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Effective Monday 8 December 2025, the Central Bank of Iceland will discontinue its programme of regular foreign currency purchases.
It has been decided that New Year's Eve will no longer be a business day for the Central Bank. The Bank’s real-time gross settlement system and the interbank market for domestic and foreign currency will be closed that day. The Bank’s payment card settlement system will be closed as well. Until now, the securities settlement system has been closed on New Year's Eve.