---
title: "RBC Royal Bank Bahamas Exchange Rate API: BSD Buy and Sell Rates as JSON"
description: "RBC Royal Bank Bahamas's cash (bank notes) buy / sell rates for 4 currencies against the Bahamian dollar, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples."
canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/rbc-royal-bank-bahamas-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: 2026-11-15T19:06:35.008Z
---

RBC Royal Bank in The Bahamas is the local arm of the Royal Bank of Canada. RBC’s Caribbean FX page lists cash buy and sell rates in Bahamian dollars for the US and Canadian dollars, pound and euro. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) official rate, and the calls that return them.

## What the RBC Royal Bank Bahamas board shows

- **4 currencies against the Bahamian dollar**: CAD, EUR, GBP and USD. Every value is BSD per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
- **The cash (bank notes) buy / sell pair.** The Bahamian dollar is pegged one-to-one to the US dollar, so banks quote USD at or a fraction of a cent around 1.00; the spread that matters is on the Canadian dollar, pound and euro. The reference check is inactive: no central-bank table in the product quotes BSD. The Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) official rate is shown next to each row.
- **USD on 15 November 2026**: RBC Royal Bank Bahamas bought at 1 and sold at 1.005 BSD, a spread of 0.50%.
- **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`2026-11-15T11:00Z` 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 USD (0.50%), GBP (3.35%), EUR (3.72%) and the widest CAD (4.98%), EUR (3.72%), GBP (3.35%). 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/bs/rbcbs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

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

```
{
  "bank": "rbcbs",
  "name": "RBC Royal Bank Bahamas",
  "country": "bs",
  "quote_ccy": "BSD",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15T11:00Z",
  "basis": "Cash (bank notes) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:37:54.564Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":0.6855,"sell":0.7205,"mid":0.703,"spread_pct":4.979,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"EUR","buy":1.0838,"sell":1.1249,"mid":1.10435,"spread_pct":3.722,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"GBP","buy":1.2985,"sell":1.3428,"mid":1.32065,"spread_pct":3.354,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    … 1 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}
```

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

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

```
{
  "bank": "rbcbs",
  "name": "RBC Royal Bank Bahamas",
  "country": "bs",
  "quote_ccy": "BSD",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15T11:00Z",
  "basis": "Cash (bank notes) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:37:54.564Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 1,
  "sell": 1.005,
  "mid": 1.0025,
  "spread_pct": 0.499,
  "official": null,
  "vs_official_pct": null,
  "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 RBC Royal Bank Bahamas on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/caribbean/fx-rates.html?Region=BHS",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bs/rbcbs/",
    "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/bs/rbcbs?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/bs/rbcbs/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' });

// RBC Royal Bank Bahamas's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('bs', { bank: 'rbcbs', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`RBC Royal Bank Bahamas buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} BSD`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('bs', { bank: 'rbcbs', 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/bs/rbcbs",
    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 Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in the Bahamas name; nobody transacts at it. RBC Royal Bank Bahamas's board is the price a customer actually gets. Where the central bank has a rate for the same currency, the API returns it as `official` with `vs_official_pct` alongside; for the Bahamas that is the US dollar only. Use the [Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/fed/) when a rule asks for the official rate.

## FAQ

### Where do the RBC Royal Bank Bahamas rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/caribbean/fx-rates.html?Region=BHS), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price RBC Royal Bank Bahamas shows, with the mid, the spread and the Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) rate added.

### Are these the official BSD exchange rates?

No. They are RBC Royal Bank Bahamas's retail prices for customers. The official rate in the Bahamas is the Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) 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 RBC Royal Bank Bahamas 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 RBC Royal Bank Bahamas 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.

## RBC Royal Bank Bahamas rates, as JSON

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

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

## Related

- [RBC Royal Bank Bahamas live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bs/rbcbs/)
- [All banks in the Bahamas side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bs/)
- [Federal Reserve (no Central Bank of The Bahamas source in the product) official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/fed/)
- [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/)