Northern Ireland Christmas & New Year processing arrangements 2019

Please see below the CUSOP payment processing arrangements for Christmas and the New Year:

Day	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Wed
Date	Dec 23	Dec 24	Dec 25	Dec 26	Dec 27	Dec 28	Dec 29	Dec 30	Dec 31	Jan 1	Jan 2
BACS Payments in to Credit Union	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Faster Payments in to Credit Union	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Faster Payments out from Credit Union	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open
UK Banking Days	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Open*	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Closed	Open
CUSOP Processing	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open

*Note 1:

27^th December is a UK Banking Day although it is a Northern Ireland Bank Holiday

Note 2:

Faster Payments credits coming in to Credit Union – Monday to Friday on UK Banking days (including 27^th December)
BACS credits coming in to Credit Union – Monday to Friday on UK Banking days (including 27^th December)
Faster Payments going out from Credit Union – Monday to Saturday (including all UK and NI Bank Holidays)

In summary:

Green: Full CUSOP operational services on 23rd December and from 2^nd January
- Incoming BACS and Faster Payments credits will be processed as normal
- Outgoing Faster Payments credits will be processed as normal
Amber: Credit Unions may receive incoming files and the CUSOP system will transmit outgoing files if received. There will be no operational support from CUSOP.
Red: No payment services for the respective payment type highlighted above

CUSOP will have limited operational support service on 24^th, 30^th & 31^st December (phone: 00353 1 614 6980 or email: info@cusop.ie)

Credit Unions are only obliged to process payments on the days they are open for business.

ILCU Webmaster 2019-12-03T11:10:05+01:00 December 3rd, 2019|Latest News|Comments Off