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Cross-border payments

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You can transfer funds in the required foreign currency to another account opened with a bank that operates abroad. International transfers are available online or at a bank branch of your choice.

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To choose the best way to transfer your money cross-border, consider the destination country, the currency and how fast you need your funds transferred.

This method is used to transfer funds in different currencies to just about all countries in the world. The transfer is performed via correspondent accounts opened with correspondent banks, therefore you have to specify the details of your selected correspondent bank as well as the beneficiary’s account number and the bank’s BIC code.

Main features

  • Money can be transferred to most of the banks worldwide
  • The money transfer can be standard, urgent and express (the duration depends on the currency, the location of the remitter's bank and the time of filing the order)
  • The cost of transfer can be covered entirely by the payer (OUR) or the payer pays SEB Bank commission fees and the payee pays other bank commission fees (SHA)

How to transfer funds?

The most convenient way to transfer money in a foreign currency is via the internet bank:

  • Log in to the internet bank, select “Payments” → “New payment”, complete the required fields of the payment order and confirm the transaction

If you are unable to make the transfer in the internet bank, you can book a meeting at any branch of SEB. Remember to take your personal identity document and fill in the required payment order:

Cross-border Payment Order (PDF)

Requisites necessary for making International payments

Receiving funds

If funds are transferred to you from an account opened with another bank operating abroad, it will be credited to your account on the same day it reaches the SEB. The funds received from another bank after 5.00 p.m. may be credited to the payee's account on the next business day.

If funds are transferred:

  • to the bank account, which is already handled in payment currency, they will be credited in the currency they are received in
  • to the bank account, which is not handled in payment currency, they are automatically exchanged at the valid exchange rate of the SEB
  • to a credit card account, they will be credited in euro (the transferred currency is automatically exchanged at the valid exchange rate of the SEB)
  • What should you specify to the remitter for money to be credited to your account?

If you are expecting money transfer to your account with the SEB from abroad, you should specify to the remitter following details:

  • The correct number of your account with the SEB in the IBAN format (the funds are credited to the account based on the number)
  • Your company name and address
  • Bank name (AS SEB banka) and SWIFT code (UNLALV2X)
  • Exact name and SWIFT code of the nostro correspondent bank abroad

Choose a correspondent bank according to the transferred currency, country and terms of transfer.

Restrictions in executing payments

SEB provides US dollar payment service only to persons and companies that have indicated their place of residence or company registration in Latvia. SEB will not be able to make payments in US dollars to other customers due to restrictions imposed by intermediary banks.

For your convenience, we advise you to make money transfers or receive incoming payments in SEB in euros or to execute payment orders in US dollars through a bank in the country of your residence or company registration.

Due to international sanctions, mutual rules set by correspondent banks, SEB Group‘s and SEB bank‘s internal policies, Bank is not supporting payment services to and from Russia and Belarus, also it is restricted to make or receive payments related with countries and territories listed below:

  • Iran
  • North Korea
  • Syria
  • Sudan
  • Venezuela
  • Cuba
  • Crimea region of Ukraine
  • non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia

Due to international sanctions regimes or sanctions evasion risk, mutual rules set by correspondent banks, SEB Group‘s and SEB bank‘s internal policies, certain limitations might be applied for payments related with countries and territories listed below:

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Transnistria (Moldova), Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Guinea (Republic of), Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar (Burma), Nicaragua, Ukraine, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Lugansk/ Donetsk, Sudan, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Yemen, China, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Turkey.

We may ask to provide additional information and documents if any direct or indirect connection with above mentioned countries or territories was identified, therefore execution of payment may be delayed.

The list of countries and territories is not exhaustive and restrictions may change over time taking into account changes in international sanctions regulation, mutual rules set by correspondent banks, SEB Group‘s and SEB bank‘s internal policies.

Payments to and from high sanction risk countries (from 15 February 2024)

An additional fee 100 euros is added for payments from/to the countries with higher sanction risk. The fee is imposed for business customers and is in addition to the fees for cross-border payments.

Currently, this fee is applicable to the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.

A fee of 100 EUR will be automatically deducted in addition to the standard cross-border payment fee and will apply if the customer makes a payment to or receives a payment from a country that SEB considers to be a high sanction risk country. 

Currently there are 10 countries on this list: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.

The list of countries may change in the future, but the current list will always be available on the SEB website. 

The fee will apply to payments made and received from 15 February 2024. 

When a customer makes a cross-border payment to/from high sanction risk countries, the cross-border payment fee will be charged and in addition a high sanction risk fee of 100 EUR will be automatically charged.

Due to the different sanction regimes, processing payments to and from these high sanction risk countries requires significantly more time and staff resources.  

The fee is only applied to payments made by SEB business customers.

