Barbadians will face a brief overnight halt in interbank money transfers on Friday as the Central Bank switches national payment rails to the new BIMPay platform, with services set to resume early Saturday, Governor Dr Kevin Greenidge said on Tuesday.

But their use of bank cards and cash trips to automated teller machines (ATMs) will continue uninterrupted, he said.

The automated clearing house (ACH) and real-time processing (RTP) interbank systems are to be replaced by the new online payment system, which goes into operation on Saturday.