iBusiness Banking Bank Holiday

 

Christmas and Year end Payment Information

 

Thursday 25th December, Friday 26th December 2025 & Thursday 1st January 2026 are Bank Holidays in GB.

 

Please allow additional time for your payments to reach the beneficiary and ensure that your payments are submitted early to avoid any potential delays.

 

Payment Type

Important Information

 

Domestic Payments

 

Domestic Payments to other financial institutions will continue to be submitted daily in hourly files from 7am – 12am (midnight) throughout the Christmas Holidays.

 

 

International Payments

 

Cannot be processed on Thursday 25th December, Friday 26th December 2025 & Thursday 1st January 2026

 

The execution timeframes for International Payments submitted on Wednesday 24th December 2025 &  Wednesday 31st December 2025 may be extended by one additional business day.

 

 

Bulk Payment Files –Bacs

 

Payment Files submitted for execution after the cut off time or requesting execution on Thursday 25th or Friday 26th December 2025 will not be executed until Monday 29th December 2025 with the standard execution timeframes applying.

 

Payment files submitted for execution after the cut off time on Wednesday 31st December 2025 or requesting execution on Thursday 1st January 2026 will not be executed until Friday 2nd January 2026 with the standard execution timeframes applying.

 

Bulk Payment Files - FPS

Payment files submitted will continue to be processed on the selected value date subject to the receiving bank processing times.

 

Note:

  • Some banks may apply funds to the beneficiary account prior to the stated date above.
  • For bulk Bacs users, please refer to the ‘message’ section within your iBB profile for more specific information.

 

**Customer support will NOT be available on the following Non-Business Days:

  • 25th December 2025
  • 26th December 2025
  • 1st January 2026

 

Bacs Files

Please be advised that due to the Bank Holidays on 25/12/25, 26/12/25 & 1/1/26, the following processing dates will apply:

Input date

Will be credited on

Mon 22nd Dec

Wed 24th Dec

Tue 23rd Dec

Mon 29th Dec

Wed 24th Dec

Tue 30th Dec

Thu 25th Dec

No Processing

Fri 26th Dec

No Processing

Mon 29th Dec

Wed 31st Dec

Tue 30th Dec

Fri 2nd Jan

Wed 31st Dec

Mon 5th Jan

Thu 1st Jan

No Processing

Fri 2nd Jan

Tue 6th Jan

 

Talk to us

For more information, contact the iBusiness Banking Operations Team from Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) from 9am – 5pm on 0370 243 0331 or +44 370 243 0331+ (Outside UK)

+Call charges may vary – please refer to your service provider