--- title: "Amana Bank PLC Exchange Rate API: LKR Buy and Sell Rates as JSON" description: "Amana Bank PLC's bank buying / bank selling (non-cash) rates for 22 currencies against the Sri Lankan rupee, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples." canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/amana-bank-plc-exchange-rate-api/ source: AllRatesToday (https://allratestoday.com/) — Markdown mirror of the page above; index of all pages at https://allratestoday.com/llms.txt generated: 2026-11-15T19:21:55.402Z --- Amana Bank PLC is a Sri Lankan commercial bank that operates on non-interest (Islamic) banking principles. Its treasury page lists bank buying and selling rates for about 23 currencies and a separate note selling rate for the US dollar. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka official rate and with other banks in Sri Lanka, and the calls that return them. ## What the Amana Bank board shows - **22 currencies against the Sri Lankan rupee**: AED, AUD, BHD, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, INR, JOD, JPY, KWD, MYR, NOK, NZD, OMR, SAR, SEK, SGD and USD. Every value is LKR per 1 unit of the foreign currency. - **The bank buying / bank selling (non-cash) pair.** Sri Lankan banks publish three or four boards for the same currency: currency notes over the counter, demand drafts, telegraphic transfers and import bills. The rates here are the telegraphic-transfer pair, which is what an inbound remittance is actually converted at and the number worth comparing between banks. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s indicative rate sits between the banks’ buying and selling. - **USD on 15 November 2026**: Amana Bank bought at 330.1 and sold at 335.1 LKR, a spread of 1.50%. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka official rate was 332.5, so the bank's mid sat +0.03% from it. - **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`2026-11-13 17:18 (Colombo; page last modified)` on the board above), returned as `bank_updated_at` next to our `captured_at`. - **Every day's board is kept permanently, from 13 November 2026.** Read one past day with `?date=`, or a range for one currency with the `/history` endpoint (paid plans). ## Spreads across the board On the 15 November 2026 board the tightest spreads were USD (1.50%), OMR (1.79%), BHD (1.82%) and the widest JOD (13.69%), AUD (3.61%), CNY (3.41%). Spread is (sell − buy) ÷ mid: what a round trip through the bank costs, before any fees. The API returns it on every row as `spread_pct`, so you can rank currencies or alert when a bank widens its board. ## USD at Amana Bank and other banks in Sri Lanka USD on the 13 boards AllRatesToday reads in Sri Lanka, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Central Bank of Sri Lanka official rate was 332.5): | Bank | Buy | Sell | Spread | Mid vs official | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | National Development Bank | 328 | 337 | 2.71% | 0.00% | | Nations Trust Bank | 327.03 | 338.07 | 3.32% | +0.01% | | Seylan Bank | 329 | 336 | 2.10% | 0.00% | | Commercial Bank of Ceylon | 328.5 | 336.5 | 2.41% | 0.00% | | Sampath Bank | 328.5 | 336.5 | 2.41% | 0.00% | | Hatton National Bank | 328.75 | 336 | 2.18% | -0.04% | | People’s Bank | 328.78 | 336.47 | 2.31% | +0.04% | | **Amana Bank PLC** | 330.1 | 335.1 | 1.50% | +0.03% | | DFCC Bank PLC | 327.75 | 337.25 | 2.86% | 0.00% | | Cargills Bank PLC | 326.9 | 338.24 | 3.41% | +0.02% | | HSBC Sri Lanka | 326.25 | 338.8 | 3.77% | +0.01% | | Deutsche Bank Sri Lanka | 328.65 | 337.15 | 2.55% | +0.12% | | Pan Asia Bank | 328.5 | 336.5 | 2.41% | 0.00% | Amana Bank had the narrowest USD spread of the 13. One call to `/api/v1/bank-rates/lk` returns every board in the table at once. ## Get the board (REST) You need an API key; the [free key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) works. The full board: ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/lk/amana" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` What comes back (the 15 November 2026 board, first three rows): ``` { "bank": "amana", "name": "Amana Bank", "country": "lk", "quote_ccy": "LKR", "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-13 17:18 (Colombo; page last modified)", "basis": "Bank buying / bank selling (non-cash)", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:46:01.467Z", "rates": [ {"ccy":"AED","buy":89.56,"sell":91.57,"mid":90.565,"spread_pct":2.219,"official":90.5259,"vs_official_pct":0.043}, {"ccy":"AUD","buy":221.95,"sell":230.12,"mid":226.035,"spread_pct":3.614,"official":226.467,"vs_official_pct":-0.191}, {"ccy":"BHD","buy":873.84,"sell":889.91,"mid":881.875,"spread_pct":1.822,"official":881.6169,"vs_official_pct":0.029}, … 19 more currencies ], "disclaimer": "…", "attribution": { … } } ``` One currency, with the row fields at the top level: ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/lk/amana?ccy=USD" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` ``` { "bank": "amana", "name": "Amana Bank", "country": "lk", "quote_ccy": "LKR", "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-13 17:18 (Colombo; page last modified)", "basis": "Bank buying / bank selling (non-cash)", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:46:01.467Z", "ccy": "USD", "buy": 330.1, "sell": 335.1, "mid": 332.6, "spread_pct": 1.503, "official": 332.5018, "vs_official_pct": 0.03, "disclaimer": "Retail buy/sell rates as displayed on each bank’s own website at capture time, quoted as home currency per 1 unit of foreign currency. Indicative only: banks change these through the day, apply them at the counter or in-app, and they are not official or reference rates. For the rate a regulation names, use the central-bank endpoints.", "attribution": { "source": "Board rates published by Amana Bank PLC