Banking Circle Overview

Banking Circle is our primary banking provider and provides our widest range of funding currencies.

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IMPORTANT:

During onboarding, you will need to provide us with:

• your business registration country
• the countries from where your business is currently operating from and
• the country where your corporate bank account is located and from where funds will be transferred to your Nium account.

Our teams will use this information to guide you on which banking partner to use for an optimal funding experience.

Virtual IBANs

Banking Circle provides a virtual IBAN for each funding account. You can use this virtual IBAN to transfer money to your Nium funding account. Transferring money to a virtual IBAN is the same as sending a bank transfer to a regular account number. Once Banking Circle receives the transfer, it will automatically be applied to your funding account.

The virtual IBAN can be retrieved from the Nium Portal by following the instructions found in the section How do I deposit money to a funding account.

How much does Banking Circle cost?

Nium does not charge a fee for funding with any Bank. Your bank will likely charge for an outbound wire transfer, and some bank charges may be applied by Banking Circle. If you do not select “Charges to be borne by sender” when you send your transfer, your funds will be credited to Nium net of any charges.

Banking Circle transfer types

There are two main types of payments that are routed via Banking Circle:

1. SEPA transfers in EUR
2. Cross border (SWIFT) payment for all currencies

How long will it take for transfers to be added to a funding account?

The following are generic timeframes, with "T" being the day of booking and before the processing bank's cut-off time. Your Bank should be able to provide you with their own settlement cycles for each currency, as these may differ according to your bank. Timescales may also be impacted according to your Bank’s cut-off time.
These timeframes are indicative and should only be used as a reference point.

All payments can be subject to screening which, in some instances, may cause a delay to the funds being applied.

SEPA Transfers (EUR)

SEPA Credit Transfers

Banking Circle has direct access to the SEPA scheme through their German partner bank (Bundesbank). This IBAN should only be used for SEPA Credit Transfers. Any transfers not sent through SEPA on this virtual IBAN can be declined.

This is the information required for a Banking Circle EUR SEPA Credit transfer:

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Germany Bank Address:

Banking Circle S.A.
20095 Hamburg,
Germany

SEPA Instant Transfers

Banking Circle is a participant of the SEPA Instant Scheme. This funding option enables clients to fund their EUR funding account in seconds, at any time of the day, including weekends and public holidays. The maximum amount that can be transferred at a time through SEPA Instant is EUR 100,000.
SEPA Instant is only available to clients within the European Economic Area (EEA) providing that the remitting bank is also a participant in the SEPA Instant Scheme. You may check if your bank is a participant of the SEPA Instant Scheme by visiting this page or by enquiring directly with your bank.

The same virtual IBAN and BIC used for SEPA Credit Transfers are used for SEPA Instant Transfers as per the below example:

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Germany Bank Address:

Banking Circle S.A.
20095 Hamburg,
Germany

Cross-border (multi-currency) Transfers

Banking Circle’s Danish entity supports multi-currency cross-border payments. These payments reach Banking Circle by first being routed through their UK partner bank (Citibank). In addition to the BIC that identifies the destination of the transfer (SXPYDKKK), you will also need to include Banking Circle’s partner bank’s BIC (CITIGB2L, as shown below). This tells your bank where and how to send the transfer to Banking Circle.

Please note, you can also send EUR payments with these routing details. EUR can be sent either as a SEPA Credit Transfer or cross-border SWIFT instruction. However, it is important to note that for EUR payments to arrive in a timely and efficient way, we suggest using the DE IBAN shown in the SEPA EUR section above if you are processing a SEPA transfer; otherwise use the DK IBAN shown below if you are processing a cross-border SWIFT transfer.

*Local DKK transfers are not supported by Banking Circle. Please refer to the Barclays (EEA) section.

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Denmark Bank Address:

Banking Circle S.A.
Philip Heymans Alle 15
2900 Hellerup
Denmark

Banking Circle non-working days

The following days are the only dates when transfers are not processed:

• 1 January
• Good Friday
• Easter Monday
• 1 May
• 8 May
• 29 May
• 28 August
• 25 December
• 26 December

Common causes for delays

Currency holidays for 2024

What if a Banking Circle transfer is delayed?

For SEPA credit transfers, please send an email to [email protected] with the date that you sent your transfer, and your transfer currency and amount. Please also attach your proof of payment for the transfer.
For cross-border transfers, please send an email to [email protected] with the date that you sent the transfer, and your transfer currency and amount. Please also attach the MT103 (Swift payment confirmation). The MT103 is provided by your bank and looks like this: