SBI Maldives Exchange Rate API: MVR Buy and Sell Rates as JSON

SBI Maldives is the Malé branch network of the State Bank of India. Its exchange-rate page lists bid and offer rates in rufiyaa for about 20 currencies. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Maldives Monetary Authority official rate and with other banks in the Maldives, and the calls that return them.

What the SBI Maldives board shows

• 19 currencies against the Maldivian rufiyaa: AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, IDR, INR, JPY, LKR, MYR, NOK, SAR, SEK, SGD, THB and USD. Every value is MVR per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
• The indicative bid / offer pair. The rufiyaa is managed against the US dollar within a band whose upper edge is 15.42 MVR per dollar, so banks sell dollars at or near 15.42 and buy below it. Other currencies are quoted through their dollar cross, often with wide spreads on less-traded currencies. The Maldives Monetary Authority official rate is shown next to each row.
• USD on 15 November 2026: SBI Maldives bought at 15.28 and sold at 15.42 MVR, a spread of 0.91%. The Maldives Monetary Authority official rate was 15.42, so the bank's mid sat -0.45% from it.
• The bank's own timestamp. The page prints a last-updated stamp (08:30AM MVT 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 (0.91%), LKR (3.02%), SGD (4.01%) and the widest AED (22.68%), THB (21.42%), AUD (20.42%). 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 SBI Maldives and other banks in the Maldives

USD on the 3 boards AllRatesToday reads in the Maldives, all captured on 15 November 2026 (the Maldives Monetary Authority official rate was 15.42):

SBI Maldives had the 3rd narrowest USD spread of the 3. One call to /api/v1/bank-rates/mv 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/mv/sbimv" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"

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

{
  "bank": "sbimv",
  "name": "SBI Maldives",
  "country": "mv",
  "quote_ccy": "MVR",
  "bank_updated_at": "08:30AM MVT",
  "basis": "Indicative bid / offer",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:23:22.683Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AED","buy":3.75107401,"sell":4.71055445,"mid":4.2308142,"spread_pct":22.678,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":10.123,"sell":12.424665,"mid":11.273832,"spread_pct":20.416,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":10.27226891,"sell":11.19419238,"mid":10.733231,"spread_pct":8.589,"official":null,"vs_official_pct":null},
    … 16 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}

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

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

{
  "bank": "sbimv",
  "name": "SBI Maldives",
  "country": "mv",
  "quote_ccy": "MVR",
  "bank_updated_at": "08:30AM MVT",
  "basis": "Indicative bid / offer",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:23:22.683Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 15.28,
  "sell": 15.42,
  "mid": 15.35,
  "spread_pct": 0.912,
  "official": 15.42,
  "vs_official_pct": -0.454,
  "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 SBI Maldives on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://mv.statebank/exchange-rate",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/mv/sbimv/",
    "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/mv/sbimv?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/mv/sbimv/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' });

// SBI Maldives's USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('mv', { bank: 'sbimv', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`SBI Maldives buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} MVR`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('mv', { bank: 'sbimv', 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/mv/sbimv",
    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 Maldives Monetary Authority rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in the Maldives name; nobody transacts at it. SBI Maldives'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 Maldives Monetary Authority endpoint when a rule asks for the official rate.

FAQ

Where do the SBI Maldives rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://mv.statebank/exchange-rate), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price SBI Maldives shows, with the mid, the spread and the Maldives Monetary Authority rate added.

Are these the official MVR exchange rates?

No. They are SBI Maldives's retail prices for customers. The official rate in the Maldives is the Maldives Monetary Authority 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 SBI Maldives 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 SBI Maldives 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.