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Countries, Currencies and Holidays Directories

Looking-up basic information on countries’ payment processing parameters for a higher STP

Overview

The Countries, Currencies and Holidays Directory contains all geographical information you need to know when sending out payments.
The Countries, Currencies and Holidays Directory is indispensable for validating your payments in order to ensure they are not delayed or rejected.

The Countries, Currencies and Holidays Directory contains:

The basic country information such as:

  • the time zones and payments system cut-off times
  • payment cancellation rules and stop payments of cheques rules
  • value date rules
  • the currency used, the banking holidays and stock exchange holidays

It also contains:

  • the ISO 3166 list of (2 character) country codes
  • the ISO 4217 list of (3 character) currency codes

Benefits


  • Included in almost all other SWIFT Directories
  • Updated monthly
  • Available as downloadable file

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