To help our customers plan their transfers this festive season, we are sharing the market opening hours, our customer experience opening hours and transfer cut-off times.
Our Payments Department and banking partners will close or have reduced hours from Thursday 24 December. Regular market hours will resume on Monday 4 January.
Market Availability:
Date | Market Availability | Note |
Monday 21 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Tuesday 22 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Wednesday 23 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Thursday 24 December |
Open 00:00-16:00 GMT |
Christmas Eve |
Friday 25 December |
Closed |
Christmas Day |
Saturday 26 December |
Closed |
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Sunday 27 December |
Open 22:30-00:00 GMT |
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Monday 28 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Tuesday 29 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Wednesday 30 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Thursday 31 December |
Open 00:00-20:00 GMT |
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Friday 1 January |
Closed |
New Year’s Day |
Saturday 2 January |
Closed |
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Sunday 3 January |
Open 22:30-00:00 GMT |
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Monday 4 January |
Open 24 hours |
Our customer experience teams in both Ireland and Australia will be on hand for much of the festive season, with our regular 24-hour service resuming on Monday 4 January.
Customer Experience Department:
Date | Hours availability | Note |
Monday 21 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Tuesday 22 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Wednesday 23 December |
Open 24 hours |
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Thursday 24 December |
Open 00:00-14:00 GMT |
Christmas Eve |
Friday 25 December |
Closed |
Christmas Day |
Saturday 26 December |
Closed |
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Sunday 27 December |
Open 21:00-00:00 GMT |
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Monday 28 December |
Open 00:00-18:00 & 21:00-00:00 GMT |
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Tuesday 29 December |
Open 00:00-18:00 & 21:00-00:00 GMT |
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Wednesday 30 December |
Open 00:00-18:00 & 21:00-00:00 GMT |
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Thursday 31 December |
Open 00:00-18:00 GMT |
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Friday 1 January |
Closed |
New Year’s Day |
Saturday 2 January |
Open 09:00 - 16:00 GMT |
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Sunday 3 January |
Open 09:00 - 16:00 GMT |
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Monday 4 January |
Open 24 hours |
Cut-off times
On normal business days we make every effort to process all payments in line with our current cut-off times as per our exchange process times.
Customers who need funds to be received before 24 December:
- Please ensure that payments are submitted well in advance of our suggested dates (below) to avoid any potential delays.
- Consider processing cut-off times when instructing your payment.
To receive funds by 24 December 2020:
Currency | Final day to Top Up |
GBP |
23 December |
AUD |
22 December |
USD |
22 December |
EUR |
22 December |
Currency | Final day to Transfer Out |
GBP |
23 December |
AUD |
22 December |
USD |
23 December |
EUR |
22 December |
Tips for accessing your CurrencyFair account during the holidays:
- You may need to log in to CurrencyFair or add a new bank account while you’re away over the holidays. To do this, you will need to complete Two-Factor Authentication. Find out how to set this up here, or download it for iOS and Android. For even greater convenience, you can also sync the Google Authenticator app to your CurrencyFair account.
- If you won’t have access to your primary phone number, add a secondary phone number before you leave for the holidays in the My Profile > Phone Numbers section of your CurrencyFair account.
CurrencyFair wishes you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2021.
- The CurrencyFair Team