Service Fee in electronic channels Fee at the Bank's branch
Intrabank payment
Between accounts of one customer at SEB bank (incl. transfers to a savings deposit) Free of charge 5.00 EUR1
To another customer's account at SEB bank if the customer has applied for the Entrepreneurs plan Free of charge 5.00 EUR
To another customer's account at SEB bank 0.21 EUR 5.00 EUR
SEB pension fund, SEB Life and Pension Baltic SE accounts within SEB bank Free of charge Free of charge
Currency exchange within one account Free of charge 5.00 EUR
European payment 2, 3
Standard SEPA payment if the customer has applied for the Entrepreneurs plan (a certain number depending on the type of the plan) Free of charge 5.00 EUR
Submission and performance of the payment4, 5

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 16:00, D+0*
after 16:00, D+1*

At the Bank's branch:

until 15:00, D+0*
after 15:00, D+1*
Standard SEPA payment 0.50 EUR 5.00 EUR
Submission and performance of the payment4, 5

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 16:00, D+0*
after 16:00, D+1*

At the Bank's branch:

until 15:00, D+0*
after 15:00, D+1*
European Express payment (SHA)6 22.00 EUR 25.00 EUR
Submission and performance of the payment5

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 17:00, D+0*

At the Bank's branch:

until 16:00, D+0*
Cross-border payment7, 8
Standard payment:
  • SHA
11.50 EUR 14.50 EUR
  • OUR
20.00 EUR 25.00 EUR
Submission and performance of the payment5

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 17:00, D+2*

At the Bank's branch:

until 17:00, D+2*
Urgent payment:
  • SHA
18.50 EUR 22.00 EUR
  • OUR
26.00 EUR 30.00 EUR
Submission and performance of the payment5

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 15:00, D+1*
after 15:00, D+2*

At the Bank's branch:

until 14:00, D+1*
after 14:00, D+2*
Express payment:
  • SHA (payments in EUR)
22.00 EUR 25.00 EUR
  • SHA (payments in foreign currencies)
25.00 EUR 30.00 EUR
  • OUR
50.00 EUR 58.00 EUR
Submission and processing of payments5 in USD, EUR, GBP, CAD

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 16:30, D+0*

At the Bank's branch:

until 15:30, D+0*
Submission and processing of payments5 in NOK, CHF, SEK

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 15:00, D+0*

At the Bank's branch:

until 14:00, D+0*
Submission and processing of payments5 in DKK, RUB

In Internet bank and mobile application:

until 13:00, D+0*

At the Bank's branch:

until 12:00, D+0*
* D+0 Transfer of funds to the recipient bank or correspondent bank on the same day.
   D+1 Transfer of funds to the recipient bank or correspondent bank on the following day.
   D+2 Transfer of funds to the recipient bank or correspondent bank on the day after.
Additional fee for payment to high sanction risk country9 100.00 EUR 100.00 EUR

Improved exchange rate, starting from amount of 10,000 EUR or its equivalent in another currency, may be applied during the working hours and standard exchange rate is applied - during non-working hours.

The Bank's working time (including the time when receiving of payments are canceled, if it is set at the end of the working day) is shortened by one hour on pre-holiday days.


 
1 Transfer to a deposit account is free of charge.

2 If the payment order does not indicate the recipient's IBAN account, the payment will be processed as a Standard cross-border payment. The correspondent bank and/or beneficiary bank can charge additional fee to be collected from the Customer for the payment processing.

3 Payment in euro to the European bank (a bank located in a European Economic Area member state (including its autonomous territories), Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra or United Kingdom).

4 If bank can process payment order as instant payment it will reach beneficiary account generally within 10 seconds – instant payments are executed every calendar day, including Saturdays, Sundays and national or public holidays.
  Instant payment processing is available only for payments initiated via electronic channels (internet bank and mobile application), if they meet the following criteria: payment amount is up to 15,000 EUR, beneficiary bank is participant of instant payment system, and there are no other obstacles for instant payment processing .

5 The moment of suspending of accepting payment orders – the time on the Settlement day, after which the received Payment orders are considered to have been received on the next Settlement day.

6 Only in the Eurozone (zone in which the euro is introduced as the currency of the European Union).

7 Payments in foreign currencies to other banks in Latvia are processed like cross-border payments.

8 Payment order with commission fee type SHA - the commission fee of SEB bank is covered by the Customer, while all commission fees of correspondent banks and the recipient bank related to the payment are covered by the recipient. SEB bank sends the payment to the correspondent bank or recipient bank with the instruction SHA in the Details of Charges SWIFT notification field. Correspondent banks or the recipient bank have the right to withhold the commission fees from the transferred amount before or after depositing the funds in the recipient’s account.
  Payments to banks in the European Economic Area as well as in Switzerland, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra or United Kingdom in any currency are only accepted if the commission fee type is SHA. If the Customer specifies the commission fee type OUR for such payment, payment order will be rejected.
  Payment order with commission type OUR - the commission of SEB bank, as well as all commissions of the correspondent bank and recipient bank related to performance of the transfer are covered by the Customer. SEB bank sends the payment to the correspondent bank or beneficiary bank with indication OUR in the respective SWIFT message area Details of Charges, instructing the beneficiary bank to pay the transfer amount to the recipient. This provision limits the liability of SEB bank. SEB bank is not liable if the correspondent bank or recipient bank has failed to adhere to the instructions given by SEB bank or if the credit transfer has not been received in full due to other reasons not controlled by SEB bank. SEB bank has the right to withhold the commission fees claimed by the recipient bank or otherwise related to the payment from the Customer’s account without acceptance.

9 High sanction risk payment fee is applied for executing transfer order to countries which under the assessment of the bank are considered to be of higher sanction risk. Full list of high sanction risk countries is available above. Fee shall be charged additionally to other fees for the payment services as described in the price list.