On 15 December 2016, the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine issued Decision No.489 on business days and bank holidays for the System of Electronic Payments (hereinafter – the SEP) of the National Bank of Ukraine at the end of the reporting year.
In accordance with this document:
On 28 and 29 December 2016, the System of Electronic Payments (SEP) of the NBU will operate under an extended hours scheme (two hours longer).
On 30 December 2016 until 1.00 p.m. all SEP participants may perform initial payments through the SEP only between banking institutions that subordinated to the same legal entity and payments directed to the NBU or Bodies of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine. The NBU and Bodies the State Treasury Service of Ukraine may execute payments directed to all the SEP participants
The SEP’s business day finishes at 3.00 p.m.
The SEP, the electronic mail system of the NBU, the Depository of the NBU, the System of quantitative accounting CERTIF for certificates of deposit (CDs), the Ukrainian Interbank FX Market Agreement Confirmation System of the NBU, the “CredInfo2” system for purchase and sell of credit resources in domestic currency in the interbank credit market of Ukraine, and the “Register of Contracts with Non-Residents 2” system for registering credit contracts with non-residents shall not shall not operate on 2 and 9 January 2017.
On 3 January 2017, banks will operate without servicing clients and carry out a complex set of maintenance procedures to prepare for the beginning of the reporting year. Interbank funds transfers will not be carried out via SEP on these days.
On 4-6 and 10 January 2017, the SEP and the banking system shall operate as usual.
From 30 December 2015 through 4 January 2017 (inclusive) banks will operate using the official rate of the hryvnia against foreign currencies and investment metals as set by the NBU on 29 December 2016.
From 31 December through 9 January 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine recommends banks to ensure their ATMs continuous operation for customer servicing and loading them with cash of different denominations.