In today’s world of electronic banking, knowing how to find your bank’s routing number is important. You need this number along with your account number or check number for things like: The routing ...

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A routing number is a nine-digit code used to identify a financial institution in the United States. Banks use routing numbers to direct the exchange of funds to and from one another. You can ...

The routing and account numbers on a check are specific numerical sequences that help money travel to the right place. A routing number identifies the bank or credit union. An account number ...

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This year marks the hundredth anniversary of a prosaic, but integral, feature of the U.S. banking system: uniform routing numbers. Remarkably, through that entire century, those numbers on the lower ...

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Your account number is located at the bottom of a check — it’s the second set of numbers, between the nine-digit routing number and the check number. The routing number comes first — it’s the ...