How to Buy Data From Access Bank

Traditionally, you can get your data by purchasing it with cash from a shop owner, street vendor, and official network provider office. You would be given a card containing the credit pin. By dialing the recharge Pin and the Credit Pin, followed by a #, the amount you bought will be successful and seen in your airtime account.

From the amount of airtime you have, you can then buy data via your network provider’s USSD code.

As an Access bank customer, you can buy data through your Access Mobile App and your USSD code.

Before you can purchase data for your phone using the Access bank USSD code, you must first have registered for the USSD code.

To do this dial *901#  and then follow the instructions. Key details about your account will be asked to verify the phone number trying to link with the account.

1. Dial *901# through the phone number linked to your access bank account
2. Select the transfer option
3. Next, you’ll enter your Access Bank Account Number
4. You will be prompted to enter the 6-digits of your access bank debit card number (and if your debit card isn’t active, you’ll input your Date of Birth in the order of DDMMYYYY)
5. A prompt asking you to create a PIN that will be used to authorize transactions on the account via USSD

A successful pop-up will be displayed. And you can now use the USSD code.

Should you forget your PIN to your Access Bank USSD code platform, simply dial *901*0#  to reset the PIN. the whole process of activating your USSD will begin again.

The USSD code works on and with any network provider available like MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile. So you don’t have to worry if your SIM can be linked

Why you should buy data through Access Bank USSD

1. You don’t need to have to be connected to the internet to use USSD code
2. You can use the code on both Smartphones and non-smartphones.
3. Buying data with the Access bank USSD code is not limited to just you, you can use it to buy data for your loved ones and friends
4. Transactions using this platform are easy, seamless and don’t waste time. Paying bills becomes as easy as a few clicks.

How to Purchase Data from Access Bank with the USSD

Access bank USSD platform doesn’t allow the direct purchase of data. But what a customer can do is purchase airtime which is the price of the data plan they wish to subscribe to.

You can either buy airtime for Self; which is a phone number that is registered to the account by dialing: *901*amount#

 How to Buy Data for Friends and Family from Access Bank

There are two ways you can buy data for your loved ones via Access Bank. You can buy data using the USSD code or by login into your mobile app

1. Through USSD: dial Dial *901*amount*phone number#  that is *901*200*081897345677# and then input your USSD Pin and press Ok. Doing this would purchase airtime for the recipient
2. Through Mobile App: Instead of inputting your phone number, you input that of the recipient.

 An important thing to note is that Access Bank’s USSD code is only available to sole signatory account holders. That is accounts with a sole owner. Joint accounts, company accounts, or corporate accounts do not fall under this category.

How to Buy Data using the Access Bank Mobile App

You can also use the AccessMore apps to buy data directly for any phone number of your choice. Just like the USSD code this only allows you to buy airtime that can then be used to buy data. But the app allows for a wider range of services that can be accessed.

As a customer, you can buy data on your phone line or another phone’s line by following the following instructions

1. Log into your account by entering your Username and Password
2. Click on the menu icon at the top left side of your screen, scroll down and select Airtime and  Bill payments
3. From the options available, select Mobile Top Up
4. Fill out the form that pops up
5. Enter transaction PINand confirm the transaction.

Shortly after you would receive your airtime.

The AccessMore App

Asides from that Access USSD code and the Access Bank App. There is also the AccessMore App, which is a bigger upgrade. With More App, you can actually buy data for any network directly on the platform.

To buy data on the AccessMore App;

1. Once your app is open tap on bills payments
2. Tap on Category and select Data Purchase
3. Tap Biller and select a network provider i.e MTN Data
4. Select the product you wish to purchase i.e Data 1.5GB (30 days)
5. Then put in the phone number you wish to purchase the data for (either yours or a loved one and friends)
6. Then Pay and your transaction would be successful.

 Note:  Sometimes, the Bill payments option might not appear on My favourites List. This could be because the App was newly installed on your mobile device.

To add the Bills payment option;

1. Tap on edit that is on the top left corner of the screen
2. One other option pops up, select the Bills payment and add it to your favourites by tapping on the Save button at the top