--- title: "Basisbank Exchange Rate API: GEL Buy and Sell Rates as JSON" description: "Basisbank's branch board rates for 5 currencies against the Georgian lari, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the National Bank of Georgia official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples." canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/basisbank-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: 2026-11-15T19:21:46.701Z --- Basisbank is a Georgian commercial bank headquartered in Tbilisi. Its currencies page lists buying and selling rates against the lari for the US dollar, euro, pound, rouble and yuan with the NBG rate. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the National Bank of Georgia official rate and with other banks in Georgia, and the calls that return them. ## What the Basisbank board shows - **5 currencies against the Georgian lari**: CNY, EUR, GBP, RUB and USD. Every value is GEL per 1 unit of the foreign currency. - **The branch board pair.** Georgian banks publish a branch board plus separate, usually tighter, rates inside their mobile apps. The pair here is the branch board. Many currencies are quoted per 10, 100 or 1,000 units; they are shown here per 1. The National Bank of Georgia sets one official rate per day. - **USD on 15 November 2026**: Basisbank bought at 2.557 and sold at 2.627 GEL, a spread of 2.70%. The National Bank of Georgia official rate was 2.5934, so the bank's mid sat -0.05% from it. - **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`2026-11-15` 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 (2.70%), EUR (6.32%), GBP (7.23%) and the widest RUB (12.50%), CNY (10.28%), GBP (7.23%). 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 Basisbank and other banks in Georgia USD on the 9 boards AllRatesToday reads in Georgia, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the National Bank of Georgia official rate was 2.5934): | Bank | Buy | Sell | Spread | Mid vs official | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bank of Georgia | 2.562 | 2.626 | 2.47% | +0.02% | | Liberty Bank | 2.583 | 2.603 | 0.77% | -0.01% | | **Basisbank** | 2.557 | 2.627 | 2.70% | -0.05% | | ProCredit Bank Georgia | 2.543 | 2.643 | 3.86% | -0.01% | | Terabank | 2.562 | 2.626 | 2.47% | +0.02% | | Halyk Bank Georgia | 2.585 | 2.61 | 0.96% | +0.16% | | Cartu Bank | 2.57 | 2.62 | 1.93% | +0.06% | | Silk Road Bank | 2.591 | 2.596 | 0.19% | 0.00% | | Isbank Georgia | 2.585 | 2.645 | 2.29% | +0.83% | Basisbank had the 8th narrowest USD spread of the 9. One call to `/api/v1/bank-rates/ge` 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/ge/basisbank" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` What comes back (the 15 November 2026 board, first three rows): ``` { "bank": "basisbank", "name": "Basisbank", "country": "ge", "quote_ccy": "GEL", "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15", "basis": "Branch board", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:52:45.039Z", "rates": [ {"ccy":"CNY","buy":0.369,"sell":0.409,"mid":0.389,"spread_pct":10.283,"official":0.38869,"vs_official_pct":0.08}, {"ccy":"EUR","buy":2.775,"sell":2.956,"mid":2.8655,"spread_pct":6.317,"official":2.8649,"vs_official_pct":0.021}, {"ccy":"GBP","buy":3.308,"sell":3.556,"mid":3.432,"spread_pct":7.226,"official":3.4287,"vs_official_pct":0.096}, … 2 more currencies ], "disclaimer": "…", "attribution": { … } } ``` One currency, with the row fields at the top level: ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/ge/basisbank?ccy=USD" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` ``` { "bank": "basisbank", "name": "Basisbank", "country": "ge", "quote_ccy": "GEL", "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15", "basis": "Branch board", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:52:45.039Z", "ccy": "USD", "buy": 2.557, "sell": 2.627, "mid": 2.592, "spread_pct": 2.701, "official": 2.5934, "vs_official_pct": -0.054, "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 Basisbank on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday", "bank_url": "https://bb.ge/en/currencies", "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/ge/basisbank/", "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/ge/basisbank?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/ge/basisbank/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' }); // Basisbank's USD row const r = await client.bankRates('ge', { bank: 'basisbank', ccy: 'USD' }); console.log(`Basisbank buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} GEL`); // The board as it stood on a past day const past = await client.bankRates('ge', { bank: 'basisbank', 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/ge/basisbank", 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 Georgia rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Georgia name; nobody transacts at it. Basisbank'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 Georgia endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/nbg/) when a rule asks for the official rate. ## FAQ ### Where do the Basisbank rates come from? From the bank's own public rates page (https://bb.ge/en/currencies), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price Basisbank shows, with the mid, the spread and the National Bank of Georgia rate added. ### Are these the official GEL exchange rates? No. They are Basisbank's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Georgia is the National Bank of Georgia 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 Basisbank 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 Basisbank 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. ## Basisbank rates, as JSON Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside. [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) ## Related - [Basisbank live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/ge/basisbank/) - [All banks in Georgia side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/ge/) - [National Bank of Georgia official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/nbg/) - [Bank of Georgia exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/bank-of-georgia-exchange-rate-api/) - [Liberty Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/liberty-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [ProCredit Bank Georgia exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/procredit-bank-georgia-exchange-rate-api/) - [Terabank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/terabank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Halyk Bank Georgia exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/halyk-bank-georgia-exchange-rate-api/) - [Cartu Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/cartu-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Silk Road Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/silk-road-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Isbank Georgia exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/isbank-georgia-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/)