1. Apply for your new State Farm Bank account
   
   
2. Change your electronic transactions, automatic payments, direct deposits and automatic funds transfers to your new State Farm Bank account.
   
   
   • Balance your old bank account to determine how much you will need to cover all your outstanding transactions.
   
   
   
   • Have bills automatically withdrawn from your State Farm Bank account (such as your insurance, mortgage payment, etc.), by completing the Request for Transfer of Automatic Payments Form for each of those payments (Adobe Acrobat® Reader required).
     
     
   • Direct Deposit your payroll by requesting the necessary form(s) from your employer or use our convenient Direct Deposit form. You may need your State Farm Bank account number, the State Farm Bank  ABA routing/transit number [071174431], and a voided State Farm Bank check.
     
     
   • Watch for all of your automatic payments and direct deposits to be applied to your State Farm Bank account. For questions see our FAQs on Switching to State Farm Bank.
     
     
3. Balance and Close your former account
   
   
• Balance and close your old account after all outstanding checks, payments and deposits have cleared.
  
  
• Click here to see How to Balance your Checkbook in 10 Easy Steps (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
  
  
• Click here for the Closing Request Form (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
  

Thanks for making the switch to State Farm Bank!