything a bureau needs

From the teller counter to the CBK return — one system.

Built around the real day of a Kenyan bureau: the morning rate board, the customer at the counter, the till count, and the month-end return.

Teller counter, done right

Type either amount — shillings or dollars — and the other fills in at your live rate. Execute, print an 80mm thermal receipt, hand over the cash. Under ten seconds.

Rates that track the market

Set your margin once. Every morning at 9:00 AM your board re-centers on the interbank mid automatically — your spread stays exactly where you put it.

Live till positions

See exactly how much USD, TZS, or KES is in every till in every branch — read straight from the ledger, not a spreadsheet somebody forgot to update.

Compliance on autopilot

CBK Form BDC-1 generates itself from your trades. Transactions at KES 1M and above are flagged for FRC CTR the moment they happen — nothing slips through.

Investor capital, tracked

Invest, deploy to till, repatriate, withdraw — every investor's position per currency, live from the ledger, with a full statement they can trust.

Branches & team roles

Owner, manager, teller — each sees exactly what their job needs. Add a branch and its currency tills provision themselves. Deactivate a leaver in one click.

Up and running before lunch

Three steps to your first trade.

1

Register your bureau

Two minutes, no card. Your ledger, main branch, and currency tills are provisioned automatically the moment you sign up.

One click
2

Sync today's rates

Press Sync from Market, choose your margin, and all 15 currencies are priced off the live interbank mid — then re-track it every morning on their own.

3

Serve your first customer

Your tellers get a clean rate board and a one-click trade screen. Receipt prints, ledger balances, compliance flags itself.

Straight from the market

Today's reference rates, already in the system.

These are the live interbank mids your bureau rates are built from — the same numbers powering the board your tellers see.

Live

KES per unit — mid-market

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Reference mid-market rates, refreshed daily at 9:00 AM EAT. Your bureau sets its own buy/sell margins inside Sarafu Pro.
Sleep well at month-end

Built to satisfy the people who check your books.

  • CBK Form BDC-1 — your monthly return compiles itself from actual trades. Generate, review, submit.
  • FRC CTR flags — every transaction at KES 1,000,000 or above is flagged automatically with full KYC attached.
  • True double-entry ledger — every trade posts balanced legs. Voids reverse cleanly. Nothing is ever just "edited".
  • Bank-level tenant isolation — your data is walled off at the database layer, not just the login screen.
  • Account ledgers & trade register — per-currency opening/closing balances, receivables, payables and margins. Export or print any of it.
Account ledger · USD · Main Branch
Opening balance12,400.00
Capital injection+5,000.00
BUY — J. Wanjiku+1,200.00
SELL — A. Hassan−3,500.00
SELL — CTR ⚑ flagged−8,000.00
Closing balance7,100.00
Priced for Kenya

Costs less than one mispriced trade.

Starter

For a single-counter bureau
KES 2,900/month
  • 1 branch · 2 staff accounts
  • All 15 currencies & live rates
  • Thermal receipts & EOD report
  • CBK BDC-1 & FRC CTR
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Enterprise

For chains & forex groups
Custom
  • Unlimited branches & staff
  • Dedicated onboarding
  • SLA & account manager
  • Self-hosted option
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14-day free trial on every plan · no card required · cancel anytime

The market opens at nine.
Be ready before it does.

Register your bureau tonight, sync your rates in the morning, and serve your first customer before your competitor has updated their whiteboard.

Open your bureau — free