Payments made from NZD accounts
Payments made from NZD accounts can be authorised between 7am and 11pm on NZ business days.
Payments that use a forward exchange contract or dealer rate, can only be authorised from 7am up until the relevant currency cut-off time.
Payments made from foreign currency accounts
Scheduled for today, can be authorised from 7am up until the relevant currency cut-off time on NZ business days.
Scheduled for a future date, can be authorised at any time except 9:30pm–1:30am on NZ business days.
Payments can’t be authorised on a public holiday in the country of that currency, for example USD payments can't be authorised on 4 July (US Independence Day).
Foreign currency cut-off times
Visit bnz.co.nz for foreign currencies and cut-off times.