When you join a credit union, you become a member and are issued a Member Number. This is often commonly considered an Account Number because your different accounts and loans will be filed under your member number, and because it’s the number used to identify your membership when you cast your vote for the Board of Directors and Supervisory Committee during the annual election. However, your checking, savings, and loans each have a unique number so you can identify them when setting up direct deposit, transfers, payments, and more.
Some Member Forms will ask you to input the suffix for the appropriate account or loan that you wish to identify. Here’s where to locate that information:
1. Online Banking
Log into Online Banking, and select an account. Under Details you’ll see that each account includes your Member Number plus a Suffix. In the example below for Share Savings, the member number is 000000 and the suffix is S0001, where the S indicates a Share — like your share savings, checking, or a share certificate. A loan suffix would be indicated by L.
For the Checking example below, we can see the suffix is S0080
2. Online Banking for Direct Deposit
If you would like to set up direct deposit, or transfers or payments from another financial institution, you’ll need to locate the Direct Deposit/ACH Number. You’ll notice this number includes that Member Number and Suffix, as well as a string of prefix number so it meets the standard number length for ACH. You will also need SESLOC’s routing number: 322282713, which is also displayed in the footer of Online Banking and our website.
3. Deposit Statement
Your deposit statement will reflect your Primary Share, any Secondary Shares, Checking, Money Market and Certificates. You’ll find your Member Number at the top of each page, and each of your deposit accounts will have it’s own section, notated with its suffix on the left side of the heading.
4. Loan Statement
You can find your Member Number and Suffix in the top right corner of the first page and beneath your mailing information. Note that the suffix will begin with L for loan.
5. Checks for Direct Deposit
Paper checks also include the unique identification number for your checking account along the bottom. You’ll see SESLOC’s routing number: 322282713, as well as your Checking Account number. The additional number is the check number, to help you track and identify payments made from your checkbook.
