Dear Customers,

With regard to the annual closing, we would like to inform you about changes in the cut-off times for submitting and processing local and foreign currency payments.

In regard with the normal closing of the last working day for the year, when planning your business engagements, please, bear in mind that on 29.12.2017(Friday) the bank offices will service customers from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Submitting and processing local and foreign currency payments:

Foreign currency payments

• Spot value date 28.12.2017 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 21.12.2017
• Spot value date 29.12.2017 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 22.12. 2017
• Spot value date 02.01.2018 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 28.12. 2017
  • For payments in CHF and RON - spot value 03.01.2018
  • For payments in JPY - spot value 04.01.2018
  • For payments in RUB - spot value 09.01.2018
• Spot value date 03.01.2018 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 29.12.2017
  • For payments in CHF and RON - spot value 04.01.2018
  • For payments in JPY - spot value 05.01.2018
  • For payments in RUB - spot value 10.01.2018

Cut-off time on 29.12.2017 for submitting foreign currency payment orders:

• On paper - 12:00 PM
• For receiving electronic ones – 12:30 PM

Local currency payments:

• Cut-off time for submitting payment orders on paper for execution through BISERA and RINGS, value date 29.12.2017 – 11:00 AM
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through BISERA, value date 29.12.2017 – 13:30 PM
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through RINGS, value date 29.12.2017 – 14:30 PM
• Intrabank payment orders on paper need to be submitted until 11:00 AM for execution on the same working day
• Electronically ordered intrabank payments (without and with FX conversion EUR/BGN ) for execution on the same working day need to be received until 22:00 PM

Electronically ordered payments through BISERA and RINGS submited for execution after the above indicated cut-off times, will be executed on 02.01.2018.

During holidays 30.12.2017 (Saturday), 31.12.2017 (Sunday) и 01.01.2018 (Monday) only electronically ordered intrabank payments in local currency (without and with FX conversion EUR/BGN) will be processed real time with following value days:

• On 30.12.2017 - with value date 01.01.2018
• On 31.12.2017 and 01.01.2018 - with value date 02.01.2018

Kind regards,
Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria EAD