--- title: "MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank) Exchange Rate API: MUR Buy and Sell Rates as JSON" description: "MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank)'s TT buy / sell rates for 23 currencies against the Mauritian rupee, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Bank of Mauritius official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples." canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/mcb-mauritius-commercial-bank-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: 2026-11-15T19:21:56.950Z --- The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) is the largest bank in Mauritius, founded in 1838. It publishes a daily rate sheet with TT, traveller’s cheque and draft, and bank-note buying and selling rates against the rupee for more than 20 currencies. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Bank of Mauritius official rate and with other banks in Mauritius, and the calls that return them. ## What the MCB board shows - **23 currencies against the Mauritian rupee**: AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, EUR, GBP, HKD, INR, JPY, KES, LKR, MGA, NOK, NZD, PKR, SAR, SCR, SEK, SGD, TZS, USD and ZAR. Every value is MUR per 1 unit of the foreign currency. - **The TT buy / sell pair.** Mauritian banks publish separate rates for telegraphic transfers, traveller’s cheques and drafts, and bank notes. The pair shown is the TT rate. Currencies quoted per 100 units (JPY, KES and others) are converted to per 1 unit. The Bank of Mauritius official rate is shown next to each row. - **USD on 15 November 2026**: MCB bought at 46.92 and sold at 48.32 MUR, a spread of 2.94%. The Bank of Mauritius official rate was 48.3253, so the bank's mid sat -1.46% from it. - **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`13-Nov-2026 09:04` 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 JPY (2.89%), CHF (2.89%), GBP (2.92%) and the widest SCR (8.95%), CNY (8.09%), ZAR (6.39%). 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 MCB and other banks in Mauritius USD on the 5 boards AllRatesToday reads in Mauritius, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Bank of Mauritius official rate was 48.3253): | Bank | Buy | Sell | Spread | Mid vs official | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank)** | 46.92 | 48.32 | 2.94% | -1.46% | | AfrAsia Bank | 46.92 | 48.32 | 2.94% | -1.46% | | Bank One | 46.917 | 48.323 | 2.95% | -1.46% | | MauBank | 46.91 | 48.33 | 2.98% | -1.46% | | ABC Banking Corporation | 46.84 | 48.24 | 2.94% | -1.63% | MCB had the narrowest USD spread of the 5. One call to `/api/v1/bank-rates/mu` 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/mu/mcbmu" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` What comes back (the 15 November 2026 board, first three rows): ``` { "bank": "mcbmu", "name": "MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank)", "country": "mu", "quote_ccy": "MUR", "bank_updated_at": "13-Nov-2026 09:04", "basis": "TT buy / sell", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:45:58.244Z", "rates": [ {"ccy":"AED","buy":13.22,"sell":13.84,"mid":13.53,"spread_pct":4.582,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null}, {"ccy":"AUD","buy":32.97,"sell":34.59,"mid":33.78,"spread_pct":4.796,"official":34.1873,"vs_official_pct":-1.191}, {"ccy":"CAD","buy":34.25,"sell":35.93,"mid":35.09,"spread_pct":4.788,"official":35.0076,"vs_official_pct":0.235}, … 20 more currencies ], "disclaimer": "…", "attribution": { … } } ``` One currency, with the row fields at the top level: ``` curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/mu/mcbmu?ccy=USD" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key" ``` ``` { "bank": "mcbmu", "name": "MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank)", "country": "mu", "quote_ccy": "MUR", "bank_updated_at": "13-Nov-2026 09:04", "basis": "TT buy / sell", "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:45:58.244Z", "ccy": "USD", "buy": 46.92, "sell": 48.32, "mid": 47.62, "spread_pct": 2.94, "official": 48.3253, "vs_official_pct": -1.459, "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 MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank) on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday", "bank_url": "https://mcb.mu/tools-calculators/download-daily-rates", "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mu/mcbmu/", "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/mu/mcbmu?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/mu/mcbmu/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' }); // MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank)'s USD row const r = await client.bankRates('mu', { bank: 'mcbmu', ccy: 'USD' }); console.log(`MCB buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} MUR`); // The board as it stood on a past day const past = await client.bankRates('mu', { bank: 'mcbmu', 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/mu/mcbmu", 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 Mauritius rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Mauritius name; nobody transacts at it. MCB'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 Mauritius endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/bmu/) when a rule asks for the official rate. ## FAQ ### Where do the MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank) rates come from? From the bank's own public rates page (https://mcb.mu/tools-calculators/download-daily-rates), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price MCB shows, with the mid, the spread and the Bank of Mauritius rate added. ### Are these the official MUR exchange rates? No. They are MCB's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Mauritius is the Bank of Mauritius 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 MCB 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 MCB 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. ## MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank) rates, as JSON Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside. [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) ## Related - [MCB (Mauritius Commercial Bank) live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mu/mcbmu/) - [All banks in Mauritius side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mu/) - [Bank of Mauritius official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/bmu/) - [AfrAsia Bank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/afrasia-bank-exchange-rate-api/) - [Bank One exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/bank-one-exchange-rate-api/) - [MauBank exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/maubank-exchange-rate-api/) - [ABC Banking Corporation exchange rate API guide](https://allratestoday.com/blog/abc-banking-corporation-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/)