Cash services – Ukraine

10.01.2024

Cash instruction deadlines

Note: All times are Central European Time (CET).

The deadlines for client cash instructions in UAH are as follows:

Period

Pre-advice

Withdrawal

Transfer

FX

for Value Date (VD) = Settlement Date (SD)

All year

VD 11:00

VD 11:00

VD 20:00

VD-2 11:30

MT202 Cash instruction formats

Important note: Clients that are instructing a withdrawal or entry of funds in UAH need to respect the following instruction formats. Payments will be rejected in the event of failure.

CBL clients are reminded that final beneficiaries of Ukrainian Government bonds for cash transactions settled via the link can be non-resident institutions and local Ukrainian banks only.

In addition, clients must pay specific attention to the reason wording in field :72:/BNF/.

1. Outbound payments

a) Transfer from non-resident CBL cash account to own local on-shore non-resident cash account

:57a:/BIC of the local agent

:58D:/IBAN (IBAN is mandatory in Ukraine and should be populated without space)
Beneficiary name
NA 0000000001
:72: BNF/      Clients need to choose the appropriate reason from the list below; always quote the entire wording and do not deviate from the country and transaction codes.

  • GVMT Bonds Redemption Funds transfer from foreign correspondent bank - depository account, country code 442, transaction code 8424; or

  • GVMT Bonds Coupon Funds transfer from foreign correspondent bank - depository account, country code 442, transaction code 8424; or

  • GVMT Bonds Sale Proceeds Funds transfer from foreign correspondent bank - depository account, country code 442, transaction code 8424.

b) Reinvestment from non-resident CBL cash account to non-resident local on-shore cash account

:57a:/BIC of the local agent
:58D:/IBAN (IBAN is mandatory in Ukraine)
          Beneficiary name
          NA 0000000001
:72:/BNF/  Clients need to choose the appropriate reason within the following list; always quote the entire wording and do not deviate country and transaction codes however include number and date of agreement.

  • Funds transfer for purchase of GVMT bonds at primary auction, brokerage agreement (number and date), country code 442, transaction code 8430; or
  • Payment for GVMT bonds PSA at the secondary market (PSA number and date), country code 442, transaction code 8430; or
  • Funds transfer for purchase of GVMT bonds via Settlement Center to the local broker, brokerage agreement (number and date), country code 442, transaction code 8430.

c) Reinvestment From non-resident CBL cash account to resident local banks of Ukraine

:57a:/BIC of the local agent
:58D:/IBAN (IBAN is mandatory in Ukraine)
          Beneficiary name
         USRC (8 digit code) of the local resident2
:72:/BNF/  Clients need to choose the appropriate reason within the following list; always quote the entire wording and do not deviate country and transaction codes however include number and date of agreement.

  • Funds transfer for purchase of GVMT bonds at primary auction, brokerage agreement (number and date), country code 442, transaction code 8430; or
  • Payment for GVMT bonds PSA at the secondary market (PSA number and date), country code 442, transaction code 8430; or
  • Funds transfer for purchase of GVMT bonds via Settlement Center to the local broker, brokerage agreement (number and date), country code 442, transaction code 8430.

2. Inbound payments

a) From own non-resident local on-shore cash account to own non-resident CBL cash account

Scenario: CBL client transfers UAH funds between its on-shore account and own CBL cash account.

:57a:/CITIUAUKXXX
:58D:/UA273005840000016006460108004
         Clearstream Banking S.A.
         NA 0000000001
:72:/BNF/Funds transfer between own accounts with further credit to CBL account number (5-digit CBL account + CBL name of non-resident), transaction code 8424, country code of fund’s remitter (clients need to check and quote the country code of the remitter)

b) From non-resident local on-shore cash account or local resident bank on-shore cash account to own non-resident CBL cash account

Scenario: CBL client sells government bonds to another non-resident on-shore or a local bank on-shore in Ukraine.

:57a:/CITIUAUKXXX
:58D:/UA273005840000016006460108004
          Clearstream Banking S.A.
          Tax Code 0000000001

:72:/BNF/Payment for GVMT bonds PSA (number and date), code of transaction 8430, country code of fund’s remitter (clients need to check and quote the country code of the remitter) and CBL account number (5-digit CBL account + CBL name of non-resident)

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1. Always NA 000000000 for non-residents.

2. USRC is a Unified State Register Code (Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine).