A reader emailed us to ask what to do if you forgot your Bank of America PIN. Here’s the solution.

A.) If you forgot your PIN to your ATM card:

You’ll need to request a new PIN number. Bank of America won’t tell you your old PIN because it’s encrypted, and that wouldn’t be safe(in case you use the same PIN number for multiple things). To get a new PIN
call the Bank of America Customer Service number listed on the back of your statement. Customer Service is available seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

B.) If you forgot your PIN to your online banking account:

Click the “Forgot Passcode” or “Forgot PIN” on the login page to request a new one.

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Washington, D.C. - President George Bush spent Tuesday morning waiting for a local Bank of America Representative to give him his ATM card back. Apparently the President had forgotten his PIN number and didn’t realize it until after he had inserted his card into the machine. After three failed guesses, the machine ended Bush’s transaction and kept his card. Some ATM machines are programmed not to return a card for a number of reasons, to prevent fraud or people from leaving their cards accidentally.

The President described the ordeal to the White House press corps this afternoon. “I was trying to use my machine in the card [sic], when I realized, wait, I don’t know my number. So I pressed some buttons, you see, a couple different buttons, 4231, 5555, 4444, I tried em all. But I guess I didn’t get them right, because next thing I know the person behind the machine had kept my card.” When asked by a member of the press if the number ever came to him, the President said “Yes ma’am. Two days later it suddenly came to me—1234! I’ve never been a person with numbers[sic].”

Bush later elaborated on the difficulty caused by the accident, “It was bad. Because it was a holiday weekend, I couldn’t get any money until Tuesday. Here we are, we’ve got a war to pay for, and the machine has my card.” As of Tuesday evening, the card was returned and funding for the war had resumed.

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