---
title: "First National Bank Namibia Exchange Rate API: NAD Buy and Sell Rates as JSON"
description: "First National Bank Namibia's telegraphic transfer (remittance) rates for 19 currencies against the Namibian dollar, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Bank of Namibia official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples."
canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/first-national-bank-namibia-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: 2026-11-15T19:21:53.680Z
---

First National Bank Namibia is a FirstRand subsidiary and Namibia’s largest bank. Its forex page lists selling, telegraphic-transfer buying and note buying rates for about twenty-five currencies. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Bank of Namibia official rate, and the calls that return them.

## What the FNB Namibia board shows

- **19 currencies against the Namibian dollar**: AUD, BWP, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, KES, MUR, MWK, NOK, NZD, SEK, SGD, USD and ZMW. Every value is NAD per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
- **The telegraphic transfer (remittance) pair.** The Namibia dollar is at par with the South African rand, so Namibian boards track rand rates; the rand itself is exchanged one for one and is left out here. Banks print major currencies as Namibia dollars per unit and others per Namibia dollar. The Bank of Namibia official rate is shown next to each row.
- **USD on 15 November 2026**: FNB Namibia bought at 16.4702 and sold at 17.4096 NAD, a spread of 5.54%. The Bank of Namibia official rate was 16.7712, so the bank's mid sat +1.01% from it.
- **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`2026-11-13 15:35:34` 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 (5.54%), EUR (5.56%), GBP (5.57%) and the widest BWP (25.27%), MWK (8.53%), CNY (7.60%). 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](https://allratestoday.com/register/) works. The full board:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/na/fnbna" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

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

```
{
  "bank": "fnbna",
  "name": "First National Bank Namibia",
  "country": "na",
  "quote_ccy": "NAD",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-13 15:35:34",
  "basis": "Telegraphic transfer (remittance)",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:22:35.426Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":11.15399201,"sell":11.914123,"mid":11.534058,"spread_pct":6.59,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"BWP","buy":1.101260944,"sell":1.419809178,"mid":1.2605351,"spread_pct":25.271,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":11.51238157,"sell":12.29770279,"mid":11.905042,"spread_pct":6.597,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    … 16 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}
```

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

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

```
{
  "bank": "fnbna",
  "name": "First National Bank Namibia",
  "country": "na",
  "quote_ccy": "NAD",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-13 15:35:34",
  "basis": "Telegraphic transfer (remittance)",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:22:35.426Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 16.470188,
  "sell": 17.409575,
  "mid": 16.939881,
  "spread_pct": 5.545,
  "official": 16.7712,
  "vs_official_pct": 1.006,
  "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 First National Bank Namibia on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.fnbnamibia.com.na/Controller?nav=rates.forex.list.ForexRatesList",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/na/fnbna/",
    "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/na/fnbna?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/na/fnbna/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' });

// First National Bank Namibia's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('na', { bank: 'fnbna', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`FNB Namibia buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} NAD`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('na', { bank: 'fnbna', 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/na/fnbna",
    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 Bank of Namibia rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Namibia name; nobody transacts at it. FNB Namibia'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 [Bank of Namibia endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/bon/) when a rule asks for the official rate.

## FAQ

### Where do the First National Bank Namibia rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.fnbnamibia.com.na/Controller?nav=rates.forex.list.ForexRatesList), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price FNB Namibia shows, with the mid, the spread and the Bank of Namibia rate added.

### Are these the official NAD exchange rates?

No. They are FNB Namibia's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Namibia is the Bank of Namibia 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 FNB Namibia 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 FNB Namibia 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.

## First National Bank Namibia rates, as JSON

Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside.

 [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/)

## Related

- [First National Bank Namibia live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/na/fnbna/)
- [All banks in Namibia side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/na/)
- [Bank of Namibia official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/bon/)
- [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/)