Bulk

Transaction of money of two different currencies between accounts of the same customer in the same country.

FX transactions are only available between the local currency and a hard currency, or vice versa. For example, USD to BRL or BRL to AUS.

The hard currencies available for realizing an FX are listed below:

AUD - Australian dollar
CAD - Canadian dollar
CHF - Swiss franc
EUR - Euro
GBP - Pound sterling
NZD - New Zealand dollar
USD - United States dollar

If you need a hard currency that isn't on the list or want to verify if there is foreign exchange between two hard currencies available in a country, please contact your account manager or our support team.

Exchange - Bulk

POST https://api.stage.localpayment.com/currency-exchange

Transaction of money of two different currencies between accounts of the same customer in the same country

Headers

Name

Type

Description

Atorization*

String

Mandatory. JWT token in format Bearer eyJ0... . For more information about authentication, please refer to Authentication

Request Body

Name

Type

Description

country*

String

Mandatory. Your from user's country (i.e. country in which the payment will be processed), in ISO format. Please refer to Country Codes for a full list of supported countries

externalId*

String

Mandatory. An ID that is meaningful to you and your system. Must be unique

exchangeRateToken*

String

Mandatory. Token provided by the Foreign Exchange service in order to use an upfront agreed exchange rate

account*

OBJECT

Mandatory. Information related to account numbers to transfer

debited*

OBJECT

Mandatory. Information related to debited account number.

currency*

String

Mandatory. The currency in which the debited amount is expressed.

accountNumber*

String

Mandatory. Account number from.

amount*

String

Mandatory. Amount to be charged to you. This parameter must be set to 0 if the account.credited.amount field is greater than 0.

credited*

OBJECT

Mandatory. Information related to the credited account number.

currency*

String

Mandatory. The currency in which the credited amount is expressed.

accountNumber*

String

Mandatory. Account number to.

amount

String

Optional. Amount to credit to your end user.

Important

The fields account.debited.amount and account.credited.amount are mutually exclusive. Only one of them needs to be reported, and it's value must be greater than 0.
If you send account.credited.amount the account.debited.amount will default to zero ("amount":0).
Conversely, if you send account.debited.amount, the account.credited.amount may not be included in the request.

{
    "transactionType": "CurrencyExchange",
    "externalId": "",
    "internalId": "X11111XX-11X1-111X-X11X-111111X1X1XX",
    "country": "ARG",
    "exchangeRateToken": "",
    "clientCode": "0005",
    "creationDate": "2023-03-21T21:25:14.533+00:00",
    "errors": [],
    "status": {
        "code": "200",
        "description": "COMPLETED",
        "detail": "CURRENCY EXCHANGE"
    },
    "account": {
        "debited": {
            "currency": "ARS",
            "accountNumber": "111.111.11111111",
            "amount": 40
        },
        "credited": {
            "currency": "EUR",
            "accountNumber": "000.111.11111111",
            "amount": 0.18
        },
        "appliedFx": 224.54
    }
}

Example: Without requesting a quote

curl --location '{{api_environment_url}}/api/currency-exchange' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{token}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "country": "ARG",
  "externalId": "11112222",
  "exchangeRateToken": "",
  "account": {
    "debited": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "accountNumber": "111.1111.11111111",
      "amount": 10
    },
    "credited": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "accountNumber": "000.000.00000000"
    }
  }
}'

{
  "transactionType": "CurrencyExchange",
  "externalId": "11112222",
  "internalId": "e60d4fee-d75f-4bbe-a3b3-06e07a975c3b",
  "country": "ARG",
  "exchangeRateToken": "",
  "clientCode": "0001",
  "creationDate": "2023-03-22T13:30:54.892+00:00",
  "errors": [],
  "status": {
    "code": "200",
    "description": "COMPLETED",
    "detail": "CURRENCY EXCHANGE"
  },
  "account": {
    "debited": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "accountNumber": "111.1111.11111111",
      "amount": 10
    },
    "credited": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "accountNumber": "000.000.00000000",
      "amount": 8.62
    },
    "appliedFx": 0.86
  }
}

{
  "externalId": "11112222",
  "internalId": "6fc7e955-7704-4558-8a05-6f4a2c3d9b45",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "705",
      "detail": "Credited account currency not match"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "code": "705",
    "description": "REJECTED",
    "detail": "Credited account currency not match"
  }
}

Example: Including the token obtained in a previous quote

curl --location '{{api_environment_url}}/api/currency-exchange' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{token}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "country": "ARG",
  "externalId": "11112222",
  "exchangeRateToken": "af5606b0-1ce7-48f8-ad8a-734934c601ec",
  "account": {
    "debited": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "accountNumber": "111.111.11111111",
      "amount": 10
    },
    "credited": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "accountNumber": "000.000.00000000"
    }
  }
}'

{
  "transactionType": "CurrencyExchange",
  "externalId": "111111",
  "internalId": "12bb1070-dfec-1111-1111-c45fbfa3b141",
  "country": "ARG",
  "exchangeRateToken": "af5606b0-1ce7-1111-1111-734934c601ec",
  "clientCode": "0005",
  "creationDate": "2023-03-21T21:25:14.533+00:00",
  "errors": [],
  "status": {
    "code": "200",
    "description": "COMPLETED",
    "detail": "CURRENCY EXCHANGE"
  },
  "account": {
    "debited": {
      "currency": "ARS",
      "accountNumber": "111.111.11111111",
      "amount": 40
    },
    "credited": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "accountNumber": "000.000.00000000",
      "amount": 0.18
    },
    "appliedFx": 224.54
  }
}

{
  "externalId": "111111",
  "internalId": "12bb1070-dfec-45bf-89b1-c45fbfa3b141",
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "703",
      "detail": "Accounts countries must be match"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "code": "703",
    "description": "REJECTED",
    "detail": "Accounts countries must be match"
  }
}

Example: Providing the credited amount

curl --location '{{api_environment_url}}/api/currency-exchange' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{token}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
{
    "country": "ARG",
    "externalId": "{{externalId}}",
    "exchangeRateToken": "",
    "account": {
        "debited": {
            "currency": "ARS",
            "accountNumber": "111.111.1111111",
            "amount": 0
        },
        "credited": {
            "currency": "USD",
            "accountNumber": "000.000.00000000",
            "amount": 10
        }
    }
  }
}'

{
    "transactionType": "CurrencyExchange",
    "externalId": "123456789",
    "internalId": "c239212c-b8d4-1111-1111-3ae44ce866",
    "country": "ARG",
    "exchangeRateToken": "",
    "clientCode": "0001",
    "creationDate": "2025-04-22T02:08:26.998+00:00",
    "errors": [],
    "status": {
        "code": "200",
        "description": "COMPLETED",
        "detail": "CURRENCY EXCHANGE"
    },
    "account": {
        "debited": {
            "currency": "ARS",
            "accountNumber": "111.111.11111111",
            "amount": 11482.25
        },
        "credited": {
            "currency": "USD",
            "accountNumber": "000.000.00000000",
            "amount": 10
        },
        "appliedFx": 1148.224511,
    }
}

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "707",
            "detail": "Fields debited.amount and credited.amount are mutually exclusive. Only one of them must be reported"
        }
    ],
    "status": {
        "code": "707",
        "description": "REJECTED",
        "detail": "Fields debited.amount and credited.amount are mutually exclusive. Only one of them must be reported"
    }
}

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