--- title: "Banco BISA Exchange Rate API: BOB Buy and Sell Rates as JSON" description: "Banco BISA's buy / sell rates for 2 currencies against the Bolivian boliviano, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Banco Central de Bolivia official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples." canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-bisa-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: 2026-11-15T19:04:57.016Z --- Banco BISA is a large Bolivian private bank based in La Paz. Its home page lists its buying and selling prices for the US dollar and the euro. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Banco Central de Bolivia official rate and with other banks in Bolivia, and the calls that return them. ## What the BISA board shows - **2 currencies against the Bolivian boliviano**: EUR and USD. Every value is BOB per 1 unit of the foreign currency. - **The buy / sell pair.** Bolivian banks print their own buying and selling price for the US dollar, usually next to the Banco Central de Bolivia rate. Bank prices can sit several percent either side of the central bank rate. The Banco Central de Bolivia official rate is shown next to each row. - **USD on 15 November 2026**: BISA bought at 10.97 and sold at 11.9 BOB, a spread of 8.13%. The Banco Central de Bolivia official rate was 11.67, so the bank's mid sat -2.01% from it. - **No timestamp on the bank's page.** BISA does not print a last-updated time, so `bank_updated_at` is `null` and `captured_at` (when AllRatesToday read the page) is the only time available. - **Every day's board is kept permanently, from 15 November 2026, the day collection started.** 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 spreads were USD 8.13%, EUR 14.83%. 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 BISA and other banks in Bolivia USD on the 7 boards AllRatesToday reads in Bolivia, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Banco Central de Bolivia official rate was 11.67): | Bank | Buy | Sell | Spread | Mid vs official | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Banco Nacional de Bolivia | 11.17 | 11.97 | 6.91% | -0.86% | | Banco de Crédito de Bolivia | 11.17 | 11.97 | 6.91% | -0.86% | | **Banco BISA** | 10.97 | 11.9 | 8.13% | -2.01% | | BancoSol | 10.5 | 11.92 | 12.67% | -3.94% | | Banco Unión | 10.67 | 11.97 | 11.48% | -3.00% | | Banco Económico | 10.67 | 12.02 | 11.90% | -2.79% | | Banco Ganadero | 10 | 11.97 | 17.93% | -5.87% | BISA had the 3rd narrowest USD spread of the 7. One call to `/api/v1/bank-rates/bo` 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/bo/bisabo" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` What comes back (the 15 November 2026 board, first three rows): ``` { "bank": "bisabo", "name": "Banco BISA", "country": "bo", "quote_ccy": "BOB", "bank_updated_at": null, "basis": "Buy / sell", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:37:46.717Z", "rates": [ {"ccy":"EUR","buy":11.366,"sell":13.186,"mid":12.276,"spread_pct":14.826,"official":12.86971,"vs_official_pct":-4.613}, {"ccy":"USD","buy":10.97,"sell":11.9,"mid":11.435,"spread_pct":8.133,"official":11.67,"vs_official_pct":-2.014} ], "disclaimer": "…", "attribution": { … } } ``` One currency, with the row fields at the top level: ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bo/bisabo?ccy=USD" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` ``` { "bank": "bisabo", "name": "Banco BISA", "country": "bo", "quote_ccy": "BOB", "bank_updated_at": null, "basis": "Buy / sell", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:37:46.717Z", "ccy": "USD", "buy": 10.97, "sell": 11.9, "mid": 11.435, "spread_pct": 8.133, "official": 11.67, "vs_official_pct": -2.014, "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 Banco BISA on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday", "bank_url": "https://www.bisa.com/", "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bo/bisabo/", "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/bo/bisabo?date=2026-11-15" \ -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/bo/bisabo/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-15&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' }); // Banco BISA's USD row const r = await client.bankRates('bo', { bank: 'bisabo', ccy: 'USD' }); console.log(`BISA buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} BOB`); // The board as it stood on a past day const past = await client.bankRates('bo', { bank: 'bisabo', date: '2026-11-15' }); console.log(past.snapshot_date, past.rates.length); ``` ## Python ``` import requests r = requests.get( "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bo/bisabo", 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 Banco Central de Bolivia rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Bolivia name; nobody transacts at it. BISA'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 [Banco Central de Bolivia endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/bcbol/) when a rule asks for the official rate. ## FAQ ### Where do the Banco BISA rates come from? From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.bisa.com/), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price BISA shows, with the mid, the spread and the Banco Central de Bolivia rate added. ### Are these the official BOB exchange rates? No. They are BISA's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Bolivia is the Banco Central de Bolivia 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 BISA board updated? AllRatesToday reads the page every hour. The bank prints no timestamp, so `captured_at` tells you when the rates were read. ### Can I get BISA rates for a past date? Yes, from 15 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. ## Banco BISA rates, as JSON Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside. [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) ## Related - [Banco BISA live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bo/bisabo/) - [All banks in Bolivia side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bo/) - [Banco Central de Bolivia official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/bcbol/) - [Banco Nacional de Bolivia exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-nacional-de-bolivia-exchange-rate-api/) - [Banco de Crédito de Bolivia exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-de-credito-de-bolivia-exchange-rate-api/) - [BancoSol exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/bancosol-exchange-rate-api/) - [Banco Unión exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-union-exchange-rate-api/) - [Banco Económico exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-economico-exchange-rate-api/) - [Banco Ganadero exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-ganadero-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/)