Many of our customers will be using CurrencyFair to send money abroad this holiday season. To help them plan their transfers and when their money arrives, we are sharing the dates and times our Payments Department and banking partners will be open during the Christmas period:
| DATE | MARKET AVAILABILITY | NOTE |
|---|---|---|
| December 24th | Markets close at 16.00 GMT | Christmas Eve |
| December 25th | Markets Closed | Christmas Day |
| December 26th | Markets closed | |
| December 27th | Markets close at 20.00 GMT | |
| Weekend | Markets closed | |
| December 30th | Normal Market Hours | |
| December 31st | Markets close at 20.00 GMT | |
| January 1st 2020 | Markets closed | New Years Day |
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 that need funds to be received before the 24th of 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.
| CURRENCY | FINAL DAY TO SEND IN |
|---|---|
| EUR | Thurs December 19th |
| GBP | Fri December 20th |
| AUD | Thurs December 19th |
| USD | Thurs December 19th |
Recommended final day for Transfers Out
| CURRENCY | FINAL DAY TO TRANSFER OUT |
|---|---|
| EUR | Thurs December 19th |
| GBP | Mon December 23rd |
| AUD | Thurs December 19th |
| USD | Thurs December 19th |
All other currencies as per advised timescales on here.
| DATE | HOURS AVAILABILITY | |
|---|---|---|
| December 27th | Available from: 00:00 – 18:00 GMT | |
| Weekend 28th & 29th | Available from: 08:00 – 17:30 GMT | |
| December 30th | Available from: 00:00 – 18:00 GMT | |
| December 31st | Available from: 00:00 – 18:00 GMT | |
| January 1st 2020 | Closed |
|
| December 24th | Available from: 00:00 – 14.00 GMT | |
| December 25th |
Closed | |
| December 26th | Closed until 21.00 GMT |
Our Customer Experience department closes on Tuesday the 24th of December at 14.00 GMT and reopens on Thursday the 26th of December at 21.00 GMT until Tuesday the 31st of December at 18.00 GMT.
Normal hours will commence on Thursday the 2nd of January 2020
To login to your CurrencyFair account or to add a new bank account over the holidays, customers 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, sync the Google Authenticator app to your CurrencyFair account.
To manage issues accessing your Primary phone number during this time, add a Secondary phone number before leaving 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 2020.
The CurrencyFair Team