The United States dollar closed at 3.358 Peruvian soles in Peru on Friday, August 28, 2026, according to official data released by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.
The central monetary authority recorded the official end of day valuation following an opening session rate of 3.3455 soles reported by financial tracking portal Bloomberg.
Official exchange figures published by the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration, known as Sunat, set the daily buying rate at 3.340 soles and the selling rate at 3.348 soles.
Commercial financial institutions across the South American nation displayed varying exchange rates throughout the session. Banco de Crédito del Perú listed a buying price of 3.525 soles and a selling price of 3.540 soles.
Interbank quoted buying at 3.493 soles and selling at 3.576 soles, while state owned lender Banco de la Nación posted a purchase rate of 3.480 soles and a sale rate of 3.600 soles. BBVA set rates at 3.468 soles for purchase and 3.608 soles for sale, and Scotiabank offered buying at 3.519 soles and selling at 3.558 soles.
Parallel market rates and currency terminology
Parallel market transactions and independent exchange houses, tracked by monitoring site cuantoestaeldolar.pe, reflected active trading across urban centers.
The US dollar is commonly referred to in Peru by the popular slang term coco. The moniker originated because the one dollar banknote features George Washington, the first president of the United States. In Spanish, George translates to Jorge, a name traditionally associated with the nickname Coco in Peruvian culture.
Reflecting the widespread use of the colloquialism, Banco de Crédito del Perú operates a dedicated foreign exchange product named Cocos y Lucas to assist customers trading between dollars and soles.
Public guidance on identifying fraudulent banknotes was also circulated through an instructional video hosted on YouTube, demonstrating physical security features to help consumers detect counterfeit currency.
State energy credit and fiscal commitments
In broader economic developments, state owned oil enterprise Petroperú is accelerating a credit facility of 475 million US dollars as legal proceedings move forward in the highest legal venue.
The Constitutional Court of Peru is reviewing an executive decree that underpins the corporate reorganization of the state energy company.
At the same time, legislative decisions enacted by the previous Congress of the Republic of Peru threaten to impact national public finances, with approved laws committing an estimated 64,000 million soles in budget spending for the 2027 fiscal year.
