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Due Jan 1 - [Action required] Bulgarian Lev (BGN) currency changeover to Euro (EUR)
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Effective January 1, 2026, Bulgaria will officially become a member of the Eurozone, converting its domestic currency from the Bulgarian Lev (BGN) to the Euro (EUR) at a fixed exchange rate of 1.95583 BGN to 1 EUR.



Processing BGN payments will be affected as follows:



Starting August 8, 2025, merchants need to display pricing in both BGN and EUR; Enforcement of this requirement will begin on October 8, 2025.

Effective January 1, 2026, payments must be processed in EUR.

Effective January 1, 2026, payouts from Adyen will be completed in EUR.

For more details, please visit our FAQs page.
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Related Changes in Gerrit:
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Convert active BGN recurrings to EURwikimedia/fundraising/crmmaster+15 -0
Remove BGN as a currency optionmediawiki/extensions/DonationInterfacemaster+1 -5
Bulgaria goes Eurowikimedia/fundraising/SmashPigmaster+1 -1
Customize query in gerrit
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RKumar_WMF created this task.Aug 26 2025, 2:20 PM
Restricted Application added subscribers: kerberizer, Aklapper.  ·  View Herald TranscriptAug 26 2025, 2:20 PM
AKanji-WMF moved this task from Triage to Next on the Fundraising-Backlog board.Sep 8 2025, 8:30 PM
AKanji-WMF added subscribers: KMorrow-WMF, Pcoombe, AKanji-WMF.
Flagging for @Pcoombe/ @KMorrow-WMF  for new acquisitions, FR-Tech will review existing (~29)  BGN recurring donors that we'll need to changeover to EUR.



@RKumar_WMF Please confirm if there are any timing considerations.
Lars subscribed.Sep 8 2025, 8:31 PM
Active BGN recurring donations
RKumar_WMF added a comment.Sep 9 2025, 5:50 AM
From Adyen- "Note that we're currently in the overlap period (as of Aug 8th) in which Bulgarian merchants must list both currencies. Enforcement is a little looser at the moment but beginning Oct 8th it will become far more strict. Then the official switch to EUR happens on Jan 1st."- So we need to changeover to EUR on 1st Jan 2026 and prior to that we can take down the donation form for BG.
Pcoombe added a comment.Sep 9 2025, 11:34 AM
It looks like we have payments forms for new EUR donations in Bulgaria already https://payments.wikimedia.org/index.php/Special:GravyGateway?currency=EUR&country=BG&payment_method=cc&uselang=en-gb&amount=10&opt_in=1



Showing both currencies on donatewiki is going to be annoying though...
Pcoombe added a comment.Sep 9 2025, 11:37 AM
Oh wait @RKumar_WMF, are you suggesting we just disable donations from Bulgaria until January? That would suit me fine, and I can't imagine it's a lot of donations. Do we need a wider discussion before doing that?
RKumar_WMF added a comment.Sep 9 2025, 5:39 PM
Right, I am suggesting to disable donations from BG until Jan'26. We discussed this briefly during leads call but we can re-confirm with all stakeholders.
Pcoombe added a comment.Sep 10 2025, 4:54 PM
I've added to discuss in standup next week. Providing everyone agrees, it will be easy to change.
AKanji-WMF added a project: Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap.Sep 12 2025, 7:29 PM
spatton subscribed.Sep 15 2025, 3:58 PM
Pcoombe added a comment.Sep 15 2025, 4:13 PM
Donation forms in Bulgaria are now disabled https://donate.wikimedia.org/?country=BG, and I made an Asana task to re-enable with Euros in January



We still need to figure out what needs doing for recurring donations
RKumar_WMF added a comment.Sep 16 2025, 6:40 AM
Thank you!
AKanji-WMF moved this task from Backlog to General payments on the Fundraising-Tech-Roadmap board.Oct 24 2025, 5:40 PM
AKanji-WMF added a project: 25 Dec Q3 Planning.Dec 4 2025, 6:46 PM
AKanji-WMF triaged this task as High priority.Dec 24 2025, 3:18 PM
AKanji-WMF moved this task from Next to Current Sprint on the Fundraising-Backlog board.
Thanks for flagging @RKumar_WMF  - bringing this into our current sprint
AKanji-WMF renamed this task from  [Action required] Bulgarian Lev (BGN) currency changeover to Euro (EUR)   to Due Jan 1 - [Action required] Bulgarian Lev (BGN) currency changeover to Euro (EUR).Dec 24 2025, 3:18 PM
EMartin added a subscriber: XenoRyet.Jan 5 2026, 5:13 PM
@XenoRyet  Dylan, can you tell us if this is on track given that it is now live?
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 5 2026, 5:41 PM
Change #1223224 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ejegg; author: Ejegg):



[wikimedia/fundraising/SmashPig@master] Bulgaria goes Euro



https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1223224
gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 5 2026, 5:41 PM
Change #1223224 merged by jenkins-bot:



[wikimedia/fundraising/SmashPig@master] Bulgaria goes Euro



https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1223224
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 5 2026, 6:31 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 5 2026, 8:18 PM
Change #1223260 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ejegg; author: Ejegg):



[mediawiki/extensions/DonationInterface@master] Remove BGN as a currency option



https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1223260
gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 5 2026, 8:18 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 5 2026, 8:24 PM
Change #1223260 merged by jenkins-bot:



[mediawiki/extensions/DonationInterface@master] Remove BGN as a currency option



https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1223260
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 5 2026, 8:30 PM
XenoRyet edited projects, added Fundraising Sprint: Yabba Dabba Stew; removed 25 Dec Q3 Planning.Jan 5 2026, 8:51 PM
Ejegg moved this task from Backlog to Pending Deployment on the Fundraising Sprint: Yabba Dabba Stew board.Jan 5 2026, 8:52 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 5 2026, 9:03 PM
Change #1223266 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ejegg; author: Ejegg):



[wikimedia/fundraising/crm@master] Convert active BGN recurrings to EUR



https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1223266
gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 5 2026, 9:03 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jan 5 2026, 10:42 PM
Change #1223266 merged by Eileen:



[wikimedia/fundraising/crm@master] Convert active BGN recurrings to EUR



https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1223266
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 5 2026, 11:31 PM
Ejegg moved this task from Pending Deployment to Done on the Fundraising Sprint: Yabba Dabba Stew board.Jan 6 2026, 1:03 AM
Ejegg subscribed.
OK, this is done from fr-tech's side. We've got BGN removed as an option on the payments side, and if anyone comes in with country=BG but no currency we'll default to EUR. Then in Civi we've converted all the BGN recurring donations to EUR at a rate of 0.512 EUR / BGN and they should start charging with tonight's job.
EMartin added a comment.Jan 6 2026, 11:56 PM
thank you @Ejegg
Pcoombe added a comment.Jan 12 2026, 4:18 PM
Thanks! Bulgaria is now enabled on donatewiki again: https://donate.wikimedia.org/?country=BG&uselang=en
XenoRyet closed this task as Resolved.Jan 12 2026, 8:34 PM
XenoRyet set Final Story Points to 2.
Damilare mentioned this in T414520: Fundraising Sprint Y Priorities.Jan 13 2026, 6:55 PM
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