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  31.12.2018 (Monday) the following offices will work with extended working hours – Sofia 33/Sveta Nedelya; Sofia 47/Lulin Mall, Tzaritza Yoanna boulevard; Varna Mall/Vladislav Varnenchik 186 boulevard. All other 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 27.12.2018 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 20.12.2018
• Spot value date 28.12.2018 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 21.12.2018
• Spot value date 31.12.2018 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 27.12.2018
  • For payments in CNY, DKK and SEK - spot value 02.01.2019
  • For payments in JPY - spot value 04.01.2019
  • For payments in RUB - spot value 09.01.2019
• Spot value date 02.01.2019 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 28.12.2018
  • For payments in CNY, DKK and SEK - spot value 03.01.2019
  • For payments in JPY - spot value 07.01.2019
  • For payments in RUB - spot value 10.01.2019
  • For payments in CHF - spot value 03.01.2019
• Spot value date 03.01.2019 shall be applied to payments, submitted on 31.12.2018
  • For payments in JPY - spot value 07.01.2019
  • For payments in RUB - spot value 10.01.2019
  • For payments in CHF - spot value 04.01.2019

Cut-off time on 31.12.2018 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 31.12.2018 – 11:00 AM
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through BISERA, value date 31.12.2018 – 13:30 PM
• Cut-off time for electronically ordered payments for execution through RINGS, value date 31.12.2018 – 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 02.01.2019.

During 01.01.2019 (Tuesday) only electronically ordered intrabank payments in local currency (without and with FX conversion EUR/BGN ) will be processed real time with value day 02.01.2019.

Kind regards,
Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria EAD