How to Verify FNB Account Owner
FNB is one of the biggest banks in South Africa. They currently have over 11 million active customers. It’s not surprising therefore that a lot of business transactions happen every day using FNB bank. It’s also not surprising that there are scammers out there who are looking to illegally get hold of people’s money. As a business, one way that you may wish to do before making a payment is to ascertain that you are making payments to the correct person. In this article, we will show you how to verify the FNB account owner.
Verify ownership of an FNB account number
The following is how to verify the owner of an FNB account;
- Go to the FNB account and log into your account
- Click on the arrow to the top right of the screen and scroll to Insight360
- Click on Reports Menu
- Now click on Verify Account Owner
- You can also verify FNB account ownership in the process of getting details for a recipient of payment. To do that, click on Recipients. Go to Maintain Folder and click on Add. Now choose Create recipient. You will see the option to Verify Account Owner under Recipient Details.
Which information is needed?
It’s important to verify that you are making payments to the correct person or business. We have already noted that there is a lot of fraud going on out there.
But what information is needed when making the verification process? What you need to have is the account number of the person or business that you wish to verify.
You also need to have their name as well as their ID. If it’s a business, you need their business name and registration number. That’s all information that they will be willing to provide to you if they are genuine.
How long does the verification process take?
If you wish to verify an FNB account owner for a single person or business, you won’t have to wait long to get the results. The verification process happens almost immediately.
However, if you wish to verify multiple numbers, you may have to wait for the results to come out. If you wish to verify multiple numbers, you can use a .CSV format to bulk import account information. You will be notified via SMS or email once the process is done.
Why Verify an FNB account owner?
This is something about which we have already spoken. A lot of transactions take place every day to and from FNB accounts. The bank, along with other banks, is a target for fraud. Imagine making a payment for tens of thousands or even millions of Rands, only to realize that you have paid the wrong person.
That can happen if you are not carefully. When dealing with a person or entity for the first time, it’s important to first verify that they are who they claim to be. If you are dealing with a business, and they give you an account number belonging to another person, you will have reason to believe they are trying to scam you.
Summary
This article was dedicated to showing how to verify an FNB account owner. It was noted that this is something that you will want to do as a way of protecting yourself from fraud. That’s particularly the case if you are dealing with a business for the first time.
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