Currencies
TimberCloud expresses your prices, order totals, and payments in a single company currency. This page explains how to choose it, how amounts are formatted, how different currencies handle decimals, and what determines whether you can actually charge a currency at checkout.
Availability: Every plan. Choosing a currency is a basic company setting. Taking payments in that currency requires a connected Stripe account (Commerce plan and up).
Choosing your company currency
Your currency is set alongside your locale under Settings → Company → Locale & Currency Settings.
- Go to Settings → Company → Locale & Currency Settings.
- Pick your Country/Region. With Lock to country currency checked, TimberCloud selects the matching currency automatically (United States → USD, United Kingdom → GBP, Canada → CAD, most of Europe → EUR, Japan → JPY, and so on).
- To use a currency that differs from your country, uncheck Lock to country currency and choose one from the Currency dropdown.
- Click Save Changes.
The currency picker lists the full standard ISO currency list, so you'll find major and minor world currencies. The currency symbol (for example $, €, £) is filled in automatically from your choice — you don't set it separately.
Important: Changing your currency affects new orders and documents. Existing quotes, invoices, and orders keep the currency and formatting they were created with. Set this correctly during onboarding, before you send your first priced document.
How amounts are formatted
Amounts are formatted using both your currency (which symbol, how many decimals) and your locale (which separators). The same total looks different in different locales:
| Company locale | Currency | How the total displays |
|---|---|---|
| English (US) | USD | $1,234.56 |
| German (Germany) | EUR | 1.234,56 € |
| Japanese (Japan) | JPY | ¥1,234 |
| French (France) | EUR | 1 234,56 € |
To change the separators and symbol placement, change your locale. To change the currency itself, use the steps above.
Decimal handling
Not every currency uses two decimal places, and TimberCloud handles this correctly so amounts are never mis-scaled — this matters most when payments are involved.
Two-decimal currencies (most common)
The majority of currencies use two decimals: USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, CHF, CNY, INR, BRL, MXN, and many more. Example: $1,234.56.
Zero-decimal currencies
Some currencies have no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers with no cents. Examples include:
| Currency | Code | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese Yen | JPY | ¥1,234 |
| South Korean Won | KRW | ₩1,234 |
| Vietnamese Dong | VND | ₫1,234 |
| Hungarian Forint | HUF | 1,234 Ft |
| Chilean Peso | CLP | $1,234 |
| New Taiwan Dollar | TWD | NT$1,234 |
For these, TimberCloud rounds to whole units and hides the decimal places.
Three-decimal currencies
A handful of currencies use three decimals. Examples: Bahraini Dinar (BHD), Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD), Omani Rial (OMR), Jordanian Dinar (JOD), Tunisian Dinar (TND). Example: KD 1.234.
Tip: You never have to think about decimals yourself. When you type a price, TimberCloud applies the right number of decimals for the currency automatically — both on screen and when it charges a card.
Charging in your currency (checkout support)
Selecting a currency in TimberCloud lets you quote and invoice in it. Whether you can collect a card payment in that currency depends on your own Stripe account, not on TimberCloud:
- Stripe supports a broad range of currencies, but the exact set — and which are settled to your bank — varies by the country your Stripe account is registered in and your account settings.
- If a currency you've selected isn't supported by your Stripe account, checkout will decline it even though the currency displays fine in the dashboard.
- When in doubt, keep your company currency aligned with the one your Stripe account settles in.
See Payments for connecting and configuring Stripe.
Note: Currency support in the picker (the full ISO list) is broader than what any single Stripe account can charge. The picker is for how you display and document money; Stripe governs what you can collect.
Next Steps
- Locales — control separators, date style, and regional field helpers.
- Internationalization overview — the one-time setup checklist.
- Payments — connect Stripe to accept payments in your currency.
- Company Settings — where Locale & Currency Settings live.