Data Freshness Policy

Data was retrieved from an approved official provider API within the last 15 minutes. This is the highest confidence label. It is only applied when: the source type isofficial_api, the source has been explicitly approved for live claims, and the data is within the freshness window. Fixer market rate are used for AED corridor benchmarks and are refreshed daily.

Data came from an approved affiliate or partner feed, within 60 minutes. Partner feeds may lag real-time rates by minutes. This source class is labelled “partner feed” rather than “live”.

Data was checked manually or from a public web page, within the freshness window (typically 4 hours for digital providers, 8 hours for banks). Manual editorial checks always carry this label at best.

No active verified data source exists for this provider on this corridor. The rate, fee, and recipient amount may be null or a structural placeholder. Typical does not mean live or current data. Always check the provider site directly.

Data exists in our system but the freshness window has elapsed. Outdated data is shown with a warning and always downgrades the recommendation to “Check Provider” — it is never used to make comparative claims.

Pending records remain outside public comparison results until their source, corridor and approval state satisfy the publication gate.