United Bank for Africa transfer code or UBA code to transfer money; whichever way you choose to call it, it translates to the same thing. USSD codes have made banking much easier and more convenient. Its relevance cannot be over-emphasized. Just like Stanbic Bank’s banking USSD code, that of UBA is easy to use and fast. UBA bank coined their banking shortcode – The Magic Number. It works like magic if and only if you have things in order and money is in your account. What we mean by having things in order is that UBA USSD codes work from only the mobile number registered to your account. i.e., no other phone number apart from your number in the bank’s database can initiate bank transactions on your account. See it as a security protocol.
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All you need is a registered SIM from any network in Nigeria (MTN, 9mobile – (R.I.P. Etisalat), Glo, Airtel, Ntel, Smile, etc.) as the number associated with your account and an actively funded UBA bank account. Afterward, you can utilize the UBA mobile money transfer USSD code on the number registered with your UBA account.
Note: If you misplaced the number associated with your bank account, you should notify our bank and change it to a currently active one. If not for anything, so that at least you can monitor your bank account activity.
A lot of benefit lies around using UBA mobile transfer codes – it works on all phones, is fast and convenient, allows you to send money to accounts to any Nigerian bank, allows for higher transaction limits of up to N1m per day and opening of new account – an addendum.
Things you can do with UBA Transfer code
- Buy Airtime.
- Send money.
- Pay bills.
- Fund prepaid card.
- Check account balance.
UBA Bank USSD code for Transferring Money
As we said earlier, you can use the UBA bank code to send money to UBA bank’s account and the account belonging to any bank within Nigeria.
- Dial *919*3*account Number*amount# – for transferring to another UBA bank account.
- Dial *919*4*account Number*amount# – for transferring to other bank accounts in Nigeria.
Example: To send 10,000 Naira to a UBA Bank account number, say – 9076666586.
- Dial *919*3*9076666586*10000#.
Example: To send 10,000 Naira to another bank’s account number, say – 0011144444.
Dial 9194*0011144444 *10000#.
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UBA Bank USSD code for Recharging Airtime
With the UBA transfer shortcode, you can recharge the airtime for your phone or another phone line.
- Dial *919*amount# – for self-recharge.
- Dial *919*phone number*amount# – for other phone numbers.
Example: To recharge your phone line with N4,000 airtime.
- Dial *919*4000#.
Example: To recharge a separate phone number, say 08153334444, with N4,000 airtime.
- Dial *909*08153334444*4000#.
UBA Bank USSD code for checking account balance
To check your UBA account balance use the UBA banking code.
- Dial *919*00#
This is handy when someone sends you money, and you want to confirm by checking your account balance immediately.
UBA Bank USSD code for paying a bill
You can settle some bills using the UBA transfer code or banking code. It’s not that convenient for me; hence I still use the traditional means of going to the dealer’s office. But if you find peace using it or want to try it.
- Dial *919*5#
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UBA Bank USSD code for funding UBA prepaid card
Aside from the regular ATM card customers wield, UBA offers a prepaid card that imitates all of the ATM card functionality, except it is not attached to any UBA account. All user’s banking information is pinned to that card. The prepaid card works best as a gift card – as UBA recommends. Since this card is not attached to any bank account, you can only fund it by going to the nearest UBA bank or using the UBA banking/transfer code.
- Dial *919*32#
Note: This works only from the number associated with the prepaid card.
UBA Bank USSD code for ATM cardless withdraw
- Dial *919*30*Amount#
In Conclusion, you can carry out all of these bank transactions using UBA mobile money application if you are not conversant with USSD codes. Comments are welcomed, as we are ready to assist you. If you encounter any technical error, reach out to – cfc@ubagroup.com.
All account numbers and phone numbers used here are only for demonstration purposes.