If you bank online, log into your account and you’ll find the account number listed on each account. Although in some cases, it might be prefaced by a transit number and a dash.

When you get a bank account, your financial institution gives it an account number that differentiates it from other customers’ accounts. Understanding your account number is important since you ...

A transit number—which can also be called a branch number—is a five-digit number that when combined with a bank institution number and your account number, provides the exact address of your ...

The other number is the number assigned to your checking account when you open the account. Here’s a look at how routing and account numbers work and how you can find them on a check.