Can U.S. bank account numbers include alphabetic characters?

Asked Feb 1, 2013· 1 answer ·Americas, Developed Markets, North America, United States

Faisal KhanAnswered Feb 1, 2013

For the US, it is digits only. A change in ASC X9 is required, which is the financial services standard development organisation would have to implement a change in order to allow US Banks to have alphanumeric numbers in Bank Accounts, which they currently do not have.

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