diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx
index 42ecbce61..5502886d3 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlCreateBookingForm.tsx
@@ -276,9 +276,8 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
   const [trainScheduleId, setTrainScheduleId] = useState("");
   const [contractRouteId, setContractRouteId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [notes, setNotes] = useState("");
-  // The customer states the billing currency on their shipment request — GL
-  // books in it. Intercity is always ETB (the API enforces this too).
-  const [paymentCurrency, setPaymentCurrency] = useState<"USD" | "ETB">("USD");
+  // ponytail: ETB-only for now — widen back to "USD" | "ETB" when multi-currency billing returns.
+  const [paymentCurrency, setPaymentCurrency] = useState<"USD" | "ETB">("ETB");
   // What the containers carry — captured per booking (moved off the contract).
   const [cargoDescription, setCargoDescription] = useState("");
   const [containerLines, setContainerLines] = useState<ContainerLineDraft[]>([]);
@@ -449,9 +448,6 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
     }
     if (bookingRequest.contractRouteId)
       setContractRouteId(bookingRequest.contractRouteId);
-    if (bookingRequest.paymentCurrency === "USD" || bookingRequest.paymentCurrency === "ETB") {
-      setPaymentCurrency(bookingRequest.paymentCurrency);
-    }
     if (bookingRequest.notes) setNotes(bookingRequest.notes);
   }, [bookingRequest, prefilled]);
 
@@ -1761,11 +1757,7 @@ export default function GlCreateBookingForm() {
               Billing currency
             </Text>
             <Text size="xs" c="dimmed" mb={8}>
-              {isIntercity
-                ? "Intercity shipments are invoiced in ETB."
-                : bookingRequest?.paymentCurrency
-                  ? "Requested by the customer on their shipment request."
-                  : "The contract is quoted in USD — pick the currency this shipment is invoiced in."}
+              Shipments are invoiced in ETB.
             </Text>
             <CurrencySelector
               value={isIntercity ? "ETB" : paymentCurrency}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
index 489e324e8..41600272a 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/bookings/NewBookingPage.tsx
@@ -529,10 +529,7 @@ export default function NewBookingPage() {
                 />
                 <Select
                   label="Payment currency"
-                  data={[
-                    { value: "ETB", label: "ETB — Birr" },
-                    { value: "USD", label: "USD — Dollar" },
-                  ]}
+                  data={[{ value: "ETB", label: "ETB — Birr" }]}
                   value={paymentCurrency}
                   onChange={(v) => setPaymentCurrency(v ?? "ETB")}
                 />
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/public/assets/cbe.png b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/public/assets/cbe.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1da424f4
Binary files /dev/null and b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/public/assets/cbe.png differ
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/PaymentMethodModal.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/PaymentMethodModal.tsx
index a57dd0a9d..572d39a18 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/PaymentMethodModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/BookingDetailPage/components/PaymentMethodModal.tsx
@@ -25,17 +25,20 @@ interface ProviderOption {
   currencies: string[];
   accent: string;
 }
+ 
 
-// Only Telebirr, Waafi, CAC Bank and CBE bill payment are enabled for now.
+
+// ponytail: ETB pays via CBE bill only for now — restore the Telebirr entry
+// ({ method: "TELEBIRR", currencies: ["ETB"] }) when mobile money returns.
 const PROVIDERS: ProviderOption[] = [
-  {
-    method: "TELEBIRR",
-    label: "telebirr",
-    description: "Ethiopian mobile money · ETB",
-    logo: "/assets/telebirr.jpeg",
-    currencies: ["ETB"],
-    accent: "#0A6F4D",
-  },
+  //  {
+  //   method: "TELEBIRR",
+  //   label: "telebirr",
+  //   description: "Ethiopian mobile money · ETB",
+  //   logo: "/assets/telebirr.jpeg",
+  //   currencies: ["ETB"],
+  //   accent: "#0A6F4D",
+  // },
   {
     method: "WAAFI",
     label: "Waafi",
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ const PROVIDERS: ProviderOption[] = [
     method: "CBE_BILL",
     label: "CBE bill payment",
     description: "Pay at any CBE branch, app or USSD · ETB",
-    logo: "/assets/edr-logo.png",
+    logo: "/assets/cbe.png",
     currencies: ["ETB"],
     accent: "#5B2D8C",
   },
@@ -69,8 +72,8 @@ const OTP_LENGTH = 4;
 const isBillMethod = (method: PaymentMethod) => method === "CBE_BILL";
 
