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SMS banking services are available which allows you to keep tabs of your baking transactions over SMS from Islamic Bank, Bank Asia, CITY Bank, IFIC Bank and BRAC Bank. All you need to do, go to bank and fill up the SMS-banking service form and submit it to the bank.

After that, you are all set to go!

Simply follow the easy instruction from the table below & send SMS to the desired numbers:

SMS-banking syntax for ‘Bank Asia’

SL	Banking information	Message Format & keyword	Short-code
1	Account Balance Query	SMS Format: BA ACC	6969
		Sample Request SMS: BA ACC 1704 009561
		Sample Return SMS: Balance: BDT 41,69,939.41 Lst DEP: BDT 5,00,000.00 on 17th November, 2008 (11:05 am)
2	Pin Change Request	SMS Format: BA PIN
		Sample Request SMS: BA PIN 1704 6691
		Sample Return SMS: Your have successfully changed the pin.
3	Change Mobile number	SMS Format: BA CNG
		Sample Request SMS: BA CNG 1704 016100003336
		Sample Return SMS: Your old mobile number is replaced with 01610003336
4	Credit Card Request	SMS Format: BA TUNTUNI
		Sample Request SMS: BA TUNTUNI
		Sample Return SMS: Thank you for your interest in VISA TUNTUNI credit card. We will contact you shortly - Bank Asia cards.
5	Help Service	SMS Format: O
		Sample Request SMS: O
		Sample Return SMS Valid keywords(s): ACC, CNG, FTR, TUNTUNI, PIN, - Thumb Power …

SMS banking syntax for ‘BRAC Bank’:

SL	Banking information	Message Format & keyword	Short-code
1	Account Balance Query	A	3939
2	Latest Transaction Query	T
3	Current Outstanding balance of credit card	O
4	Minimum Payment Balance required for Credit Card	M
5	Payment Due Date for Credit Card	D
6	Available Limit for Credit Card at present	L
7	Keyword for Mobile Banking	?

SMS-banking syntax for ‘Islami Bank of Bangladesh’:

SL	Banking information	Details of Message Format & keyword	Short-code
1	Account Balance Query	SMS Format: IBB bal 1234	6969
		Sample Request SMS: IBB bal 1234
		Sample Return SMS: Your current balance: of A/C-53910008069 is 34.11 (after last transaction on 25 Jun, 2008)
2	Latest Transaction Query	SMS Format: IBB stm 1234
		Sample Request SMS: IBB stm 1234
		Sample Return SMS: Statement of: 53910008069: 22-11-06 B/F 5229.20, 23-11-06 D 5228.00, 27-12-06 C 31.87, 25-06-07 C 1.04, 03-05-08 C/B 34.11;
3	Account Query	SMS Format: IBB aci 1234
		Sample Request SMS: IBB aci 1234
		Sample Return SMS: Your registered A/C: 1: 53910008069

SMS-banking syntax for ‘IFIC Bank’:

Banking information	Details of Message Format & keyword	Short-code
SMS Banking Service Activation	IFIC REG Pin number	6969
SMS Banking Service Deactivation	IFIC UNR Pin number
Balance Enquiry	IFIC BAL Pin number
Mini Statement	IFIC STM Pin number
Foreign Exchange Rate Enquiry	IFIC CUR Pin number
Fixed Deposit Rate Enquiry	IFIC FDR Pin number
Interest Rate Enquiry For Saving Account	IFIC SBR Pin number
Interest Rate Enquiry For STD Account	IFIC STR Pin number
Branch Location Enquiry	IFIC BRN First 4 letters of the Branch Name Pin number

SMS-banking syntax for ‘City Bank’:

Banking Information	Details of Message Format & keyword	Short-code
Registered Accounts Inquiry	ACC	9696
Balance Inquiry	BAL PIN Number
Mini Statement	STM PIN Number
Branch Location Inquiry	BRN name of the location
ATM Booth Location Inquiry	ATM name of the location
Foreign Exchange Rates	FEX
Loans Inquiry	LOAN
Savings Inquiry	SAVE
Change Mobile Banking PIN	PIN Old Pin Number New Pin Number
Help	HELP

Charges:

BDT 2.00/ outgoing SMS.
Incoming SMS is free of charge.
All charges are subject to 15% VAT applicable.