The Managing Authority informs that following consultations with the Bulgarian National Bank, there is a need of additional details in initiating payments to lead beneficiaries in the Republic of North Macedonia. In order to ensure a smooth payment procedure MA asks all lead beneficiaries from the Republic of North Macedonia to update the Financial Identification Form (FIF) by including information on the correspondent/intermediary bank in the “Remark” field. The template of FIF is attached. The information shall be requested from the servicing bank. This information is important and necessary both for submitted payment requests and for upcoming ones. The updated FIF with cover letter to the Managing Authority have to be sent to: e-mrrb@mrrb.government.bg