What is my Account number?

Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday March 11, 2014 at 9:0:11:

I think one of the most commonly asked questions bank customers normally have to answer each time they want to go to their bank is "What is my account number?".

Without knowing your account number, it would be hard to actually deposit or withdraw money from the bank or even do business with the bank.

It's not everyone that has the ability to remember all the digits in their account number. In our digital world of today, we have to deal with a lot of numbers from your phone number, address number, bank account number, ATM card PIN, Matric number and so on. We deal with a lot of numbers nowadays and bank accounts like most other personal accounts also come with numbers.

Personally, I don't even know my savings account number other than the fact that I've saved it on my mobile phone and also done an online mobile backup with my GSM service provider. So, every time I go to my bank to pay in money or withdraw, I just pull out my phone first just to check my account number.

Have you ever experienced days when you went to the bank and forgot your account number and just did not know what to do?

For someone like me, it has happened that I forgot to carry my phone and so didn't know where to get my account number from. Having an account number at hand is important before doing any business with your bank. It is what builds a friendship with you and the bank and it's on top of that friendship that you can do more things together.

If you happen to forget your account number and find yourself at the bank, one thing you can do is to visit the customer service desk and just give them to help you with your account number that you want to pay in some money. They are more likely to oblige and may ask you some other personal questions just to verify you are the owner. You may also use the direct phone line in your bank's office and call their online customer care. They may need you to provide some personal details like date of birth, address, phone number and last transaction. The other alternative would be to head back home and get your account number from the last receipt or teller used.

A lot of people at times do forget their bank account number since they normally write it down rather than carry it in their memory. I would wish that Nigerian banks would at least offer a service that allows customers to at least check for their account number either on their mobile phone or ATM card.

So, if you forgot your account number for your bank, you can do any of the following things:

- Call customer care on your mobile
- Visit customer care physically
- Use internet banking
- Check your last sms alert

Comments:

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by Ben on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 9:24:59:

the sms alert does not show the complete account number.

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by ibrahim yusuf on Thursday March 5, 2015 at 22:30:14:

i forgot my account number

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by otubanjo ejide adedayo on Friday June 3, 2016 at 10:44:5:

I want to reopen my first bank savings account number and have for
gotten my account number

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by Felix Okoli on Friday June 3, 2016 at 10:44:5:

You can call your bank on phone or physically visit them to ask about your account number.

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by Hero on Thursday June 30, 2016 at 8:26:45:

The number in text is not complete, how can one know what is missing ?

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by Sigeh Christopher Ifeng on Monday February 27, 2017 at 17:22:57:

I have lost my account number how can i get it back?

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by obionye Vivian on Wednesday March 1, 2017 at 12:59:10:

Pls I can't remember my account number, how can I get it I need it urgently

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by Aliyu on Sunday April 2, 2017 at 10:44:17:

I forgot my account number.
The account number in a text i not compete what about the number that is cancel

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by Nasiru Muhammad Tela on Monday April 3, 2017 at 14:54:14:

I Want Reopen My First Saving Account Number And I Have Pogott My Account Number

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by peter okokon ekanem on Tuesday April 11, 2017 at 10:31:11:

pls i forget my account number firstbank

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by IFEANYINWARU VICTOR on Monday April 17, 2017 at 24:27:8:

I FORGOT MY ACCOUNT NUMBER

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by osonwa onuka emmanuel on Thursday May 11, 2017 at 9:35:40:

i want to know my 10 digintal acct.no,it been long i use the acct.

Re: What is my Account number? Reply by okikijesu on Thursday July 27, 2017 at 8:54:56:

I have forget my account number how can I get it back

What is my Account number?

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