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What is an account number?
Your account number is a unique code that identifies your personal bank account.
You can find it in lots of places, including on your debit card and in the mobile banking app, your bank statements and on printed cheques.
Find out more about account numbers below.
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Using the Lloyds app, it’s easy to send bank details to your mobile phone contacts. Handy if you need to share these details with friends or family, both at home or abroad.
Finding your account number of your debit card
Older Lloyds debit cards usually have your account information on the front. With newer cards, you’ll find it all on the back.
Card number - this is the long 16-digit number, used for making debit card transactions.
Cardholder name - this identifies the owner and authorised user of the debit card.
Valid from/expires end - representing the month and year your card was issued, and when it will expire.
Account number - an eight-digit number used alongside the sort code for making and receiving payments.
Sort code - a six-digit number used alongside the account number for making and receiving payments.
Security code - this three-digit number is shown on the back of your card, either by the signature strip or alongside the heading ‘CVV’. It’s used to when making purchases online or over the phone.
Let’s look at the details
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Most UK current account numbers consist of a unique eight-digit code that identifies your personal bank account. You might find account numbers up to 10-digits long on older bank or building society accounts.
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Yes, whether you have a savings account, current account or ISA, each of them will have a unique account number. This is used to identify your personal account.
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An International Bank Account Number – IBAN for short – is unique number used only for international payments. It consists of several account identifiers, including a country and bank code, as well as your account number and sort code.
IBANs are between 16 and 34 digits long, with UK codes starting with ‘GB’. You can find your IBAN in your online account, or on your bank statement.
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