Cross-border payments
Cross-border payments include all payments in currencies other than euros, as well as euro payments to countries outside the euro area.
Standard cross-border payment
Funds will typically reach the recipient’s account on the same day, provided the payment order is submitted before the currency cut-off time. Please note that delivery times may vary depending on the receiving bank and other payment specific factors.
Payment cut-off times
The execution of cross-border payments depends on the currency and the submission time.
Currency | Cut-off times1 |
USD | 16:00 |
EUR | 16:00 |
SEK | 15:30 |
NOK | 14:30 |
CAD | 16:00 |
CHF | 14:30 |
DKK | 14:30 |
PLN | 12:30 |
JPY | Only T+1 |
CZK | 12:30 |
GBP | 16:00 |
1 - payment is processed on the same working day of the Bank if it is received until the specified Latvian time. If the payment is received after the specified submission time, the next working day of the Bank shall be the payment value date.
T – payment value date, T+1 – the next working day of the bank after the payment value date.
Commission types
For cross-border payments, OP Corporate Bank plc Latvia branch offers the following commission types:
- SHA (shared) – the beneficiary and the payer each pay their banks commission. If the customer has specified SHA commission type in the payment order, the customer shall provide to the Bank the payment amount and, in addition, pay the Bank commission according to the Price List. The Bank shall send the payment order to the correspondent bank or the beneficiary’s bank specifying the SHA option in the respective SWIFT message field. At this point, it is considered that the Bank has fulfilled its obligations in respect to carrying out the payment on SHA terms. All the banks involved in the payment, except for the Bank, have the right to withhold commission fees from the payment amount, and furthermore concerning payments in the EEA member state currencies, including EUR, only the beneficiary’s bank has the right to withhold a commission from the received payment amount before transferring it into the recipients account, if agreed so between the beneficiary and its bank;
- OUR (Payer) – the payer pays all the commission fees. If the customer has specified OUR commission type in the payment order, the customer shall provide to the Bank the payment amount and, in addition, pay the Bank commission according to the Price List. The Bank shall send the payment order to the correspondent bank or the beneficiary’s bank specifying the OUR option in the respective SWIFT message field thus entrusting the correspondent bank or the beneficiary’s bank to pay the recipient a full payment amount. At this point, it is considered that the Bank has fulfilled its obligations in respect to carrying out the payment on OUR terms. If the banks involved in the payment request commission fees, the Bank shall write these charges off the customers account without requiring prior approval by the customer. For payments, where the beneficiarys bank is located in the European Union or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Monaco and Switzerland, commission type OUR is only available if currency conversion is involved or the payment is made in a currency other than the currency of the above countries.