Foreign exchange rates
Use Cross Rivers foreign exchange (FX) rates API to get a foreign currency conversion rate from the card network.
About rate change timing in card networks:
Mastercard. Rates change every day at 14:05 CST in the US. They remain valid for 24 hours. Let's say a transaction occurred on May 1st, 2023 at 3:00 AM CST. The rate that applies to the transaction would be the rate set on April 30th, 2023. That rate covers the period from 14:05 CST on April 30th to 14:05 CST on May 1st.
Visa. Rates change once a day at around 19:00 EST (midnight GMT). Over the weekend, the system uses the rates from Friday.
The endpoint listed in this table is described in detail below.
Action | API Call | Description |
GET /api/FXRates | For a currency pair, gets updated foreign exchange rate information from the card network |
Returns up-to-date foreign exchange rate information for card-based payments. As a Cross River merchant partner, you do this before making an international transaction.
Add query parameters to filter the response the API returns to all GET calls.
Use Pagination to control presentation of your results.