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Sample Authorization Letter To Bank For Signing Authority

How to write a letter to bank to authorize someone to sign on your behalf?

  • List the account number and the account's holder name.

  • Identify the authorized person by name, ID type, and number.

  • Provide an authorization scope: the list of authorized actions, which in your case is the signing of documents.

  • Specify the exclusions, which are actions that you don't want to authorize within the scope.

  • Indicate the effective and expiry dates of the authorization.


Sample letter

Dear [Bank Name],

I hereby authorize Mr. John, holding ID number 12345, to sign documents related to bank account number 987766 on my behalf.

This authorization is effective from [start date] to [end date or no date].

Sincerely,




Sample Authorization Letter To Bank For Signing Authority