diff --git a/source/OFXSharp/OFXDocumentParser.cs b/source/OFXSharp/OFXDocumentParser.cs
index d8071ef..2a7bf7c 100644
--- a/source/OFXSharp/OFXDocumentParser.cs
+++ b/source/OFXSharp/OFXDocumentParser.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ private OFXDocument Parse(string ofxString)
          if (currencyNode != null)
          {
             ofx.Currency = currencyNode.FirstChild.Value;
-         }
+            if (OFXHelperMethods.TrimValues)
+              ofx.Currency = ofx.Currency.Trim();
+
+       }
          else
          {
             throw new OFXParseException("Currency not found");
diff --git a/source/OFXSharp/OFXHelperMethods.cs b/source/OFXSharp/OFXHelperMethods.cs
index 5be4662..944bd3e 100644
--- a/source/OFXSharp/OFXHelperMethods.cs
+++ b/source/OFXSharp/OFXHelperMethods.cs
@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ public static string GetValue(this XmlNode node, string xpath)
 
          if (tempNode != null && tempNode.FirstChild != null)
          {
-             return tempNode.FirstChild.Value;
+            var ret = tempNode.FirstChild.Value;
+            if (TrimValues)
+               return ret?.Trim();
+            return ret;
          }
          return String.Empty;
       }
+      public static bool TrimValues;
    }
 }
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