The government also ordered financial institutions to ensure that customers have "uninterrupted access to online banking and payment services" in an attempt to promote social distancing and limit the spread of the coronavirus.
In a circular to banks, microfinance institutions and payment services providers, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said,
1. Following the announcement by His Excellency, the President, of a 21-day lockdown effective 30 March 2020, all banks, microfinance institutions and payment service providers will be required to provide limited essential services as follows:
a) Providing uninterrupted access to online banking and payment services, including point of sale, international transactions, RIGS, mobile banking, mobile money payments and remittance services, to promote crowd containment and social distancing…
2. For the avoidance of doubt, bank branches, agencies, banking halls and bureaux de change will be closed. However, arrangements may be made, in exceptional cases of emergency, to physically visit a bank.
Full list of Zimbabwe's Bank/ ZIPIT USSD codes for online banking
Below is the full list of bank USSD codes in alphabetical order:
Agribank *277#
BancABC *242#
Barclays *229#
CABS *227#
CBZ *230#
Ecobank *245#
FBC Bank *220#
MBCA *299#
Meikles MyCash *212#
Metbank *234#
NBS *202#
NMB *240#
OneMoney *111#
POSB (Econet) *223#
POSB (Telecel & Netone) *222#
Stanbic *247#
Standard Chartered Bank *200#
Steward *210#
Telecash *888#
ZB Bank *400*600#