 /**
- * Pick the provider that settles in the booking's currency. USD → Waafi,
- * ETB → Telebirr. Falls back to the first provider when unknown.
+ * Pick the provider that settles in the booking's currency. USD → Waafi/CAC,
+ * ETB → CBE bill. Falls back to the full list when unknown.
  */
 function providersForCurrency(currency?: string | null): ProviderOption[] {
   const cur = currency?.trim().toUpperCase();
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ export function PaymentMethodModal({
   onClose: () => void;
   /** Human-readable total, e.g. "ETB 12,500". */
   amountLabel?: string;
-  /** Booking payment currency — drives which provider is shown (USD → Waafi, ETB → Telebirr). */
+  /** Booking payment currency — drives which provider is shown (USD → Waafi/CAC, ETB → CBE bill). */
   currency?: string | null;
   onConfirm: (method: PaymentMethod, payerAccount?: string) => void;
   processing?: boolean;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/EditBookingPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/EditBookingPage.tsx
index 269fa2160..85709f1d4 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/EditBookingPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/EditBookingPage.tsx
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ function mapBookingToFormValues(
     isRefrigerated: booking.isRefrigerated ?? false,
     bulkHazardousQty: String(Number(booking.bulkHazardousQuantity ?? 0)),
     bulkReeferQty: String(Number(booking.bulkReeferQuantity ?? 0)),
-    paymentCurrency:
-      booking.paymentCurrency === "ETB" ? "ETB" : "USD",
+    // ponytail: ETB-only for now — old USD drafts are re-billed in ETB on edit.
+    paymentCurrency: "ETB",
     scheduledDate: booking.scheduledDate
       ? new Date(booking.scheduledDate).toISOString().slice(0, 10)
       : "",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/schema.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/schema.ts
index c81e5571b..08bb5236d 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/schema.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,7 @@ export const PAYMENT_CURRENCY_OPTIONS: Array<{
   label: string;
   description: string;
 }> = [
-  {
-    value: "USD",
-    label: "USD",
-    description: "US Dollar — international pricing and invoicing.",
-  },
+  // ponytail: ETB-only for now — re-add the USD option when multi-currency billing returns.
   {
     value: "ETB",
     label: "ETB",
@@ -373,7 +369,7 @@ export const initialBookingFormValues: DeepPartial<BookingFormValues> = {
   previousContractRef: "",
 
   serviceTypeId: "",
-  paymentCurrency: "USD",
+  paymentCurrency: "ETB",
   firstMile: {
     enabled: false,
     pickUpAddress: "",
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/step8-review.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/step8-review.tsx
index b5605f598..001e55966 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/step8-review.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/bookings/new-booking-form/step8-review.tsx
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export function Step8Review({
             <DetailRow label="Service" value={serviceType?.name ?? ""} />
             <DetailRow
               label="Payment currency"
-              value={values.paymentCurrency ?? "USD"}
+              value={values.paymentCurrency ?? "ETB"}
             />
             <Button
               type="button"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx
index 63070003a..c65ccea2a 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewShipmentPage.tsx
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function mapBookingToShipmentValues(
     }>;
   };
   const values: Partial<ShipmentFormInputValues> = {
-    paymentCurrency: booking.paymentCurrency === "ETB" ? "ETB" : "USD",
+    paymentCurrency: "ETB",
     withReturn: booking.equipmentReturn === "WITH_RETURN",
     cargoDescription: b.cargoFreeText ?? "",
     ...(b.contractRouteId ? { contractRouteId: b.contractRouteId } : {}),
@@ -390,11 +390,8 @@ function NewShipmentBookingForm({
       // Seed the equipment-return toggle from the contract; the customer can
       // still flip it per shipment.
       withReturn: contract.equipmentReturn === "WITH_RETURN",
-      // The contract quotes USD; the customer bills this shipment in the
-      // currency they pick here. Intercity is always ETB, so it is preset;
-      // everything else starts empty so the customer picks deliberately
-      // instead of silently inheriting USD.
-      paymentCurrency: contract.tradeDirection === "DOMESTIC" ? "ETB" : "",
+      // ponytail: ETB-only for now — preset since there is no other choice.
+      paymentCurrency: "ETB",
     },
     resolver: zodResolver(
       createShipmentFormSchema({
@@ -1313,8 +1310,7 @@ function ScheduleStep({
           <Box mb="lg">
             <StepLabel>Billing currency *</StepLabel>
             <Text fz={12.5} c="dimmed" mt={4} mb={10}>
-              Your contract is quoted in USD. Pick the currency this shipment is
-              invoiced in — the total is converted for you.
+              Shipments are invoiced in ETB.
             </Text>
             <CurrencySelector
               value={field.value || ""}
diff --git a/packages/ui-common/src/components/CurrencySelector/CurrencySelector.tsx b/packages/ui-common/src/components/CurrencySelector/CurrencySelector.tsx
index 4d310efc0..5ce3d1272 100644
--- a/packages/ui-common/src/components/CurrencySelector/CurrencySelector.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-common/src/components/CurrencySelector/CurrencySelector.tsx
@@ -10,18 +10,13 @@ export interface CurrencySelectorProps {
   error?: string;
 }
 
+// ponytail: ETB-only for now — restore the USD entry when multi-currency billing returns.
 const OPTIONS = [
-  {
-    code: "USD",
-    symbol: "$",
-    name: "US Dollar",
-    hint: "As quoted on the contract",
-  },
   {
     code: "ETB",
     symbol: "Br",
     name: "Ethiopian Birr",
-    hint: "Converted from the USD total",
+    hint: "All shipments are invoiced in ETB",
   },
 ] as const;