Bank of Asia Exchange Rate API: KGS Buy and Sell Rates as JSON

Bank of Asia is a Kyrgyz commercial bank based in Bishkek. Its home page lists cash and non-cash buy and sell rates for four currencies beside the NBKR rate. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic official rate and with other banks in Kyrgyzstan, and the calls that return them.

What the Bank of Asia board shows

• 4 currencies against the Kyrgyz som: EUR, KZT, RUB and USD. Every value is KGS per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
• The non-cash (накталай эмес) buy / sell pair. Kyrgyz banks print buying and selling rates against the som for the US dollar, euro, rouble and tenge, often with separate cash and non-cash boards and the NBKR rate beside them. The US dollar spread is usually under 1%, while yuan, lira and dirham are quoted much wider. The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic official rate is shown next to each row.
• USD on 15 November 2026: Bank of Asia bought at 87 and sold at 87.5 KGS, a spread of 0.57%. The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic official rate was 87.4355, so the bank's mid sat -0.21% from it.
• The bank's own timestamp. The page prints a last-updated stamp (14.11.2026 on the board above), returned as bank_updated_at next to our captured_at.
• Every day's board is kept permanently, from 14 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 (0.57%), EUR (1.03%), RUB (6.63%) and the widest KZT (15.38%), RUB (6.63%), EUR (1.03%). 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 Bank of Asia and other banks in Kyrgyzstan

USD on the 14 boards AllRatesToday reads in Kyrgyzstan, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic official rate was 87.4355):

Bank of Asia had the 14th narrowest USD spread of the 14. One call to /api/v1/bank-rates/kg returns every board in the table at once.

Get the board (REST)

You need an API key; the free key works. The full board:

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/kg/bankasiakg" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

What comes back (the 15 November 2026 board, first three rows):

{
  "bank": "bankasiakg",
  "name": "Bank of Asia",
  "country": "kg",
  "quote_ccy": "KGS",
  "bank_updated_at": "14.11.2026",
  "basis": "Non-cash (накталай эмес) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:53:19.801Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"EUR","buy":96.3,"sell":97.3,"mid":96.8,"spread_pct":1.033,"official":96.6905,"vs_official_pct":0.113},
    {"ccy":"KZT","buy":0.18,"sell":0.21,"mid":0.195,"spread_pct":15.385,"official":0.1972,"vs_official_pct":-1.116},
    {"ccy":"RUB","buy":1.02,"sell":1.09,"mid":1.055,"spread_pct":6.635,"official":1.0563,"vs_official_pct":-0.123},
    … 1 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}

One currency, with the row fields at the top level:

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

{
  "bank": "bankasiakg",
  "name": "Bank of Asia",
  "country": "kg",
  "quote_ccy": "KGS",
  "bank_updated_at": "14.11.2026",
  "basis": "Non-cash (накталай эмес) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:53:19.801Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 87,
  "sell": 87.5,
  "mid": 87.25,
  "spread_pct": 0.573,
  "official": 87.4355,
  "vs_official_pct": -0.212,
  "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 Bank of Asia on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.bankasia.kg/",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/kg/bankasiakg/",
    "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/kg/bankasiakg?date=2026-11-14" \
  -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/kg/bankasiakg/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-14&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' });

// Bank of Asia's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('kg', { bank: 'bankasiakg', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`Bank of Asia buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} KGS`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('kg', { bank: 'bankasiakg', date: '2026-11-14' });
console.log(past.snapshot_date, past.rates.length);

Python

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/kg/bankasiakg",
    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 National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Kyrgyzstan name; nobody transacts at it. Bank of Asia'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 National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic endpoint when a rule asks for the official rate.

FAQ

Where do the Bank of Asia rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.bankasia.kg/), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price Bank of Asia shows, with the mid, the spread and the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic rate added.

Are these the official KGS exchange rates?

No. They are Bank of Asia's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Kyrgyzstan is the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic 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 Bank of Asia 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 Bank of Asia rates for a past date?

Yes, from 14 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.