iBusiness Banking Bank Holiday

Easter Holiday Message

Friday 3^rd April and Monday 6^th April are Bank Holidays in the UK.

Please allow additional time for your payment 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 Easter Holiday
International Payments	Cannot be processed on Friday 3^rd April and Monday 6^th April 2026. The execution timeframes for International Payments submitted on Thursday 2^nd April 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 Friday 3^rd April or Monday 6^th April 2026 will not be executed until Tuesday 7^th April with the standard execution timeframes.
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 dates above

For Bulk Payment users, please refer to the ‘message’ section within your iBB profile for more information.

Bacs Bulk Files

Please be advised that due to the above Bank Holidays the following processing dates will apply:

Lates input date:	Will be credited on:
Tue 31^st Mar	Thu 2^nd Apr
Wed 1^st Apr	Tue 7^th Apr
Thu 2^nd Apr	Wed 8^th Apr
Fri 3^rd Apr	*No Processing
Mon 6^th Apr	*No Processing
Tue 7^th Apr	Thu 9^th Apr

Talk to us:

For more information, contact the iBusiness Banking Operations team from Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) from 09:00 – 17:00 on 0370 243 0331 or +44 370 243 0331 (Outside UK)

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