At LHV, a standing order means that LHV performs the required transfers on your behalf, on the date specified in the contract. At LHV, it is possible to conclude a standing order agreement for in-house and European payments.

For the standing order, you can designate:

• the beneficiary
• the payment date and the interval after which the payment repeats (e.g. week, month, year), as well as
• the method of transfer, and the sum.

You can choose between three options for the transferring of funds:

1. On the payment date, we will deduct the agreed sum from your account and transfer it to the recipient. We shall check whether there are sufficient funds for the payment on the payment date and on the two following days.
2. On the payment date, we will transfer the entire available balance of your account to the recipient. We shall check whether there are sufficient funds for the payment only on the payment date.
3. You determine the amount which has to remain in your account on the payment date – we will transfer the remaining available funds to the recipient. We shall check whether there are sufficient funds for the payment only on the payment date.

On the payment date you only need to take care that the required amount is available in your account on the right date and that the transaction limits are sufficient. If there are insufficient funds in the account at that time or the transaction limit is insufficient for a standing order payment, the standing order shall not be fulfilled.

The standing order agreement shall remain valid and this shall not hinder further payments (provided that there are sufficient funds on the account and the transaction limit is sufficient at the time of the standing order payment).

Payment import makes it possible to upload a payment file in the internet bank and to sign payments there (one by one or in batches) and to view, amend, and subsequently delete them in the internet bank. Upload the payment file here: Daily banking → Payments → Import of payments. Also review the format.

If you want to fully automate the importing of the payment file, use LHV Connect. Your accountant can use the solution to make payments and keep track of incoming and outgoing payments directly in the accounting software.

We send instant notifications as an e-mail, push notification. In addition to the business customer as an xml file.

E-mail
By default, we notify the customer by email whenever there is a delay or error in processing your payment. Read more

Push Notification
Instant notifications are sent to clients who are using the LHV mobile app. Both the activation and usage of the instant notification service is free of charge. Read more

We send a notification for every payment or e-invoice received, transaction limit being reached, failed transaction and expiry of a bank card.

Xml file
A business client can order instant notifications on payments through LHV Connect. Find out more about LHV Connect.

A predefined payment is a pre-filled payment order saved in the internet bank or mobile app.

Payments can be saved in the internet bank, by selecting Daily banking → Payments → Predefined payments. A regular payment can also be added to the predefined payments after signing the payment.

In the mobile app you can view and save predefined payments by selecting Settings → Payments → Predefined payments.

Starting a payment from a predefined payment is most convenient in the mobile app. There, only the initials are required to find the recipient and the payment info and there is no need to save the payment separately.

A low value payment is a European payment of up to 30 €, made via the internet bank and mobile app, which the private client can make without strong authentication.

Five payments of up to 30 € can be made without strong authentication. The sixth payment must be confirmed using strong authentication (mobile-ID, ID-Card, SmartID or a pin calculator).

The option to make low value payments can be activated and deactivated in the internet bank as well as the mobile app (activation in one also affects payments made in the other).

Proxy payment can be used to pay individuals or legal persons using only their phone number.

• Start a new payment using the app.
• Select a number from your Contacts or enter it manually.
• You can then accept payments using your phone number linked to your account. For the payer, the payment order form is automatically filled in with the recipient’s name and account number.

Accepting a proxy payment

• In the app settings, link your phone number with the desired bank account and consent to the sending of data.
• You will receive a confirmation code by text message. This is to verify that the telephone number you entered belongs to you.
• The payee's name and bank account number are automatically added to the payment order. If the payee has not joined the proxy payment service, you can send them an invitation to join the proxy payment at LHV Pank.

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LHV Pank does not send or accept payments related to countries, regions, banks or currencies.

• Armenian - From 01.09.2023, LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Armenian banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Armenian banks that may be registered or operate outside Armenia. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Armenia-related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
• Belarus - LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Belarusian banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Belarusian banks that may be registered or operate outside Belarus. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Belarusian -related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
• Central African Republic
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Iran
• Kazakhstan - From 01.09.2023, LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Kazakhstan banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Kazakhstan banks that may be registered or operate outside Kazakhstan. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Kazakhstan -related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
• Kyrgyzstan - From 01.09.2023, LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Kyrgyz banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Kyrgyz banks that may be registered or operate outside Kyrgyzstan. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Kyrgyzstan -related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
• Latvia* – due to a correspondent bank's decision, LHV Pank does not execute foreign payments (except for euro payments) to the following banks: AS BLUEORANGE BANK RIGA (CBBRLV22), AS PRIVATBANK (PRTTLV22), REGIONALA INVESTICIJU BANKA (RIBRLV22)
• Libya
• Moldova* – due to a correspondent bank's decision, LHV Pank does not execute payments to Moldindconbank (MOLDMD2X)
• North-Korea
• Russia - LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Russian banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Russian banks that may be registered or operate outside Russia. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Russia -related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
• Serbia - From 01.09.2023, LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Serbian banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Serbian banks that may be registered or operate outside Serbia. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Serbia -related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
• Somalia
• Sudan and South Sudan
• Syria
• Uzbekistan - From 01.09.2023, LHV bank will not make or accept payments from Uzbekistan banks. We return the received payments to the payer. The restriction applies to any currency as well as subsidiaries of Uzbekistan banks that may be registered or operate outside Uzbekistan. As an exception the bank may process certain corporate or private banking customers’ Uzbekistan -related transactions given the transaction is in compliance with international sanctions.
  
  
• Russian rouble (RUB) - Starting from 30.03.2022 LHV Pank does not send or accept payments in rubles.

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LHV Pank has the right not to execute payments related to the following banks or countries:

• Cuba
• Iraq
• Myanmar
• Ukraine - Crimea, Sevastopol and Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson oblasts
• Venezuela
• Yemen
  
  

Payments may be restricted if the payment

• is related to a credit institution whose activity licence has expired;
• is related to a person (natural / legal) who is subject to the UN, European Union, UK or US sanctions
• is related to a resident of any of the abovementioned countries or a person located or operating there;
• details contain a word (e.g. city, hotel, name of a person) that can be associated with any of the abovementioned countries;
• lacks important information (e.g. the payer’s/recipient’s name, address or details on the content of the transaction);
• relates to dual-use good or is suspected of being.
• is associated with a higher risk country. These can be high-risk third countries that are on the lists published by the FATF and the European Union.

Due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, payments may also be restricted if the payment

• is related to trade restrictions or to the intellectual property of goods subject to trade restrictions.
• is related to transit through Russia.
• is related to third countries where sanctions evasion has been identified
• is related to the Russian defense industry.
• is related to transport to or from Russia by road.
• is related to ships engaged in ship-to-ship transfers or ships that have manipulated with their navigation system.
• is related to propaganda.

When making a payment, it should be taken into account that due to the international sanctions implemented, the time for payment (including receipt) may be extended. When choosing new partners and conducting transactions, the bank recommends assessing that the activity would not violate the restrictions established by international sanctions. Also, depending on the restriction, the bank may be obliged to block or freeze the payment. In addition, the review of foreign payments may take longer than usual if, due to the bank’s due diligence measures, the origin of the money needs to be more thoroughly determined. Coming from the aforementioned reasons, LHV Pank will not compensate the client for the loss incurred in the event of a restriction on the disposal of money.