Banks| NEFT| RTGS to be closed on Second and Fourth Saturday

Effective September 2015, all banks would be closed on Second and Fourth Saturday every month. But now remaining Saturday’s (first, third and fifth) of the month would be full working day at banks.

My initial understanding was that only Government banks would be impacted but no – seems like private banks would also follow similar practice.  This is the mail I got from HDFC Bank about their bank following this practice.

NEFT, RTGS also closed on 2^nd and 4^th Saturday

RBI (Reserve bank of India) has clarified that NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) and RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) that are used for online fund transfers between banks would also be closed on Second and Fourth Saturday.

Now NEFT and RTGS too would not work on Second and Fourth Saturdays. For rest of working days the timing would be as follows:

• NEFT Timing: 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
• RTGS Timing: 8:15 AM to to 4:15 PM

The above timings are for ICICI Bank. This might vary slightly (15 to 30 minutes) from bank to bank.

NEFT, RTGS Holiday 2015

The NEFT and RTGS would be closed on following days in 2015

Other than the above these are closed on Sundays and 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.