The Complete Steps On How To Link Your NIN/BVN With Your Phone

The central Bank of Nigeria has mandated all institutional banks to inform their customers to link their BVN/NIN on or before March. The apex bank had in 1st December 2023 instructed that banks should place restrictions on all tier 1 bank without BVN.

Bank Verification Number (BVN) is a biometric technology with secure unique identifier to analyze, monitor human characteristics as an enhanced form of authentication for real time security processes.

Below is the steps on how to link your BVN/NIN 

*Via Internet Banking

Login to your mobile banking app platform, select the option BVN/NIN, click on new request, enter your BVN/NIN number, select the bank where BVN/NIN was issued, answer the secret question and follow the instructions to complete your linking.

*Via SMS

Simply text BVN/NIN, your account number, and BVN/NIN number to the number code provided by your service provider.