You may need to know your bank’s routing number to pay a bill online or over the phone, send money through a wire transfer or set up a direct deposit. To receive your tax refund via direct deposit, ...

The routing number serves as an identifier that distinguishes a particular bank from all others. Large banks may have a different routing number for each state in which they have a branch, and some ...

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Your routing number is a combination of two sets of banking numbers that can be found on your cheques: the transit number and the institution number. Many or all of the products featured here are from ...

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