Bank Identification Number
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A Bank Identification Number (BIN) is the first six digits of a credit card, debit card, charge card, etc. These digits identify which network the card belongs to as well as which bank issued it.
Online merchants may use BIN lookups to help validate transactions. For example, if the credit card's BIN indicates a bank in one country, while the customer's billing address is in another, the transaction may call for extra scrutiny.
Mars Software offers a freeware database[1] (Microsoft Windows Compatible Only) of Bank Identification Numbers.
The term "Issuer Identification Number" (IIN) is replacing "Bank Identification Number". See ISO 7812 for more information.
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See also
- Bank Identifier Code (BIC)
- International Bank Account Number (IBAN)
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Known bank identification numbers
- 112956 - Room access card, Fairfield Inn (Marriott)
- 260413 - The Sharper Image gift card
- 356210 - HSBC Hong Kong issued JCB
- 3713 - JetBlue from American Express Credit Card (US)
- 3717 - American Express Charge Card (US)
- 371700 - American Express Centurion Charge Card (US)
- 3723 - American Express Credit Card (US)
- 3725 - American Express Credit Card
- 3727 - American Express Credit Card
- 3728 - American Express Credit Card
- 3733 - American Express Charge Card (Canada in CAD)
- 3742 - American Express Charge Card (UK in GBP)
- 3743 - American Express Charge Card (UK in Euros)
- 374388 - American Express ICC Centurion Charge Card (UK in Euros)
- 3745 - American Express Charge Card (UK in USD)
- 374588 - American Express ICC Centurion Charge Card (UK in USD)
- 374630 - American Express card issued by MBNA
- 3749 - American Express Charge Card (France)
- 3750 - American Express Charge Card (Germany)
- 375082 - American Express Platinum Charge Card (Germany)
- 3758 - American Express Charge Card (Switzerland)
- 3760 - American Express Card (Australia)
- 3770 - American Express Credit Card (South Africa)
- 3778 - American Express Credit Card (New Zealand)
- 3790 - American Express Travellers Cheque Card (UK)
- 3791 - American Express BA Credit Card (UK)
- 3794 - American Express Corporate Charge Card
- 4060 - Bank1One (Chase) Debit Card
- 4063 - Guangdong Development Bank (China) VISA Credit Card
- 4112 - Lloyds TSB Visa Credit Card
- 4117 - Bank of America (formerly Fleet) VISA Debit Card
- 4143 - Capital One Visa
- 4159 - Sovereign Bank Visa Debit Card
- 4170 - Bank of America (Formerly Fleet) Business Visa Card
- 4190 - U.S. Bank WorldPerks VISA Credit Card
- 4213 - China Minsheng Banking Corporation VISA Debit Card
- 4218 - China Minsheng Banking Corporation VISA Credit Card
- 4254 - Washington Mutual (formerly Fleet) VISA Debit Card
- 4264 - MBNA Visa
- 4266 - Bank1One (Chase) Visa Credit Card
- 4305 - Bank of America (formerly Fleet) VISA Credit Card
- 4356 - Bank of America VISA Credit Card
- 4357 - Chase Visa
- 4366 - Chase
- 4392 - China Merchants Bank VISA Credit Card
- 4408 - Chase (AARP)
- 4432 - US Bank
- 4492 - Vista Federal Credit Union (Walt Disney World) VISA Debit Card
- 449352 - Nationwide Building Society VISA
- 4495 - Citizen's Bank VISA
- 4500 - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) VISA
- 450060 - CIBC Aerogold (VISA credit card)
- 4502 - CIBC VISA
- 4503 - CIBC VISA
- 4504 - CIBC VISA
- 4505 - CIBC VISA
- 4510 - Royal Bank of Canada VISA
- 4519 - Royal Bank of Canada Debit Card
- 4538 - Scotiabank VISA
- 454313 - Nationwide Building Society Visa Debit Card
- 454434 - First Trust Bank Visa Debit Card
- 4551 - TD Canada Trust VISA
- 4565 - ABSA VISA
- 462785 - Egg plc VISA
- 4600 - ABSA VISA
- 4640 - Bank One (now J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.) Amazon.com VISA Credit Card
- 4744 - Bank of America Visa Debit
- 479293 - Abbey International Visa Debit Card
- 482870 - Wachovia Bank Visa Debit Card
- 4862 - Capital One Visa Credit Card
- 490847 - Parex Bank Visa Credit Card
- 4920 - Luottokunta issued VISA
- 496604 - HSBC Hong Kong issued Visa
- 492940 - Barclaycard VISA Credit Card
- 504507 - Barnes & Noble gift card
- 5113 - JPMorgan Chase Bank Mastercard Debit Card
- 5140 - TiVo MasterCard Credit Card
- 5141 - Banco Popular North America Mastercard Debit Card
- 5176 - China Minsheng Banking Corporation MasterCard Credit Card
- 5181 - PC Financial MasterCard Credit Card
- 5187 - China Merchants Bank MasterCard Credit Card
- 5191 - Bank of Montreal MasterCard
- 5221 - MasterCard Credit Cards in South Africa
- 522276 - Chase Manhattan Bank MasterCard Credit Card
- 5262 - Citibank MasterCard Debit Card
- 529930 - Marks & Spencer Money MasterCard Credit Card
- 532902 - Wachovia Bank MasterCard Credit Card
- 5407 - HSBC Bank GM Card
- 543122 - HSBC Hong Kong issued Mastercard
- 5424 - Citibank MasterCard Credit Card (Dividend, Diamond and others)
- 5434 - MasterCard credit cards from UK banks
- 544156 - AIB Gold MasterCard Credit Card
- 5446 - Canadian Tire MasterCard Credit Card
- 5452 - MBNA Canada Mastercard
- 5466 - Chase Credit
- 5490 - Chase
- 5581 - Paypal MasterCard Credit Card
- 587781 - Bank of America ATM Card
- 589297 - TD Canada Trust Debit Card
- 600649 - Lowe's Home Improvement Center gift card (also Radio Shack)
- 601056 - ValueLink stored value card (Starbucks, Borders Books, et. al.)
- 6011 - Discover Bank Discover Card Credit Card
- 602700 - Wichita State University "Shocker Card" [2] (a stored value card)
- 6035 - Citibank (Home Depot) Card
- 603753 - McDonald's Gift Card (serviced by ValueLink)
- 622126 - 622925 China UnionPay Card
- 627397 - Wild Oats Gift Card
- 63354099000 - Argos Card
- 6759 - Maestro (formerly Switch) debit cards, followed by the two digits of the bank's assigned sorting code prefix.
- 6767 - Solo, a sister debit card to Switch.
In addition to credit, debit and stored-value cards (gift cards), BIN numbers are used with Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards. These are used to enable persons on public assistance to spend their government benefits in approved ways. A list of EBT BIN numbers by state may be found here.Template:Econ-stub