How To Check Bank Balance Without Internet? What Is *99# Facility?

Using 99# service, a customer can access financial services by dialling 99# from his/her mobile registered with the bank. The service works across all GSM service providers and handsets.

Updated: Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 10:35 [IST]

*99# is a USSD or Unstructured Supplementary Service Data based mobile banking service launched by NPCI (National Payment Corporation Of India). Using *99# service, you can access financial services by dialing *99# from your mobile registered with the bank. The *99# works across all GSM service providers and handsets.

When USSD code connects to the telecom operator's server, it also connects to bank's server. This service allows a customer to check their bank balance easily on any mobile by just dialing *99# USSD code.

Know more about *99# USSD:

Advantages of *99#

There are many benefits associated with using the *99# facility. Check out the major advantages

*99# works without internet connection also
The common code of *99# is applicable across all telecom operators.
The customer doesn't need to pay additional roaming charges are charged for using this service.
This facility can be availed 24/7 including holidays
The user doesn't need to install any App on mobile to use this facility.
*99# service is available in 12 Indian regional languages.

Non Financial services

The user can avail many nonfinancial services by the *99# method. This includes services such as,balance enquiry, mini statement, generating OTP for different transactions as a second factor of authentication, Generate Mobile PIN or MPIN, Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) generation etc.

Financial services

Financial services can be availed under the *99# facility.One can avail financial services of

Sending money using MMID
Sending money using IFSC. '
Link Aadhaar to beneficiaries

How to check balance?

Below are the steps for checking bank balance without internet through *99#

From your mobile phone dial *99#
A new screen would appear which will ask you to enter your bank's 3 letters short name or first 4 letters of IFSC.
Enter your banks IFSC or short name
You will get a menu with different options for available services enabled for your bank.
For balance enquiry, you have to enter option 1
A confirmation screen appears next displaying the available balance on your account.

Regional languages

Almost all the major telecom service providers in India supports *99# facility. You can avail this facility in various regional languages also. For this, you need to enter the requisite codes. For Hindi it is *99#22# ), For Tamil *99#23# (for Tamil), For Malayalam *99#25#, etc.