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How do Bank Routing numbers work?

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Does every bank account (for a specific bank) have the same routing number in a single state?

For instance, if you have money in a Wells Fargo Bank. Then any account you have in that bank will have the same routing number for any other account in that state. If I have money in a Wells Fargo in Galveston, TX. Then my account has the same routing number as some guy who has a Wells Fargo account in Amarillo. Is that right?

Because if that is true, then people sure go to a lot of god-damned trouble to find routing numbers.
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Here's some light reading for you.

https://www.aba.com/-/media/documents/b ... c98c5be079

THE NUMBER OF ROUTING NUMBERS A BANK MAY HAVE A. Regular Routing Numbers 1. Principal Office Number All banks defined as eligible for assignment of regular routing numbers (see Policy Section II.A.) are entitled to at least one such routing number to identify the bank. This routing number shall be associated with the Federal Reserve district and territory in which the office, designated by the bank as its principal office, is located. Relocation of the charter does not require assignment of a new principal office routing number. 2. Assignment of Additional Routing Numbers In addition to the principal office routing number, an institution is eligible to be assigned four additional routing numbers. Additional routing numbers will be assigned according to the principal office location, unless otherwise requested by the applicant institution. Additional numbers, beyond the number provided for in this Policy, will not be assigned without the approval of the Routing Number Administrative Board.
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I think it's some sort of black magic.
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Flumper wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:59 pm Does every bank account (for a specific bank) have the same routing number in a single state?

For instance, if you have money in a Wells Fargo Bank. Then any account you have in that bank will have the same routing number for any other account in that state. If I have money in a Wells Fargo in Galveston, TX. Then my account has the same routing number as some guy who has a Wells Fargo account in Amarillo. Is that right?

Because if that is true, then people sure go to a lot of god-damned trouble to find routing numbers.
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Who wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:42 am Good timing Flumper, with Trump in office nobody will notice whatever scam you are cooking up
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As was explained to me,routing numbers ID the bank name and location where the account was opened. Your account number reflexes type of account and where it was opened. So answer is 'no', wells fargo in different cities has different routing numbers directly to relating to where the account was opened.
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I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:50 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:50 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:02 am
WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:50 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:11 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:02 am
WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:50 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:02 am
WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:50 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
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WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:11 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:02 am
WestTexasCrude wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:50 am
QillerDaemon wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:08 am I don't know about banks, but credit unions in Florida only use one routing number per credit union brand.
Off subject, you and BRR have a major problem on your hands. It's time for you both to take control of your site.
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What WTC fails to realize is if the ankle-biters get banned, hes going down with them. Responding to their bait is equally as annoying as instigating it.
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fouts wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:05 am As was explained to me,routing numbers ID the bank name and location where the account was opened. Your account number reflexes type of account and where it was opened. So answer is 'no', wells fargo in different cities has different routing numbers directly to relating to where the account was opened.
and that's what I thought. I thought that each individual bank location had its on individual routing number (like a SSN). But, no, that's not how it works. Google "wells fargo routing number texas" (insert whatever bank you use and whatever state you are in). You should either get a number or a list of all the states for that bank and ONE number for each bank in each state. Then check that number against one of your checks and see if it matches.
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JCW wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:04 pm What WTC fails to realize is if the ankle-biters get banned, hes going down with them. Responding to their bait is equally as annoying as instigating it.
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would you knuckle heads please keep this shit out of my thread. thanks.
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are these really the things that you sit and wonder?

I wonder things like "how does soap work? not how do you use soap, but what is it about soap that makes it do what it does"

then I go and research the answer through various sources and compare the reported science behind it.


btw, its the molecular shape of soap molecules, how it has a water loving head and water hating tail that makes it able to emulsify (break down into suspension) fat and grease. in chemistry, like/similar compounds dissolve like/similar compounds. since the tail of a soap molecule acts like a lipid (non polar) and a the head of the molecule behaves like water (polar) soap has the unique ability that it can both dissolve into water and dissolve and separate oils from the water and material to be cleaned. soap molecules form chains that look like matches lined up in a match book, and these chains are able to dissolve into water then surround and bind grease and fatty acids (lipids) to itself, while still in aqueous suspension.

which is a slightly more complicated answer than "you rub it on and then rinse it off, that's how soap works"
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I don't think it is state based in general, but maybe it is for some areas. Some banks have different branches under one routing number,but many banks have one routing number for each bank branch. I have no idea what determines it, but I do know the federal govt keeps a complete list of them, and updates it as new ones are added.
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allwhitemeat wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:52 pm are these really the things that you sit and wonder?

I wonder things like "how does soap work? not how do you use soap, but what is it about soap that makes it do what it does"

then I go and research the answer through various sources and compare the reported science behind it.


btw, its the molecular shape of soap molecules, how it has a water loving head and water hating tail that makes it able to emulsify (break down into suspension) fat and grease. in chemistry, like/similar compounds dissolve like/similar compounds. since the tail of a soap molecule acts like a lipid (non polar) and a the head of the molecule behaves like water (polar) soap has the unique ability that it can both dissolve into water and dissolve and separate oils from the water and material to be cleaned. soap molecules form chains that look like matches lined up in a match book, and these chains are able to dissolve into water then surround and bind grease and fatty acids (lipids) to itself, while still in aqueous suspension.

which is a slightly more complicated answer than "you rub it on and then rinse it off, that's how soap works"
what i find the most interesting about soap. my mom used to go to a cafe and get their old grease. big buckets of the grease they used to fry stuff in. And she would make soap out of it. she did it for gifts, not out of necessity.
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