Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Rebecca Lake is a certified educator in personal finance (CEPF) and a banking expert. She's been writing about personal finance since 2014, and her work has appeared in numerous publications online.

The bottom line of every bank or credit union check is preprinted with a sequence of numbers and symbols below the memo space and signature line. These numbers and symbols contain important ...

In 2019, SunTrust Bank and BB&T Bank merged to form Truist, becoming the sixth-largest commercial bank in the United States at the time. Truist offers a range of banking services from personal to ...

A routing number is a nine-digit code used to identify a financial institution in the United States. Banks use routing numbers to direct the exchange of funds to and from one another. You can ...

The routing and account numbers on a check are specific numerical sequences that help money travel to the right place. A routing number identifies the bank or credit union. An account number ...

Taylor Tepper covered banking, investing and pretty much everything else in personal finance for more than a decade, with his work appearing in the New York Times, Fortune and MONEY magazine, as well ...

Your account number is located at the bottom of a check — it’s the second set of numbers, between the nine-digit routing ...