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 30.12.2016(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 27.12.2016 shall be applied to payments, submitted 22.12.2016
• For payments in GBP - spot value 28.12.2016
• Spot value date 29.12.2016 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 23.12.2016
• Spot value date 03.01.2017 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 29.12.2016
• For payments in RUB - spot value 09.01.2017
• Spot value date 04.01.2017 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 30.12.2016
• For payments in RUB - spot value 10.01.2017

Cut-off time on 30.12.2016 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 30.12.2016 – 11:00 AM
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through BISERA, value date 30.12.2016 – 13:30 PM
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through RINGS, value date 30.12.2016 – 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 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 03.01.2017.

During holidays 31.12.2016 (Saturday), 01.01.2017(Sunday) and 02.01.2017(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 31.12.2016 - with value date 01.01.2017 for payment until 20:00 PM, and with value date 03.01.2017 for payments after 20:00 PM;
• on 01.01. and 02.01.2017 - with value date 01.01.2017

Kind regards,

Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria EAD