Is Thursday 1 January 2026 a FedNow Service business day?

Yes.

FedNow Service is open for settlement.

Open

Next business day: Fri 2 Jan 2026
Previous business day: Wed 31 Dec 2025

Decided by the weekend rule: no weekend days are closed on FedNow Service.

release 2026.10.29.1

How we know

Around this date

Open
Closed
Weekend
Holiday on a weekend

Thu 1 Jan on other calendars

Calendar	Status	Why
Germany: nationwide public holidays DE	No data	Outside this calendar's sources
T2 (TARGET RTGS) EU-T2	Closed	New Year's Day (TARGET closing day)
CHAPS GB-CHAPS	Closed	New Year's Day
England and Wales bank holidays GB-EAW	Closed	New Year's Day
FedACH Services US-FEDACH	Closed	New Year's Day
US federal holidays US-FEDERAL	Closed	New Year's Day
Fedwire Funds Service US-FEDWIRE	Closed	New Year's Day

Get this answer in code

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEITWIDE_API_KEY" \
  https://api.zeitwide.com/v1/calendars/US-FEDNOW/days/2026-01-01

{
  "date": "2026-01-01",
  "is_business_day": true,
  "dataset_release": "2026.10.29.1"
}

Agents get the same answer from the is_business_day MCP tool. Developer quickstart

Questions people ask

Is Thursday 1 January 2026 a FedNow Service business day?: Yes. FedNow Service is open for settlement on Thursday 1 January 2026. Next business day: Fri 2 Jan 2026. Previous: Wed 31 Dec 2025. Backed by official sources.
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