International payment operations
General Information
All activities in the area of international payment operations are performed in accordance with the Law on FX Operations, Law on Payment Services and Payment Systems, the Instructions on Performing the International Payment Operations, the Decision on the Method of Performing the International Payment Operations, the other legal and by-law regulations and the Bank's internal acts.
Incoming payments - Loro remittances
- The recipient of the funds should have a foreign currency payment account in the inflow currency
- Efficient execution of inflows on the same day as the currency date
- On the value date or the next working day at the latest the Bank informs the client – beneficiary
- Ability to lead with incoming payments in all branches of SB or through e-banking service of Stopanska banka
Commission
- Up to EUR 50.00 free of charge
- 0.10%, minimum EUR 5 + EUR 2 charge
Credit transfers in euros and in a currency other than euro
Credit transfers in euros and in a currency other than euro
- The client should have a foreign currency payment account in the remittance currency
- The client submits to the Bank payment documents in accordance with the regulations for performing payment services abroad
- Processing is on the same day of the received order, with value date on the following working day, according to the payment schedule
- Fast and efficient execution of the payment transaction abroad in all branches of SB or through e-banking service of Stopanska banka
- Due to the established extensive SWIFT network - links with banks around the world, customer’s additional charges are avoided
Commission
• Up to EUR 50.00 free of charge, only SWIFT MKD 350
• EUR 1- 50,000.00: 0.27%, min. EUR 4 + SWIFT MKD 350
• EUR 50.000.01- 100.000.00: 0.25% + SWIFT MKD 350
• EUR 100.000.01-500.000.00: 0.20% + SWIFT MKD 350
• Over EUR 500.000.01: 0.17% + SWIFT MKD 350
Other remittances and payments
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) and remittances
- Ability to execute conditional remittances with the same amount of refund, exclusively through SB counterparts
A commission of 0.37% of the remittance minimum MKD 1,100.00
Payments/transfers to customers in foreign banks
- Efficient payment/transfer of funds to more foreign banks due to open accounts in SB
- Fee of 0.10% of the amount of remittance minimum EUR 15.00 and
- up to EUR 50.00 no commission only swift costs
Checks drawn on foreign banks
- Fee of MKD 3,000 prepaid upon withdrawal of the check + 3.00% of check amount minimum MKD 1,000.00 per check upon check payment
Documents Collection (Documents Against Payment)
- Quality processing of import and export:
- Bill of Exchange
- Documents Against Payment
- Timely execution of the payments/collections against the documentary collections
Commission
- Advising of Documentary Collection at sight – 0.22% of the amount, minimum MKD 1200
- Advising of Documentary Collection with maturity– 0.30% of the amount, minimum MKD 1200
- Collection of Documentary Collection - 0.10% of the amount, minimum MKD 400
- Payment of Documentary Collection
- EUR 1 - 50.000 – 0.27%
- EUR 50.000,01 - 100.000 – 0.25%
- EUR 100.000,01 - 500.000 – 0.20%
- Over EUR 500.000,01 – 0.17%, minimum MKD 250
- Protest of Documentary Collection – 0.50% of the amount, minimum MKD 3.000, plus notary expenses
- Handling of documents without payment – MKD 1200
Payment schedule
Payment schedule for execution of payment transactions abroad in Stopanska banka AD Skopje
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Accepting payment transactions |
Execution of payment transactions |
Hard -copy payment transactions |
Every working day from 8:30 until |
During the same day |
Online payment transactions |
Every working day from 8:00 until |
During the same day |
Hard -copy payment transactions |
Every working day after 14:00 |
During the next working day |
Online payment transactions |
Every working day after 15:00 and non-working days | During the next working day |
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