About Access bank
Access Bank is one of the top 5 largest banks in Nigeria. It is a licensed commercial bank and multinational corporation registered with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
It was initially a corporate bank but was expanded into a personal and business bank after it took over Intercontinental Bank in 2012. It has employed more than 28,000 staff (as of 2021) and currently boasts of over 42 million customers after it merged with Diamond Bank.
Access Bank headquarters is located at 14/15, Prince Alaba Abiodun Street, Oniru Road, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Ways to transfer money from Access Bank to other banks
There are four top ways of transferring money from your Access bank account to another Access account or to other banks.
They are:
- Through the USSD transfer code
- Using the Access mobile App
- Visiting a physical bank branch
- Using a POS centre or an ATM machine
Access Bank USSD Transfer Code
The Access bank USSD code is *901# and it is accessible to everyone. Even people who don’t have an account with the bank can easily open one with the code.
To register for the Acess Bank USSD service, you need to do the following:
- Dial *901#
- Click on transfer
- Enter the last 6 digits of your debit card number or your date of birth in absence of a debit card number
- Enter your account number and create a 4-digit pin number.
With the Access Bank USSD code, one can perform the following transactions:
- Money transfer
- Airtime recharge
- Bills payment
- Check account balance
- Account opening
- Change PIN
- Get BVN and E-mail updates
- Block a stolen ATM card or your bank account
How to transfer money from Access Bank to another Acces account with the USSD code
Option 1: Dial *901#, select transfer funds and follow the pop-up instructions.
Option 2: Dial *901#*1*amount*account number# and authenticate the transaction with your four-digit security code.
Note: Maximum daily transfer is N100,000 (N20,000 per transaction).
How to transfer money from Access to another bank account with the USSD code
Option 1: Dial *901#, select transfer funds to another account and follow the pop-up instructions.
Option 2: Dial *901#*2*amount*account number# and authenticate the transaction with your four-digit security code.
Note: Maximum daily transfer is N100,000 (N20,000 per transaction).
How to transfer money using the mobile app
- Download the Access Mobile App from Google Play Store or IOS
- Visit any Access bank branch close to you for internet banking activation
Access bank codes for other transactions
- To buy airtime for yourself, dial *901*amount#
- To buy airtime for a third party, dial *901*amount*phone number#
- To buy mobile data, dial *901*8#
- To check account balance, dial *901*5#
| Access Bank USSD code | Function |
| *901# | For general transactions |
| *901*1*amount*account number# | To transfer money to another Access account |
| *901*2*amount*account number# | To transfer to another bank account |
| *901*amount# | To buy airtime for yourself |
| *901*amount*phone number# | To buy airtime for someone else |
| *901*4*1# | To generate OTP |
| *901*3*amount*merchant code# | To make a merchant payment |
| *901*911# | To block account |
| *901*0# | To open an Access bank account |
| *901*8# | To buy mobile data |
| *901*5# | To check your account balance |
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