[News] Some Banks Ussd Code Will Stop Working

 

 Here are banks whose USSD codes won’t stop working

 

Telecommunication companies acting under the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) directive will cut off the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) access of nine banks over their inability to settle a N160 billion debt that has accumulated since 2019.

In a recent notice, the NCC listed the banks and their USSD codes: Fidelity Bank Plc (770), First City Monument Bank (329), Jaiz Bank Plc (773), Polaris Bank Limited (833), Sterling Bank Limited (822), United Bank for Africa Plc (919), Unity Bank Plc (7799), Wema Bank Plc (945), and Zenith Bank Plc (966).

However, the following banks’ USSD codes won’t be impacted: Access Bank (901), Ecobank (326), First Bank (894), GTBank (737), Heritage Bank (745), Keystone Bank (7111), Stanbic IBTC Bank (909), Union Bank (826), Globus Bank Ltd (989), Standard Chartered Bank Ltd (977), and Lotus Bank (5045).

The impacted banks’ USSD access will be cut off after Monday, January 27, 2025, if they do not pay their debt. “In fulfillment of its consumer protection mandate, the Commission wishes to inform consumers that they may be unable to access the USSD platform of the affected financial institutions from January 27, 2025,” the NCC said.