Subject: Does any one know how to get your Accoun

OK, am with HSBC Local Bank and i have received my IB Number and my debit card but i dont know what my account number is, this number is needed for online banking, In which i need to buy plus. Does anyone know how i may be able to obtain my account number?
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it should be on your debit card...

its not. apparently Account number is meant to be 8 characters mine shows 9 characters

odd. phone the bank then.

You might recieve it in a couple of days time, they tend not to send both things in the one package, as if its stolen money can be taken from your account easily, I'd wait a couple of days.

i have just received a letter from the bank. it contains my details but when i register for online banking it dont work. why?

With the last account I set up for online use, I had to phone up to get the accounts turned into online ones and verify it was me. After that it was fine.

its not. apparently Account number is meant to be 8 characters mine shows 9 characters

I bank with Alliance & Leicester, and mine also shows 9. However, it starts with two 4's and i think you are meant to ignore the first 4. That is my account number.

Don't know if it's the same for you, though.

I am with HSBC. The big 16 number across the middle of the card works like this:

[1234][121212][12345678]

Obviously it does not have brackets, they are there just to show blocks.

Block 1 is irrelevant.
Block 2 is your branch's sort code.
Block 3 is your account number.

I don't know if HSBC Local Bank means something different to a regular HSBC bank. If it does the above might not be right.

your account number is 12345678!? What are the chances!?

I suffer from a lot of fraud.

well my card type is solo

Unlikely with that sort code.