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Bank Operational Time -

Bank Working Hours: Monday - Friday (8.30 A.M - 13.30 P.M & afternoon from 3:00 P.M to 4:00 P.M) (Generic Timings*) (Expect saturday, sunday & public holidays)
(* Do note that these bank timings vary from branch to branch.)
Lunch Timeing - Usally 1.30P.M - 3P.M (May vary from branch to branch). However bank Employees took their lunch in batches so that the business is not affected & you can visit the bank at any time during lunch time.

Transational Timing -

The crediting time of the bank vary from one lender to another, usually from two days (in most cases) a week. The times are shortened in the event that the beneficiary of the transfer is a customer of the same bank from which the credit starts, in particular in the case of online transfer; in this situation, in fact, you can often see the amount transferred as early as the next day (if the branch is also the same) or after two days (same bank or other branch).

Starting in 2012, the credit transfer time has shortened from three working days to one working day after the execution date. Attention because the so-called cut-off time must be taken into account , i.e. the time after which the transfer request is no longer considered received on that day, but on the next. The cut-off time also changes depending on the bank, and you must always keep in mind that we are talking about working days: a bank transfer requested on Friday after the cut-off time (for example 15:00) will not be credited before the following Tuesday.

Real Time Fund Transfer :
Since 2018, many Italian banks have offered an additional service, namely the real-time transfer , which takes only a handful of seconds to be credited and can be requested at any time, 24 hours a day, from Monday to Sunday, thus effectively allowing to say goodbye to "banking times".

This is the Sepa Instant Credit Transfert system , which requires a maximum time of 10 seconds for credit transfers of up to 15 thousand euros . The bank requires a surcharge for those who choose the instant transfer instead of the normal one, usually of a few cents.

Transfer with account cards :
A further solution is that of immediate and free money transfer using account cards, such as Hype and N26 , or systems such as Satispay . Using these platforms, in fact, it is possible to send money from your account practically in real time and directly from the smartphone app.

The recipient, however, must in turn be registered to the circuit in order to benefit from the service, otherwise he will receive a notification with the link to register so that he can be credited with the money, with all that this entails; Fortunately, today the procedures for opening a new account according to these smart methods are increasingly streamlined and rapid.