---
title: "Luso International Banking Exchange Rate API: MOP Buy and Sell Rates as JSON"
description: "Luso International Banking's remittance / bill rate rates for 11 currencies against the Macanese pataca, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Monetary Authority of Macao official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples."
canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/luso-international-banking-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: 2026-11-15T19:12:35.318Z
---

Luso International Banking is a Macau bank owned by Xiamen International Bank. Its market-quotes tool lists bill and cash rates for eleven currencies in patacas and Hong Kong dollars. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Monetary Authority of Macao official rate and with other banks in Macau, and the calls that return them.

## What the Luso board shows

- **11 currencies against the Macanese pataca**: AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NZD, SGD and USD. Every value is MOP per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
- **The remittance / bill rate pair.** The pataca is pegged to the Hong Kong dollar (about MOP 1.03 per HKD), so Macau banks quote against both the pataca and the Hong Kong dollar. The rates here are pataca per unit for remittances. The Monetary Authority of Macao official rate is shown next to each row.
- **USD on 15 November 2026**: Luso bought at 8.0817 and sold at 8.092 MOP, a spread of 0.13%. The Monetary Authority of Macao official rate was 8.0798, so the bank's mid sat +0.09% from it.
- **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`2026-11-15 19:46:00` 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 (0.13%), CHF (0.13%), GBP (0.14%) and the widest CNY (1.36%), NZD (0.28%), JPY (0.24%). 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 Luso and other banks in Macau

USD on the 3 boards AllRatesToday reads in Macau, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Monetary Authority of Macao official rate was 8.0798):

| Bank | Buy | Sell | Spread | Mid vs official |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Luso International Banking** | 8.0817 | 8.092 | 0.13% | +0.09% |
| Tai Fung Bank | 8.076 | 8.0982 | 0.27% | +0.09% |
| Banco Comercial de Macau | 8.0739 | 8.1024 | 0.35% | +0.10% |

Luso had the narrowest USD spread of the 3. One call to `/api/v1/bank-rates/mo` 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/mo/luso" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

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

```
{
  "bank": "luso",
  "name": "Luso International Banking",
  "country": "mo",
  "quote_ccy": "MOP",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15 19:46:00",
  "basis": "Remittance / bill rate",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:46:03.335Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":5.470747,"sell":5.483116,"mid":5.4769315,"spread_pct":0.226,"official":5.4955,"vs_official_pct":-0.338},
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":5.661678,"sell":5.671985,"mid":5.6668315,"spread_pct":0.182,"official":5.6657,"vs_official_pct":0.02},
    {"ccy":"CHF","buy":9.63307,"sell":9.645439,"mid":9.6392545,"spread_pct":0.128,"official":9.6654,"vs_official_pct":-0.271},
    … 8 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}
```

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

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

```
{
  "bank": "luso",
  "name": "Luso International Banking",
  "country": "mo",
  "quote_ccy": "MOP",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15 19:46:00",
  "basis": "Remittance / bill rate",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:46:03.335Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 8.081698,
  "sell": 8.092006,
  "mid": 8.086852,
  "spread_pct": 0.127,
  "official": 8.0798,
  "vs_official_pct": 0.087,
  "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 Luso International Banking on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.lusobank.com.mo/bank-tool/index.html#/calculator/ex-rate",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mo/luso/",
    "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/mo/luso?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/mo/luso/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' });

// Luso International Banking's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('mo', { bank: 'luso', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`Luso buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} MOP`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('mo', { bank: 'luso', 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/mo/luso",
    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 Monetary Authority of Macao rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Macau name; nobody transacts at it. Luso'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 [Monetary Authority of Macao endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/amcm/) when a rule asks for the official rate.

## FAQ

### Where do the Luso International Banking rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.lusobank.com.mo/bank-tool/index.html#/calculator/ex-rate), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price Luso shows, with the mid, the spread and the Monetary Authority of Macao rate added.

### Are these the official MOP exchange rates?

No. They are Luso's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Macau is the Monetary Authority of Macao 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 Luso 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 Luso 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.

## Luso International Banking rates, as JSON

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

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

## Related

- [Luso International Banking live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mo/luso/)
- [All banks in Macau side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mo/)
- [Monetary Authority of Macao official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/amcm/)
- [Tai Fung Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/tai-fung-bank-exchange-rate-api/)
- [Banco Comercial de Macau exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/banco-comercial-de-macau-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/)