EPKA announced that May 2026 pensions would be paid earlier than originally planned. Pensioners of the Funds (OAEE, OGA, EBRD) and beneficiaries of principal and auxiliary pensions in the private sector will be paid on Friday, April 24, while pensioners of the Funds (IKA-ETAM, banks, PPC, OTE) and the State on Monday, April 27. The amounts will be credited to the accounts from the afternoon of the previous day, speeding up the initial proposal providing for payments on 27 and 29 April.
Analyticalally:
THE EXPAS It has announced the final dates for the payment of the pensions of May 2026, which will take place on the basis of the separation between employees and self-employed persons.
According to the communication, pensioners of the Funds (OAEE, OGA, EBRD), as well as those receiving private sector main and ancillary pensions, will be the first to be paid. The May 2026 pension payments will take place on Friday 24 April and Monday 27 April.
As it is recalled, the original EPKA proposal provided for payments to be made on Monday 27 and Wednesday 29 April. By the new decision, the dates shall be speeded up so that the beneficiaries will receive their amounts earlier.
Payment dates follow the rule of separation between Employees and Non-Employers and are shaped as follows:
On Friday, April 24, 2026, the main pensions will be paid by the former non-employed OAEE, OGA and EBRD funds, the main pensions awarded since the establishment of the EPKA and then, with Law 4387/2013, through the OPS-EFKA (Retired Employees & Non-Employers from 1.1.2017 onwards) and all supplementary pensions of the private sector (Non-Employers and Employees).
On Monday, April 27, 2026, the main pensions of the former Employee Funds will be paid (IKA-ETAM, banks, OTE, PPC, OTHER INSTITUTIONAL (TSAGGSO, CSAP), NET, ETAT and EFF-SME) as well as the main and ancillary pensions of the State.
It is worth noting that beneficiaries will see the amounts in their accounts as early as the afternoon of the previous day. In particular, payments scheduled for Friday, April 24 will have been credited by Thursday, April 23rd, while those on Monday, April 27th will appear in the accounts of beneficiaries from Friday, April 26
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