Dear Customers,

Regarding the upcoming holidays, we would like to inform you about changes in the cut-off times for submitting and processing local and foreign currency payments.

Local currency payments

Cut-off time for submitting payment orders with value date 31.12.2021:

• Payment orders on paper for execution through BISERA and RINGS – 11:00 AM
• Electronically ordered payments for execution through BISERA – 13:30 PM
• Electronically ordered payments for execution through RINGS – 14:30 PM
• Intrabank payment orders on paper - 11:00 AM
• Electronically ordered intrabank payments - 18:30 PM

Payments submitted for execution after the above indicated cut-off times, will be executed on 04.01.2022.

Foreign currency payments

Spot value dates:

• Payments, submitted on 21.12.2021 will be executed with spot value date 23.12.2021
• Payments, submitted on 22.12.2021 will be executed with spot value date 29.12.2021
• Payments, submitted on 23.12.2021 will be executed with spot value date 30.12.2021
• Payments, submitted on 29.12.2021 will be executed with spot value date 31.12.2021
  • for payments in DKK, SEK, JPY - spot value 04.01.2022
  • for payments in RUB - spot value 10.01.2022
• Payments, submitted on 30.12.2021 will be executed with spot value date 04.01.2022
  • for payments in DKK, SEK, JPY, BGN, CNY, GBP, AUD, CAD - spot value 05.01.2022
  • for payments in RUB - spot value 11.01.2022
• Payments, submitted on 31.12.2021 will be executed with spot value date 05.01.2022
  • for payments in JPY - spot value 06.01.2022
  • for payments in RUB - spot value 11.01.2022

Cut-off time on 31.12.2021 for submitting foreign currency payment orders:

• Payment orders on paper – 12:00 PM
• Electronically ordered payments – 12:30 PM

Payments ordered through BISERA and RINGS submitted for execution after the above indicated cut-off times, will be executed on 04.01.2022.

During the holidays 01.01., 02.01. and 03.01.2022 all payments will be executed with value date 04.01.2022. Only electronically ordered intrabank transfers in BGN will be processed in real time (without and with currency conversion for a currency pair EUR/BGN).

Kind regards,
Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria EAD