on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday", "bank_url": "https://www.amanabank.lk/business/treasury/exchange-rates.html", "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/lk/amana/", "terms": "Public pages that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com" } } ``` The board as it stood on a past day: ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/lk/amana?date=2026-11-13" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` One currency over a date range, one row per day (paid plans; add `&format=csv`, `xml` or `xlsx` for a file): ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/lk/amana/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-13&to=2026-11-15" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` ## JavaScript ``` npm install @allratestoday/sdk ``` ``` import { AllRatesToday } from '@allratestoday/sdk'; const client = new AllRatesToday({ apiKey: 'art_live_your_key' }); // Amana Bank PLC's USD row const r = await client.bankRates('lk', { bank: 'amana', ccy: 'USD' }); console.log(`Amana Bank buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} LKR`); // The board as it stood on a past day const past = await client.bankRates('lk', { bank: 'amana', date: '2026-11-13' }); console.log(past.snapshot_date, past.rates.length); ``` ## Python ``` import requests r = requests.get( "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/lk/amana", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer art_live_your_key"}, timeout=10, ) r.raise_for_status() for row in r.json()["rates"]: print(row["ccy"], row["buy"], row["sell"], row["spread_pct"]) ``` ## Board rate or official rate? The Central Bank of Sri Lanka rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Sri Lanka name; nobody transacts at it. Amana Bank's board is the price a customer actually gets. The API puts both on every row: `official` is the central bank's rate for the same currency and `vs_official_pct` is how far the bank's mid sits from it. Use the board to show customers a real price, compare banks for a remittance, or keep a dated record of what the bank quoted; use the [Central Bank of Sri Lanka endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/cbsl/) when a rule asks for the official rate. ## FAQ ### Where do the Amana Bank PLC rates come from? From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.amanabank.lk/business/treasury/exchange-rates.html), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price Amana Bank shows, with the mid, the spread and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka rate added. ### Are these the official LKR exchange rates? No. They are Amana Bank's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Sri Lanka is the Central Bank of Sri Lanka rate, which the API returns as `official` on each row where the central bank has one, and in full from the central-bank endpoint. ### How often is the Amana Bank board updated? AllRatesToday reads the page every hour. The bank's own last-updated stamp is returned as `bank_updated_at`, so you can tell a fresh read of an unchanged board from a new board. ### Can I get Amana Bank rates for a past date? Yes, from 13 November 2026 onward; every day's board is kept permanently. Add `?date=YYYY-MM-DD` for one day: the response is the board captured that day, or the nearest earlier day within five days, with `date_requested` and `snapshot_date` added. For a range, `/history?ccy=USD&from=…&to=…` returns one row per day as JSON, CSV, XML or XLSX on paid plans. ### Do I need an API key? Yes. Commercial bank boards need an API key; any plan works, the free key included, and each call counts against the plan. Public pages or widgets that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com. ## Amana Bank PLC rates, as JSON Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside. [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) ## Related - [Amana Bank PLC live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/lk/amana/) - [All banks in Sri Lanka side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/lk/) - [Central Bank of Sri Lanka official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/cbsl/) - [National Development Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/national-development-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Nations Trust Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/nations-trust-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Seylan Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/seylan-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Commercial Bank of Ceylon exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/commercial-bank-of-ceylon-exchange-rate-api/) - [Sampath Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/sampath-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Hatton National Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/hatton-national-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [People’s Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/people-s-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [DFCC Bank PLC exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/dfcc-bank-plc-exchange-rate-api/) - [Cargills Bank PLC exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/cargills-bank-plc-exchange-rate-api/) - [HSBC Sri Lanka exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/hsbc-sri-lanka-exchange-rate-api/) - [Deutsche Bank Sri Lanka exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/deutsche-bank-sri-lanka-exchange-rate-api/) - [Pan Asia Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/pan-asia-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Every bank exchange rate API guide, by country](https://allratestoday.com/blog/bank-exchange-rate-api-guides/) - [Commercial bank rates API: every bank and country](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/)