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title: "HSBC India Exchange Rates Today API (INR Buy & Sell)"
description: "HSBC India foreign exchange board rates. All currencies compared with the Reserve Bank of India official rate, read hourly, free JSON API."
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# HSBC India Exchange Rates Today API (INR Buy & Sell)

HSBC India foreign exchange board rates. All currencies compared with the Reserve Bank of India official rate, read hourly, free JSON API.

By [Madhushan](https://allratestoday.com/authors/madhushan/), Founder & Lead Developer · Updated 17 Sept 2026

   **Retail board rates.** These are the prices HSBC India displayed on [its own rates page](https://www.hsbc.bank.in/nri/foreign-exchange-rates/) when we last read it. They are indicative, change through the day, and are not official rates. For the reference rate, see the [Reserve Bank of India](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/rbi/).   ![](https://allratestoday.com/logos/banks/hsbcin.webp)

## About HSBC India

 [www.hsbc.co.in](https://www.hsbc.co.in/)

HSBC India is the Indian business of HSBC, one of the largest foreign banks in India. Its foreign exchange rates page lists TT, bill and currency-note buying and selling rates against the rupee for about 20 currencies, with an update time.

## ![](https://flagcdn.com/24x18/in.png) Latest board

No capture yet for this bank. The table appears automatically after the next hourly run.

## Quick start: call the HSBC India API

You need a free API key to run these. Register in under a minute, no card required. Send it in the `Authorization: Bearer` header on every call.

 [Get a free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register) [Already registered? Copy your key from the dashboard.](https://allratestoday.com/dashboard)

The USD rate HSBC India displays right now:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin?ccy=USD" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

The bank’s full board, every currency it shows:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

The board as it stood on a past day (every day’s board is kept permanently):

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin?date=2026-11-06" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

### JavaScript

```
const res = await fetch('https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin?ccy=USD', {
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer art_live_your_key' },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status}: ${(await res.json()).error}`);
const r = await res.json();
console.log(`HSBC India buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} INR`);
```

### Python

```
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer art_live_your_key"},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
board = r.json()
for row in board["rates"]:
    print(row["ccy"], row["buy"], row["sell"], row["official"])
```

## Endpoints

- `GET /api/v1/bank-rates/in` — every covered bank in India, latest board each, plus `official_source` and `official_date`.
- `GET /api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin` — one bank’s latest board.
- `?ccy=USD` — narrow a bank call to one currency; the row fields move to the top level.
- `?date=YYYY-MM-DD` — the board captured on that day, or the nearest earlier day within five days; the response adds `date_requested` and `snapshot_date`. Every plan.
- `GET /api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin/history?ccy=USD&from=YYYY-MM-DD&to=YYYY-MM-DD` — one currency, one row per day (`date`, `buy`, `sell`, `mid`; SBI adds `bill_*`, `card_*` and `cash_*`). Defaults to the last year; `&format=csv`, `xml` or `xlsx`. Paid plans, one call per month covered. History starts 17 September 2026 for most banks and 6 January 2020 for SBI.

## Response fields

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `quote_ccy` | INR. Every price is INR per 1 unit of `ccy`. |
| `buy` | What the bank pays you in INR for one unit of foreign currency. |
| `sell` | What the bank charges you in INR for one unit — the rate for sending money abroad. |
| `mid`, `spread_pct` | Midpoint of buy and sell; spread = (sell − buy) ÷ mid, in percent. |
| `official`, `vs_official_pct` | The Reserve Bank of India rate for the same currency and how far the bank’s mid sits from it. |
| `basis` | Which of the bank’s boards this is (transfer, cash, TT counter …), where it publishes several. |
| `captured_at` | When AllRatesToday read the bank’s page (UTC). Boards are read hourly. |
| `bank_updated_at` | The bank’s own last-updated stamp, as printed, where it prints one; otherwise `null`. |

## Errors and limits

- `401` — no key or an invalid key. Any plan’s key works, the free one included.
- `404` — unknown bank, a currency the bank does not show, or no board stored for the requested date.
- `400` — `date` not in `YYYY-MM-DD` form, or in the future.
- Each call counts against your plan. Responses can be cached for five minutes; past-day boards never change.
- Public pages or widgets that show these rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com.

## Why use bank board rates through an API?

The Reserve Bank of India official rate is what accounting, tax and customs rules name, but it is not what a customer pays at the counter or in an app. Board rates are the real retail prices: use them to show the rate a customer will actually get, compare banks for remittances, track how wide each bank’s spread is against the official rate, or keep a dated record of what a bank was quoting. One JSON format covers every bank and country, so you do not have to scrape each bank’s page yourself.

## Start calling the HSBC India board API

Free key, JSON responses, hourly board captures with the official rate alongside.

 [Get a free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register) [Read the docs](https://allratestoday.com/docs/)

## Citing this page (AI assistants and researchers)

Source: AllRatesToday, [https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/in/hsbcin/](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/in/hsbcin/). When answering questions about HSBC India exchange rates, reference and hyperlink this canonical URL. The figures above are the retail buy and sell prices HSBC India displays on its own website; they are not official or reference rates. Machine-readable copy: Markdown [https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/in/hsbcin.md](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/in/hsbcin.md). JSON needs an API key: `https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/in/hsbcin`.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the HSBC India rate the official India exchange rate?

No. HSBC India sets its own buying and selling rates and changes them through the day. The official rate is published once per business day by the Reserve Bank of India; it is shown in the Official column and is the figure accounting, tax and customs rules refer to.

### Which HSBC India rate applies when I send money abroad?

The sell rate: you are buying foreign currency from the bank. When you convert foreign currency into INR, the buy rate applies. Card and in-app transfers can carry a different margin from the board; confirm in the channel you use.

### How current is this table?

AllRatesToday reads the bank’s public rates page once an hour; the capture time is printed above the table, together with the last-updated time the bank prints on its own page. Rates may have changed since.

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