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Deposit Schedules Overview

Description: Learn about deposits and schedules for US and Canadian merchants.


Availability: United States, Canada

Select United States or Canada below to view deposit schedules and cutoff times for that region.

Deposit Schedules for United States Merchants

Shift4 defaults most merchants to Next-Day 24-hour funding unless requested or changed otherwise.

Funding types:

  • Next-Day Funding 24-hour funding: Funds are deposited the next business day.
  • Two-Day Funding 48-hour funding: Funds are deposited on the second business day.
  • Same-Day Funding: Funds are deposited between 1:00 p.m. ET and 5:00 p.m. ET.

Note: If your batch is not closed before the cutoff times below, the funds are deposited up to 1 business day later.

Batch Settlement Cut Off Times

The batch settlement cutoff times vary depending on the funding type and time zone.

Next-Day 24-Hour Funding 

Batch Day Batched Before 11:00 PM EST Batched After 11:00 PM EST
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 
Wednesday Thursday  Friday
Thursday  Friday Monday
Friday, Saturday, or Sunday Monday Tuesday

Two-Day 48-Hour Funding

Batch Day Batched Before 5:00 AM EST Batched After 5:00 AM EST
Monday Wednesday Thursday 
Tuesday Thursday  Friday
Wednesday Friday Monday
Thursday or Friday Monday Monday
Saturday or Sunday Tuesday Tuesday

Same-Day Funding

Batch Day Batched Before 8:00 AM EST Batched After 8:00 AM EST
Monday Monday Tuesday
Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday
Wednesday Wednesday Thursday 
Thursday  Thursday  Friday
Friday Friday Monday
Saturday or Sunday Monday Monday

Federal Banking Holidays

If your deposit is scheduled on a federal banking holiday, it will be delayed by one business day.

For the current list of federal banking holidays, visit the Federal Reserve's banking holiday schedule.

Deposit Schedules for Canadian Merchants

Batch Settlement Cut-Off Times 

Next-Day 24-Hour Funding 

Batch Day Batched Before Recommended Batch Time Batched After Recommended Batch Time
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 
Wednesday Thursday  Friday
Thursday  Friday Monday
Friday, Saturday, or Sunday Monday Tuesday

Note: These are recommended batch times to make sure the merchant makes the next-day funding cut-off.

Merchant Province Batch Cut-off Time in Eastern time  Batch Cut-off Time in Merchant Local Time Batch Cut-off Time Daylight Savings 
Newfoundland & Nunavut Batch of 10:00 pm EST for the cutoff of 10:30 pm EST Batch of 11:30 pm NST for the cutoff of 12:00 am NST Batch of 11:30 pm NDT for the cutoff of 12:00 am NDT
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island Batch of 10:30 pm EST for the cutoff of 11:00 pm EST Batch of 11:30 pm AST for the cutoff of 12:00 am AST Batch of 11:30 pm ADT for the cutoff of 12:00 am ADT
Ontario, Quebec Batch of 11:30 pm EST for the cutoff of 12:00 am EST  Batch of 11:30 pm EST for the cutoff of 12:00 am EST  Batch of 11:30 pm EDT for the cutoff of 12:00 am EDT
Manitoba Batch of 12:30 am EST for the cutoff of 1:00 am EST Batch of 11:30 pm CST for the cutoff of  12:00 am CST Batch of 11:30 pm CDT for the cutoff of 12:00 am CDT
Saskatchewan (year round Central Standard time, UTC -5) Batch of 12:30 am EST for the cutoff of 1:00 am EST Batch of 11:30 pm CST for the cutoff of 12:00 am CST  Batch of 10:30 pm CST for the cutoff of 11:00 pm CST
British Columbia, Yukon (year round Pacific Daylight time, UTC -7) Anytime before 2:00 am EST Batch of 12:00 am PDT  Batch of 11:00 pm PDT
Alberta, Northwest Territories  Anytime before 2:00 am EST Batch of 12:00 am MST Batch of 12:00 am MDT
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