FOREX Bank Exchange Rate API: SEK Buy and Sell Rates as JSON

FOREX Bank is a Swedish bank in Stockholm best known for its currency exchange branches. Its current-rates page lists SEK buy and sell rates for banknotes in about 80 currencies. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Sveriges Riksbank official rate and with other banks in Sweden, and the calls that return them.

What the FOREX Bank board shows

• 80 currencies against the Swedish krona: AED, ALL, ARS, AUD, BAM, BBD, BDT, BHD, BMD, BND, BOB, BRL, BSD, BYN, BZD, CAD, CHF, CLP, CNY, COP, CRC, CVE, CZK, DKK, DOP, EGP, EUR, FJD, GBP, GMD, GTQ, HKD, HUF, IDR, ILS, INR, ISK, JMD, JOD, JPY, KES, KMF, KRW, KWD, KYD, LKR, MAD, MKD, MOP, MUR, MWK, MXN, MYR, NAD, NIO, NOK, NZD, OMR, PEN, PGK, PHP, PKR, PLN, QAR, RON, RSD, RUB, SAR, SGD, SRD, THB, TND, TRY, TTD, TWD, UAH, USD, VND, XCD and ZAR. Every value is SEK per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
• The cash notes (travel money) buy / sell pair. Swedish banks quote kronor per 1 unit of foreign currency and publish a separate list for payments and transfers, which is the pair shown here. Sveriges Riksbank publishes one reference rate per business day. The Sveriges Riksbank official rate is shown next to each row.
• USD on 15 November 2026: FOREX Bank bought at 9.2757 and sold at 10.9818 SEK, a spread of 16.84%. The Sveriges Riksbank official rate was 10.0502, so the bank's mid sat +0.78% from it.
• The bank's own timestamp. The page prints a last-updated stamp (2026-11-15T10:02:00+00:00 on the board above), returned as bank_updated_at next to our captured_at.
• 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 tightest spreads were GTQ (0.45%), KMF (0.71%), BYN (0.73%) and the widest CRC (34.94%), MAD (34.76%), BZD (34.52%). 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 FOREX Bank and other banks in Sweden

USD on the 6 boards AllRatesToday reads in Sweden, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Sveriges Riksbank official rate was 10.0502):

FOREX Bank had the 6th narrowest USD spread of the 6. One call to /api/v1/bank-rates/se 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/se/forexse" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

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

{
  "bank": "forexse",
  "name": "FOREX Bank",
  "country": "se",
  "quote_ccy": "SEK",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15T10:02:00+00:00",
  "basis": "Cash notes (travel money) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:23:27.717Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AED","buy":2.503143,"sell":3.012839,"mid":2.757991,"spread_pct":18.481,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"ALL","buy":0.103147,"sell":0.139805,"mid":0.121476,"spread_pct":30.177,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"ARS","buy":0.005821,"sell":0.007124,"mid":0.0064725,"spread_pct":20.131,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    … 77 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}

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

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

{
  "bank": "forexse",
  "name": "FOREX Bank",
  "country": "se",
  "quote_ccy": "SEK",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15T10:02:00+00:00",
  "basis": "Cash notes (travel money) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:23:27.717Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 9.275728,
  "sell": 10.981806,
  "mid": 10.128767,
  "spread_pct": 16.844,
  "official": 10.05022,
  "vs_official_pct": 0.782,
  "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 FOREX Bank on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.forex.se/valuta/aktuella-kurser/",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/se/forexse/",
    "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/se/forexse?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/se/forexse/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' });

// FOREX Bank's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('se', { bank: 'forexse', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`FOREX Bank buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} SEK`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('se', { bank: 'forexse', 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/se/forexse",
    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 Sveriges Riksbank rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Sweden name; nobody transacts at it. FOREX Bank'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 Sveriges Riksbank endpoint when a rule asks for the official rate.

FAQ

Where do the FOREX Bank rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.forex.se/valuta/aktuella-kurser/), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price FOREX Bank shows, with the mid, the spread and the Sveriges Riksbank rate added.

Are these the official SEK exchange rates?

No. They are FOREX Bank's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Sweden is the Sveriges Riksbank 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 FOREX Bank 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 FOREX Bank 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.