Canara Bank Aadhaar Seeding – what do you prefer? Traditional or Modern?

                The traditional way to seed your Aadhaar Number into your Canara Bank account is to visit any Canara Bank branch.

                However, if you do not have the time to visit the Branch, Canara Bank allows you to seed your Aadhaar number via their website too.

                The bank had earlier launched four alternate channels for Aadhaar seeding, empowering the customers to request Aadhaar seeding from the comfort of their home or office without having to visit the branch.

According to R. K. Dubey, Chairman and Managing Director, Canara Bank, “The bank is the first to launch such a self-check facility for the customers. The facility offers Aadhaar seeding without having to visit the branch.”

The customer has to simply key-in details, such as account number and customer ID. The system checks whether the Aadhaar number is available in the bank’s server.

If yes, it informs the customer about its presence. If no, it prompts the customer to provide Aadhaar number through simple steps. In a matter of few minutes the customer’s Aadhaar seeding request is taken.

The customer can simply SMS the Aadhaar number along with bank account number to get his/her Aadhaar linked to the bank account. Another option is to call the bank’s call centre. All the requests are centrally processed and on successful seeding of the Aadhaar number, an SMS is sent to the customer.

The web facility is available only for Canara Bank’s customers who have been registered for mobile banking. This is because, an OTP (One Time Password) is sent for validation of the customer’s mobile number.