Changelog

Oct 22, 2026

• Central bank exchange & interest rates: new endpoints return central bank exchange rates and policy interest rates for one or more central banks, with the Central bank exchange & interest rates add-on. (Endpoints: GET /v2/central_bank, GET /v2/central_bank/interest_rate, GET /v2/central_bank/exchange_rate and GET /v2/central_bank/metadata)

Oct 08, 2026

• API key authentication: you can now create your own API keys and authenticate with a Bearer token, alongside the existing Basic method (your Username and Password still work).

Jul 02, 2026

• Updated the terms and privacy URLs returned in API responses to https://www.xe.com/legal and https://www.xe.com/privacy.

Jun 09, 2026

• Bid & ask (Beta): the response now returns rates in alphabetical order. (Endpoint: GET /v1/bid_ask)

Jun 01, 2026

• Bid & ask (Beta): added a decimal_places parameter and expanded currency coverage. (Endpoint: GET /v1/bid_ask)

May 05, 2026

• Central bank rates: added the Bank of Jamaica. (Endpoint: GET /v1/central_bank_rate)

May 01, 2026

• Alternative source rates: added Brazil PTAX. (Endpoint: GET /v1/alternative_source_rate)

Apr 09, 2026

• Central bank rates: added the National Bank of Georgia. (Endpoint: GET /v1/central_bank_rate)

Mar 26, 2026

• Added five cryptocurrencies (ARB, AVAX, POL, DAI, TRX), available when crypto=true. (Endpoints: GET /v1/currencies and the conversion endpoints)

Mar 17, 2026

• Free trial: trials started with a business (organization) email now return real currency data, and trial users can query up to 90 days of historic data.

Mar 02, 2026

• Bid & ask (Beta): enabling the beta now grants 2,500 bonus rate requests per month. (Endpoint: GET /v1/bid_ask)

Feb 13, 2026

• Central bank rates: added the Central Bank of Tunisia. (Endpoint: GET /v1/central_bank_rate)

Feb 02, 2026

• Central bank rates: added the State Bank of Vietnam. (Endpoint: GET /v1/central_bank_rate)

Jan 29, 2026

• Central bank rates: added the Central Bank of Iraq. (Endpoint: GET /v1/central_bank_rate)

Jan 19, 2026

• Central bank rates: stale rates are now filtered out for all central banks (previously only applied to selected sources such as South Sudan). If a central bank's most recent published rate is older than our freshness threshold, it is no longer returned rather than being served as an outdated rate. (Endpoint: GET /v1/central_bank_rate)

Jan 05, 2026

• Fixed missing data when using interval=hourly around the 2026 year boundary. (Endpoint: GET /v1/historic_rate/period)