How will banks in Cuba operate on New Year’s Eve and holidays?

If you need to do any banking in Cuba these days, it is important that you find out how banks will operate on the island, given the holidays in late 2023 and early 2024. We explain below.

Banco Metropolitano informs its customers through Capital Media about the opening hours for the year-end holidays. The service will be discontinued on December 29, 2023 at 12 noon due to the conclusion of fiscal year 2023.

On December 30, 2023, branches operating on that day will operate during normal hours from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. 31 December 2023, 1 and 2 January From 2024, there will be no Banco Metropolitano service.

On January 3, 2024, all branches opening on that day will open from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to provide cashier services. On January 4, 2024, service will be restored to its normal schedule throughout the branch network.

Hours of other Cuban banks on these dates

According to the Metropolitan Bank of Havana, during those days, the service of electronic means of payment will continue.

,It is suggested to be used as an alternative, online payments for goods and services through QR codes or point-of-sale devices (POS or PoS), withdrawing cash at stores and other locations for extra cash Use the Service where it is available; And also in the open branches of CADECA,” he said.

According to the BANDEC branch in Cienfuegos, they will operate as follows. This Saturday, December 30, is the last day to provide services in the offices in 2023. Only cash deposits will be received from Commerce and Gastronomy Group entities on Monday, January 1, 2024.

The same service will be introduced for the commercial sector on Tuesday, January 2. In-person service will resume at all branches for individuals and economic actors during normal hours on Thursday, January 4.

While Banco Popular de Ahorro (BPA) released the following information.