So, you might wake up some day to realize that your ATM card is stolen and you are curious or scared that the person in possession of your Debit card might get access to your account.
Below we have some wonderful tips that will help or rather save you in such unfortunate situation.
In case of emergencies, we have compiled the USSD codes and emergency phone numbers of your said bank for you to block your account from third party interference:
USSD CODES AND EMERGENCY BANK PHONE NUMBERS TO BLOCK YOUR ACCOUNT
FIRST BANK: SEND BLOCK TO 30012 VIA TEXT MESSAGE
STERLING BANK: CALL 070078378464
GTBANK: *737*51*10#
ZENITH BANK: *966*911#
FCMB: CALL +2342798800
POLARIS BANK: *833*13# OR CALL +2341270850
ACCESS BANK: CALL +23412708500
KEYSTONE BANK: CALL +23470020003000
WEMA BANK: CALL 08039003700
UBA: *919*10#
ECOBANK: TEXT “STOP ATM+ACCOUNT NUMBER” TO 0806326226
FIDELITY BANK: *770911#
STANBIC IBTC BANK: DIAL *909*10# AND SELECT MY BANK AND SELECT SERVICE REQUEST THEN SELECT BLOCK CARD
UNION BANK: SEND BLOCK CARD + ACCOUNT NUMBER TO 20123
HERITAGE BANK: *745#
SUNTRUST BANK: CALL +2349087331440
STANDARD CHARTERED: CALL +23427046114
NOTE: THESE CODES WILL ONLY WORK ON THE REGISTERED MOBILE NUMBER WITH YOUR BANK
To block your bank account or debit card you must have your NUBAN account number and other valuable information handy to verify your ownership of the account.