UBA unveils code for submission of BVN registration 

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has unveiled a short code for its customers, who may have registered in other banks, to enable them submit their Bank Verification Number (BVN) into the bank’s database.
 
The bank also said it has put measures in place to ensure convenient and hassle-free process, leveraging on its information technology infrastructure.
 
The short code, *919*6#, according to the bank, is made simple as well as it process.
 
The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Philips Oduoza, during the launch of the code, said the bank’s initiative will help give a tremendous boost to the overall success of the exercise. 
 
“With 2.7 million registrations as at today, UBA is currently the leading bank in BVN registrations among banks in Nigeria. We invite all customers to take advantage of this innovation, one of many initiatives of the bank to provide convenient banking solutions and excellent service to our customer,” he said.
 
However, the Executive Director, Group Information Technology, UBA, Rasheed Adegoke, said: “All a customer has to do is to send his or her valid BVN from the telephone number that was used to open their account to the short code number and it will become automatically linked.”
 
He noted that the introduction of this simplified process was in response to some of the challenges associated with the ongoing BVN exercise. 
 
“UBA has come up with this novel process to ensure that customers who already have their BVN do not have any issues submitting it to their alternate banks,” explained Adegoke. 
 
He added that once customers submit their BVN through the code, they will get an immediate response letting them know whether their BVN is valid or incorrect.  
 
The responses will be accompanied by a phone number through which further enquiries can be made by the customers if required.  
 
In addition to this phone number, customers can also reach UBA on social media through Facebook and twitter or by calling UBA’s Customer Fulfillment Centre for further clarifications. 
 
The BVN is a unique number given to all bank customers in Nigeria who had their finger prints and pictures taken at bank branches around the country. 
 
However, each customer’s biometric and personal data is attached to all bank accounts he or she operates whether personal or corporate, to ensure every customers have single BVN no matter the number of accounts they operate in as many banks as they desire.