You need your bank's routing number to receive and send funds, such as when setting up direct deposit or payments. Here's how to find your routing number.

Routing numbers are used in nearly every financial transaction—which means that, in most cases, it’s not only safe to share your bank routing number but also necessary.

If you look at a bank-issued check, you’ll see a series of numbers printed along the bottom edge of the check. The first set of numbers is the nine-digit bank routing number.

Your check number can be found at the bottom of each check. The check number is on the far right-hand side following the routing number and the account number. Each check has a different check ...

The bank account number is located at the bottom of a check, right next to the routing number. A routing number is always nine digits long, while bank account numbers range from eight to 12 digits ...

Reasons to know your bank account and routing numbers Typically, you would need to know your bank account, transit, institution or routing numbers when you’re sending or receiving money, including: ...

Routing numbers carry a lot of information, such as the specific financial institution and the transit or branch number. When you combine the routing and your bank account number, it creates a ...

The E*Trade's routing number you use depends on the account type you have with E*Trade. Make sure you use the right one for your transaction.

That’s a routing number, which combines the bank transit and institution number, which we’ve talked about in, What Is A Routing Number In Canada?

That’s why the transit number is sometimes called a branch number. Your bank transit number combined with your three-digit financial institution number forms your eight-digit routing number.