Currency Conversion timing & market cut-offs

When currency conversions complete in relation to market hours and currencies.

Currency conversions are not constantly available across the globe, as different markets open and close for currencies, and weekends/public/bank holidays may affect the availability of markets.

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Cut-offs may be subject to future amendments

Markets change, and Modulr and its providers' relationships also change. This data is provided for guidance only, it is kept up to date wherever possible but should not be relied on as explicit, unchanging data. Do not build business processes that run up to cut-offs that could vary in future!

Any call to the create payment or quote endpoint will always return a settlementDate element. This is the confirmed date a conversion will complete based on the time the quote/exchange is executed.


The following tables are the earliest settlement dates & last trade cut-off time (expressed in GMT/BST) that a quote/trade would qualify.

Weekends, past cut-off and public holidays

Any currency conversion after cut-offs, or where markets are closed (weekends or a public/bank holiday in either market currency) will result in settlement completing +1 day.

For example, a GBP:CHF trade at 16:30 on a Friday will settle on the following Monday. (+1 working day as after 14:30 cut-off)


GBP to/from other currencies

Currency PairEarliest Settlement DateLast Trade Cut-Off Time
GBP:EURSame day16:30:00
GBP:AUDSame day02:00:00
GBP:CADSame day17:10:00
GBP:CHFSame day14:30:00
GBP:DKKSame day14:15:00
GBP:JPYSame day05:15:00
GBP:NOKSame day14:15:00
GBP:NZDNext working day21:00:00
GBP:SEKSame day14:15:00
GBP:CZKSame day11:30:00
GBP:HUFSame day12:00:00
GBP:PLNSame day12:00:00
GBP:RONSame day12:00:00
GBP:SGDNext working day22:30:00
GBP:TRYSame day14:00:00
GBP:ILSSame day09:30:00
GBP:ZARSame day12:00:00
GBP:MXNSame day17:10:00
GBP:THBNext working day08:30:00
GBP:AEDSame day10:30:00
GBP:HKDSame day02:00:00
GBP:MADNext working day09:15:00

EUR to/from other currencies

Currency PairEarliest Settlement DateLast Trade Cut-Off Time
EUR:AUDSame day02:00:00
EUR:CADSame day16:30:00
EUR:CHFSame day14:30:00
EUR:DKKSame day14:15:00
EUR:JPYSame day05:15:00
EUR:NOKSame day14:15:00
EUR:NZDNext working day21:00:00
EUR:SEKSame day14:15:00
EUR:CZKSame day11:30:00
EUR:HUFSame day12:00:00
EUR:PLNSame day12:00:00
EUR:RONSame day12:00:00
EUR:SGDNext working day22:30:00
EUR:TRYSame day14:00:00
EUR:ILSSame day09:30:00
EUR:ZARSame day12:00:00
EUR:MXNSame day16:30:00
EUR:THBNext working day08:30:00
EUR:AEDSame day10:30:00
EUR:HKDSame day02:00:00
EUR:MADNext working day09:15:00

USD to/from other currencies

Currency PairEarliest Settlement DateLast Trade Cut-Off Time
USD:GBPSame day17:10:00
USD:EURSame day16:30:00
USD:AUDSame day02:00:00
USD:CADSame day20:30:00
USD:CHFSame day14:30:00
USD:DKKSame day14:15:00
USD:JPYSame day05:15:00
USD:NOKSame day14:15:00
USD:NZDNext working day21:00:00
USD:SEKSame day14:15:00
USD:CZKSame day11:30:00
USD:HUFSame day12:00:00
USD:PLNSame day12:00:00
USD:RONSame day12:00:00
USD:SGDNext working day22:30:00
USD:TRYSame day14:00:00
USD:ILSSame day09:30:00
USD:ZARSame day12:00:00
USD:MXNSame day20:00:00
USD:THBNext working day08:30:00
USD:AEDSame day10:30:00
USD:HKDSame day02:00:00
USD:MADNext working day09:15:00

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