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Bank Verification Number

  • BVN Linkage through our website. Click HERE.

  • BVN Linkage by Text Message
    With the Access BVN short code, you can link your BVN to your Access Bank Account. To do this, simply text BVN, your account number and BVN number to 20121. E.g: BVN 0123456189 78956834758 to 20121

  • Click here to find out branches where you can register for BVN.

With the increasing incidents of compromise on conventional security systems (Password and PIN), there is a high demand for greater security for access to sensitive or personal information in the Banking System.

Launched February 2014, the BVN gives each customer a unique identity that can be identified and verified across the Nigerian Banking Industry (not peculiar to one Bank). The BVN will also address issues of theft, reducing the level of fraud in Nigerian Banks.

The BVN will also address issues of theft, reducing the level of fraud in Nigerian Banks.