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# Exchange Rate

Retrieves the current exchange rate for the specified currency pair (e.g., `USDNGN`, `USDEUR`) from the Sudo Africa API. This rate is used to calculate conversion values during card creation, funding, and withdrawal. Only accessible to verified business accounts with USD card access enabled.

Use this endpoint to display live conversion rates to users or for calculating equivalent NGN amounts before performing card transactions.

### Fetch Exchange Rate

&#x20;<mark style="color:red;">`GET`</mark>  `{{ BASE }}/exchange-rate/{currencyPair}`

```
--header 'Accept: application/json'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{  access_token }}'
```

**Path Parameters:** [​](https://docs.sudo.africa/reference/transfer-rate#parameter-currency-pair)currencyPair **string**&#x20;

Exchange Currency Pair. Example `USDNGN`.

Response Body

{% code fullWidth="false" %}

```markup
{
    "status": true,
    "message": "Success",
    "data": [
        {
            'sell' => {{ 1487.03 }},
            'buy' => {{ 1567 }},
            'currency' => 'USDNGN'
        },
       
      
    ]
}
```

{% endcode %}