We’d like to wish you a very happy holiday season!
You’ll still be able to book a transfer online over the festive period, but some markets will close for Christmas and New Year, and there will be reduced trading hours and lower liquidity.
To help you plan your money transfers during the holidays, we've listed the expected global market opening and closing times below.
Christmas and New Year trading hours
| Date | UK | US |
| 24 Dec 2025 (Christmas Eve) | Global markets close at 10:00 p.m. GMT | Global markets close at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST |
| 25 Dec 2025 (Christmas Day) | Markets closed all day in the UK. Sydney reopens at 10:00 p.m. GMT. | Markets closed all day in the US. Sydney reopens at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST. |
| 26 Dec 2025 (Boxing Day – UK) | Markets closed in the UK. Major global markets remain open. | Normal US trading hours (all markets open except London). |
| 27–30 Dec 2025 | All markets open as normal | All markets open as normal |
| 31 Dec 2025 (New Year’s Eve) | All markets open as normal | Global markets close at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST |
| 1 Jan 2026 (New Year’s Day) | Markets closed in the UK. Sydney reopens at 10:00 p.m. GMT. | Markets closed in the US. Sydney reopens at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST. |
| 2 Jan 2026 | All markets open as normal | All markets open as normal |