Merchant Glossary: ABA Routing Number
Click Here for a 30 Day Risk-Free TrialThis is a nine digit number that appears on all checks along with the bank account number. ABA actually stands for American Banker's Association. It is also sometimes called the Transit Routing Number. The ABA number identifies which banks the account is from. Each bank is issues its own ABA number. When you send a bank wire or an ACH transaction from one bank to another, you need both the ABA number and the bank account number.
Other terms explained in the Merchant Glossary:
ACH / Automated Clearing House
Acquiring Bank
ATM Debit Card
Authorization
Authorization Code
Authorization Fee
Authorization Only Transaction
Authorization Response
Average Ticket Size
AVS / Address Verification Service
Basis Points
Batch or Batch Processing
Business Type
Debit Card
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