Bank holidays 2026

US banks follow the Federal Reserve's holiday schedule. In 2026 the Fed is closed on 10 weekdays: New Year's Day (Thursday, January 1), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 19), Presidents Day (Monday, February 16), Memorial Day (Monday, May 25), Juneteenth (Friday, June 19), Labor Day (Monday, September 7), Columbus Day (Monday, October 12), Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11), Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 26) and Christmas Day (Friday, December 25). ACH payments, direct deposits and wires don't settle on those days.

Download: CSV for Excel or Google Sheets · Federal Reserve calendar 2026

The Friday that catches people out

Friday, July 3 (Independence Day is on Saturday): federal offices close, but the Federal Reserve is open, so banks process payments and direct deposits arrive as normal. The Fed never moves a Saturday holiday to Friday. A holiday that falls on a Sunday is a different story: the Fed closes the following Monday. More on the Saturday rule.

Bank holidays and federal holidays aren't the same list

The Federal Reserve closes on the federal holidays, with two differences that matter for money. It doesn't close on the Friday before a Saturday holiday, while federal offices do. And it has nothing to do with the stock market: the NYSE closes on Good Friday, when banks are open, and stays open on Columbus Day and Veterans Day, when banks are closed. See bank holidays vs stock market holidays.

How bank holidays move payments

A payment due on a bank holiday or weekend settles on the next business day. Payroll usually moves the other way, to the business day before, so nobody is paid late: the 2026 payroll calendars show every adjusted payday and the day payroll has to be submitted. For ACH cut-offs around each holiday, see the ACH holiday schedule 2026.

Add 2026 bank holidays to your calendar

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Canada and the UK

Canadian banks follow Payments Canada, which closes on Remembrance Day and Boxing Day but not on Family Day or Easter Monday: Payments Canada holidays 2026. UK banks follow the England and Wales bank holidays: UK bank holidays 2026 (Bacs).

Get bank holidays in code

curl "https://bankday.dev/v1/holidays?calendar=us-fed&year=2026" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BANKDAY_KEY"

Add &format=csv for a spreadsheet, or check any single date with /v1/business-day. Every rail, exchange and country uses the same calls.

Other years

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