How to stop/deactivate bank SMS alert?

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The bank SMS alert is a service that allows you to keep track of debit and credit transactions that occur on your bank account.

If you send money, buy airtime, receive money, pay bills or perform any other transaction, you will receive a corresponding SMS alert, to show that the transaction was successful.

Usually this service attracts a little fee that is subtracted from your bank account daily, monthly or yearly, depending on your bank.

If you decide that you no longer want to receive SMS alert on your phone, then you should continue reading this post.

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Reasons you may no longer want to receive bank SMS alert

The following are some of the reasons you may decide against receiving SMS alert:

1. You may feel that the SMS charge is too high, and you no longer want to pay for it
2. It may be because of security reasons, as you don’t want anybody who has access to your phone, to be able to view your transactions

Whatever the reason may be, you can deactivate/stop bank SMS alert by following the below.

How to stop/deactivate bank SMS alert

If you want to stop bank SMS alert, there are three major ways to do this:

Mobile app

Depending on your bank, you can stop SMS alert with the bank mobile app, all you have to do is login to the app using your user ID and password, locate the self-service option on your dashboard, follow the on-screen prompts to deactivate the SMS alert.

In most of these apps, you can also decide to deactivate the Email alert, but this is not advisable, as the bank will not be liable for any problems that comes with you not having received an alert.

Internet banking

If you have already registered for internet banking, then you should easily be able to deactivate SMS alert by using the self-service option and following the on-screen prompts.

You will also be able to stop email alert in order to stop receiving alert via email.

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Via bank branch

You can also locate your bank’s nearest branch and walk straight to the customer service department and request for them to stop SMS alert.

They will give you a form to fill in which you can indicate the alert that you want to stop. Make sure you fill the form correctly and submit.

Your request will be processed and you will stop receiving SMS alert.

Summary

With the above, you should have an idea on how to stop bank SMS alert, you can continue browsing this blog to learn how to stop bank SMS for different banks.

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