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Payment Cut-off Times, Directive 2 and SEPA Countries

JULY 10, 2024

The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Western European Time or UTC+00:00) and British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) (also known as Western European Summer Time).

Payment Cut-off Guide For SWIFT And Local Payments



Below you will find the full list of Swift and local payment cut-off times, together with the maximum amount allowed for local payments if available. (Please note conversions have their own cut-off time and do not relate to payment cut-off times.)

Country/Zone

CCY

Swift* (Priority)

Local (Regular)

Local Amount Limit






EURO

EUR

14:00

18:00 (SEPA instant) 14:00 (SEPA credit transfer)

€100,000 (SCT Inst) No Limit (SCT)

UK

GBP

17:00

24 hours a day processing (Monday - Friday)

GBP 1,000,000 Max

Australian

AUD

14:00

13:30

No Limit

Bahrain

BHD

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Canadian

CAD

16:45

16:00

CAD 200,000 Max

China

CNY

09:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Czech

CZK

09:00

09:00

CZK 1,000,000 Max

Danish

DKK

10:30

08:50

DKK 500,000 Max

Hong Kong

HKD

14:00

14:00

HKD 500,000 Max

Hungarian

HUF

09:00

09:00

HUF 10,000,000 Max

Indian

INR

N/A

16:30

INR 1,500,000 per beneficiary per day

Indonesian

IDR

N/A

16:30

IDR 350,000,000 Max

Israeli

ILS

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Japanese

JPY

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Kenyan

KES

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Kuwait

KWD

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Malaysian

MYR

N/A

16:30

MYR 100,000 Max

Mexican

MXN

09:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

New Zealand

NZD

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Norwegian

NOK

10:30

10:30

NOK 25 Million Max

Omani

OMR

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Philippine

PHP

N/A

16:30

PHP 1,300,000 Max

Polish

PLN

09:30

09:30

PLN 1,000,000 Max

Qatar

QAR

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Romanian

RON

09:00

09:00

RON 200,000 Max

Saudi

SAR

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Singapore

SGD

14:00

24 Hours a day processing (Monday-Friday)

SGD 200,000 Max

South African

ZAR

10:30

N/A

SWIFT Only

Sweden

SEK

10:30 

10:30

SEK 500,000 Max

Swiss

CHF

10:30

N/A

SWIFT Only

Thai

THB

09:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

Turkish

TRY

09:30

09:30

TRY 5,000,000 Max

Ugandan

UGX

09:00

N/A

SWIFT Only

United Arab Emirates

AED

14:00

N/A

SWIFT Only


Swift*(Priority) - No Max Limit

Payment Services Directive Countries



Below you will find the full list of countries and territories within the European Economic Area (EEA) subject to PSD2 regulation as well as those countries that are part of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

Austria

Greece

Norway

Belgium

Hungary

Poland

Bulgaria

Iceland

Portugal (5)

Cyprus

Ireland

Romania

Croatia

Italy

Slovakia

Czech Republic

Latvia

Slovenia

Denmark (1)

Liechtenstein

Spain (6)

Estonia

Lithuania

Sweden

Finland (2)

Luxembourg

United Kingdom (7)

France (3)

Malta

Germany

Netherlands (4)

  1. Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

  2. Including the Aland Islands.

  3. Including Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Réunion, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy but excluding St Pierre et Miquelon, Mayotte, New Caledonia and Dependencies, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

  4. Excluding Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.

  5. Including Azores and Madeira.

  6. Including the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.

  7. Including Gibraltar but excluding the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena and Dependencies, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the British Virgin Islands.


SEPA Countries


Andorra

Hungary

Poland

Austria

Iceland

Portugal (5)

Belgium

Ireland

Romania

Bulgaria

Italy

San Marino

Cyprus

Latvia

Slovakia

Croatia

Liechtenstein

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Lithuania

Spain (6)

Denmark (1)

Luxembourg

Sweden

Estonia

Malta

Switzerland

Finland (2)

Monaco

United Kingdom (7)

France (3)

Netherlands (4)

Vatican City

Germany

Norway

Greece

  1. Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

  2. Including the Aland Islands.

  3. Including Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion, St Pierre et Miquelon, Mayotte, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy but excluding New Caledonia and Dependencies, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

  4. Excluding Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.

  5. Including Azores and Madeira.

  6. Including the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.

  7. Including Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, but excluding Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena and Dependencies, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the British Virgin Islands.

Please note: Kosovo and Montenegro use the Euro as their domestic currency but do not belong to SEPA or fall under the Payment Service Directive.

The information on this page is correct at the date of publication. It is intended as a general guide only.

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