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Every Ethiopian bank rate, one endpoint.

Ethiopian bank exchange rates: current boards, cross-bank comparison, history, conversion, and change webhooks.

Banks tracked: 30Banks tracked
Currencies: 19Currencies
Contract version: v1.0.0Contract version

Serving the board published 11 September 2026· last checked 9h ago

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Your first requestget

curl 'https://api.et-forex.com/api/v1/rates/board'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "type": "cash",
    "asOf": "2026-07-20T06:12:00.000Z",
    "effectiveDate": "2026-07-20",
    "currencies": [
      {
        "currency": "USD",
        "effectiveDate": "2026-07-20",
        "isStale": false,
        "buy": {
          "bankCode": "CBE",
          "bankName": "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia",
          "rate": "156.100000"
        },
        "sell": {
          "bankCode": "CBE",
          "bankName": "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia",
          "rate": "156.100000"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-07-09T12:00:00.000Z",
    "requestId": "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479"
  }
}

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