If you had two checking accounts at the same bank in the same state, your checks for your accounts would have the same routing number, but different account numbers printed in their MICR lines.

The routing number appears as the first set of numbers at the bottom left of a check. It’s always exactly nine digits long and is the same for all customers at your bank or credit union.

There are a number of instances when you may have needed to know your routing number — re-ordering checks,setting up direct deposits, paying bills, makingtax payments, etc. — but you’ve ...

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.

That way, checks intended for Bank of America and American Bank never go to the wrong place by mistake. One bank may have many routing numbers, depending on things like the location of the account or ...

Each routing number is unique to one financial institution and helps avoid confusion. Routing numbers ensure that checks intended for Citibankdon’t go to CIT Bank, for example.

We see it every time we write a check, but we don’t think much about it — the bank’s routing number. It is the first set of numbers at the bottom of every check you write.

The system has changed a little bit over the years, but nowadays checks typically bear a nine-digit ABA routing number printed in the bottom left-hand corner (indicated as #5 in the above diagram).

Depending on where you live, your Cash App account uses the routing number of one of these two banks. The Cash App routing number 073923033 is for Lincoln Savings Bank.