Federal Bank SMS Banking – Balance Enquiry, Statement, Cheque Status

SMS Banking is one Federal Bank retail banking channel, which allows customers to do banking activities from their mobile phone using SMS Technology. Federal Bank’s mobile banking keeps its valued customers updated with their bank account details, enables them to request for their account information and make request to know the status of cheque presented.

SMS Banking service works on all mobile phones that support SMS technology.

SMS Banking initiatives permit you to access your Bank accounts and carry out various banking enquires. If you have a mobile phone, you can use the SMS facility and conduct the following operations using the messaging services of your service provider

• Balance Enquiry
• Mini Statement
• Cheque Status Enquiry

Difference between SMS alert service and SMS Pull enquiry and request?

SMS alert service keeps you informed/ updated about the significant activities/ transactions taking place in your account(s). For example you can receive SMS Account Balance alerts (Daily, Weekly or Monthly) or get alert whenever any debit or credit transaction(s) happen in your account for the configurable amount.

SMS Pull – enquiry enables the bank’s mobile banking register to check his/ her account balance or last few transactions for his/ her account(s) by just sending a message to 919895088888 or bank’s short code 5676762( Domestic customers only – Premium SMS charges applicable).

Account Nickname

[advt]Account Nickname: Login using your user id and MPIN and verify the Account Nickname for your list of accounts

• <Savings Bank Account Nickname> = SB <Last Four digits of your 14 digit Account Number >
• <Current Account Nickname> = CA  <Last Four digits of your 14 digit Account Number >

For Example: SB A/c 15165000513502 Nick Name is SB3502
For Example: CA A/c 10019000014578 Nick Name is CA4578

For balance enquiry in your account

Format: BAL to 919895088888 or 5676762 (Premium SMS charges applicable).

SB A/c holder having a/c no 15165000513502 can send sms in the format – BAL SB3502 to 919895088888 or 5676762

Current Account holder having a/c no 10019000014578 can send sms in the format – BAL CA4578 to 919895088888 or 5676762

For Mini statement of your account

Format: TXN to 919895088888 or 5676762 (Premium SMS charges applicable)

SB A/c holder having a/c no 15165000513502 can send sms in the format – TXN SB3502 to 919895088888 or 5676762

Current Account holder having a/c no 10019000014578 can send sms in the format – TXN CA4578 to 919895088888 or 5676762

For Cheque Status Enquiry

Format: CPS to 919895088888 or 5676762 (Premium SMS charges applicable)

SB A/c holder having a/c no 15165000513502 can send sms in the below format.
CPS SB3502 10606125 to 919895088888 or 5676762, Where 10606125 is the cheque Number.

Current Account holder having a/c no 10019000014578 can send sms in the format
CPS CA4578 10606125 to 919895088888 or 5676762, Where 10606125 is the cheque Number.

Applying for SMS Banking?

It is a very easy process. All FB customers eligible to apply for this service. This service is available to all Federal Bank customers with Current or Saving accounts. Please Visit our Forms and stationery page. Download the application form, fill the details and just walk in to your nearest branch.

Using the SMS Enquiry and Request services

Compose a new SMS text message as per the sample message given above and send it to 919895088888 or 5676762( Premium SMS charges applicable). You can save all the text formats you need under the “sent item” on your mobile phone for your future use.

Contact Number

You can either call us on 1800-425-1199/1800-420-1199(toll free) or visit your nearest Federal Bank branch. An international customer can call us on +91-484-2630994

List of Service Codes

Service Name	Service Code	Sample Request
Balance Enquiry	BAL	BAL SB3502
Mini Statement	TXN	TXN SB1131
Cheque Status Enquiry	CPS	CPS SB1404 123456