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Banque Misr Exchange Rate API: EGP Buy and Sell Rates as JSON

By Madhushan November 13, 2026 6 min read

Reviewed by Madhushan, Fintech Developer — November 2026

Banque Misr, founded in 1920, is a state-owned bank and one of the two largest banks in Egypt. Its exchange-rates page lists buying and selling rates for about 20 currencies, separately for bank notes and transfers, with a time stamp. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Central Bank of Egypt official rate, and the calls that return them.

What the Banque Misr board shows

19 currencies against the Egyptian pound: AED, AUD, BHD, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, INR, JOD, JPY, KWD, NOK, OMR, QAR, SAR, SEK and USD. Every value is EGP per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
The transfer buy / sell pair. The Egyptian pound has floated since March 2024, so each bank sets its own buying and selling rates from the interbank market. Banks quote bank notes and transfers separately and often show no cash rate for currencies they do not hold as notes; the pair here is the transfer one. The Central Bank of Egypt sets the official rate.
USD on 13 November 2026: Banque Misr bought at 53.39 and sold at 53.49 EGP, a spread of 0.19%. The Central Bank of Egypt official rate was 53.5047, so the bank's mid sat -0.12% from it.
The bank's own timestamp. The page prints a last-updated stamp (13-11-2026 14:15:51 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, 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 13 November 2026 board the tightest spreads were USD (0.19%), AED (0.30%), CNY (0.32%) and the widest QAR (5.91%), KWD (2.55%), BHD (1.65%). 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.

Get the board (REST)

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

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

What comes back (the 13 November 2026 board, first three rows):

{
  "bank": "banquemisr",
  "name": "Banque Misr",
  "country": "eg",
  "quote_ccy": "EGP",
  "bank_updated_at": "13-11-2026 14:15:51",
  "basis": "Transfer buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-13T13:37:14.925Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AED","buy":14.52208,"sell":14.5662,"mid":14.54414,"spread_pct":0.303,"official":14.5682,"vs_official_pct":-0.165},
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":36.225115,"sell":36.453435,"mid":36.339275,"spread_pct":0.628,"official":36.5437,"vs_official_pct":-0.559},
    {"ccy":"BHD","buy":139.55981,"sell":141.87953,"mid":140.71967,"spread_pct":1.648,"official":141.9223,"vs_official_pct":-0.847},
    … 16 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}

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

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

{
  "bank": "banquemisr",
  "name": "Banque Misr",
  "country": "eg",
  "quote_ccy": "EGP",
  "bank_updated_at": "13-11-2026 14:15:51",
  "basis": "Transfer buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-13T13:37:14.925Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 53.39,
  "sell": 53.49,
  "mid": 53.44,
  "spread_pct": 0.187,
  "official": 53.5047,
  "vs_official_pct": -0.121,
  "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 Banque Misr on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.banquemisr.com/en/Home/CAPITAL-MARKETS/Exchange-Rates-and-Currencies",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/eg/banquemisr/",
    "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/eg/banquemisr?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/eg/banquemisr/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-13&to=2026-11-13" \
  -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' });

// Banque Misr's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('eg', { bank: 'banquemisr', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`Banque Misr buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} EGP`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('eg', { bank: 'banquemisr', 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/eg/banquemisr",
    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 Egypt rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Egypt name; nobody transacts at it. Banque Misr'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 Egypt endpoint when a rule asks for the official rate.

FAQ

Where do the Banque Misr rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.banquemisr.com/en/Home/CAPITAL-MARKETS/Exchange-Rates-and-Currencies), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price Banque Misr shows, with the mid, the spread and the Central Bank of Egypt rate added.

Are these the official EGP exchange rates?

No. They are Banque Misr's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Egypt is the Central Bank of Egypt 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 Banque Misr 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 Banque Misr 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.

Banque Misr rates, as JSON

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