RBC Royal Bank Barbados Exchange Rate API: BBD Buy and Sell Rates as JSON

RBC Royal Bank is the Caribbean arm of the Royal Bank of Canada, with branches across Barbados. Its FX page gives cash buying and selling rates in Barbados dollars for USD, CAD, EUR, GBP and XCD. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Central Bank of Barbados official rate and with other banks in Barbados, and the calls that return them.

What the RBC Barbados board shows

• 5 currencies against the Barbadian dollar: CAD, EUR, GBP, USD and XCD. Every value is BBD per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
• The cash (bank notes) buy / sell pair. The Barbados dollar is pegged at 2.00 per US dollar, so bank USD rates sit about half a percent either side of 2.00; banks also quote EUR, GBP, CAD and Caribbean currencies, with separate transfer and cash-note columns. The Central Bank of Barbados official rate is shown next to each row.
• USD on 15 November 2026: RBC Barbados bought at 1.98 and sold at 2.0286 BBD, a spread of 2.42%. The Central Bank of Barbados official rate was 2.0277, so the bank's mid sat -1.15% from it.
• 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 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 XCD (1.01%), USD (2.42%), CAD (2.92%) and the widest GBP (4.13%), EUR (4.13%), CAD (2.92%). 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 RBC Barbados and other banks in Barbados

USD on the 2 boards AllRatesToday reads in Barbados, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Central Bank of Barbados official rate was 2.0277):

RBC Barbados had the 2nd narrowest USD spread of the 2. One call to /api/v1/bank-rates/bb 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/bb/rbcbb" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

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

{
  "bank": "rbcbb",
  "name": "RBC Royal Bank Barbados",
  "country": "bb",
  "quote_ccy": "BBD",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15T11:00Z",
  "basis": "Cash (bank notes) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:22:32.841Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":1.3843,"sell":1.4253,"mid":1.4048,"spread_pct":2.919,"official":1.42401,"vs_official_pct":-1.349},
    {"ccy":"EUR","buy":2.1651,"sell":2.2563,"mid":2.2107,"spread_pct":4.125,"official":2.24228,"vs_official_pct":-1.408},
    {"ccy":"GBP","buy":2.5919,"sell":2.7011,"mid":2.6465,"spread_pct":4.126,"official":2.68431,"vs_official_pct":-1.409},
    … 2 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}

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

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

{
  "bank": "rbcbb",
  "name": "RBC Royal Bank Barbados",
  "country": "bb",
  "quote_ccy": "BBD",
  "bank_updated_at": "2026-11-15T11:00Z",
  "basis": "Cash (bank notes) buy / sell",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:22:32.841Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 1.98,
  "sell": 2.0286,
  "mid": 2.0043,
  "spread_pct": 2.425,
  "official": 2.02768,
  "vs_official_pct": -1.153,
  "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 Barbados on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/caribbean/fx-rates.html?Region=BRB",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bb/rbcbb/",
    "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/bb/rbcbb?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/bb/rbcbb/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' });

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

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('bb', { bank: 'rbcbb', 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/bb/rbcbb",
    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 Central Bank of Barbados rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Barbados name; nobody transacts at it. RBC Barbados'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 Central Bank of Barbados endpoint when a rule asks for the official rate.

FAQ

Where do the RBC Royal Bank Barbados rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/caribbean/fx-rates.html?Region=BRB), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price RBC Barbados shows, with the mid, the spread and the Central Bank of Barbados rate added.

Are these the official BBD exchange rates?

No. They are RBC Barbados's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Barbados is the Central Bank of Barbados 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 Barbados 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 Barbados 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.