BIN Checker

What is a BIN Checker?

A BIN checker is a web-based tool that allows you to check and verify the BIN code of credit cards and debit cards.

The BIN code is a specific part of the card number, and it indicates different details about the card’s bank, such as its country and branch.

How To Use Our Bin Checker Tool?

To use our BIN search tool, all you have to do is follow these steps:

1. Open our tool
2. Enter the BIN of your CC number into the provided space
3. Click on the “Check Now” button to start the process
4. Wait while the tool runs the check and provides the information for your BIN code

How Does Our BIN Lookup Work?

Our advanced BIN checker takes the provided BIN code and looks it up against a large database. The database contains information about thousands of different BIN codes and their respective details, such as country, bank name, card type, etc. As of now, there are 300,000+ BIN codes in our database.

Features Provided by Our Bin Code Checker

What Information Is Provided by Our Bin Code Validator?

There are different details provided by our tool for your BIN code, such as:

• Major Industry Identifier: This indicates the industry of the credit/debit card whose BIN code has been entered. (Examples include Finance and Banking, Travel and Entertainment, etc.)

• Issuer/Bank Name: This indicates the name of the institute or bank that issued the credit card.

• Country ISO A2: This indicates the two-letter ISO A2 code name for the country that the bank is situated in. 

• Country ISO A3: This indicates the three-letter ISO A3 code name for the country.

• Country ISO Code: This indicates the country's numerical ISO code.

• Country Name: The field contains the name of the country in which the bank is situated.

• Issuer Identification Number: This field will contain the number that you have submitted. The IIN is another name for the BIN.

• Network/Brand: This field indicates the network or the brand that the credit card/debit card uses, such as MasterCard, VISA, etc.

• Card Type: This field indicates which type of card the BIN number belongs to. Classic, Platinum, Gold, etc., are common types.

• Continent Code A2: This field indicates the three-letter (alphabet-only) code for the country. 

• Is Europe: This field contains the words “Yes” or “No,” depending on whether the country is situated inside Europe or not.

• Phone Code: This field indicates the country's phone code. For example, the USA’s phone code is +1.

Valid applications and uses of our BIN number lookup tool

The following are some of the valid applications and uses of our BIN checker.

• To ensure safe online transactions: Using a BIN code checker can help online merchants and sellers make sure that the cards being submitted by a customer are real, valid credit cards and belong to an actual bank.

• To determine customer demographic: With a BIN number lookup, you can also what banks your customers typically use and which countries they are from. This can help you garner useful information about your buyers.

What is the BIN Code?

BIN code usually includes the first 6 to 8 digits of the credit card number. BIN codes are common to one bank branch and are given to all the cards that are issued from it.

Here are some dummy credit card numbers along with their BIN codes:

How do I know which numbers make up the BIN code on my card?

You can easily find which numbers on your credit card number make up the BIN code by referring to your bank. You can also do some research online and find out what the BIN code format is for the network that you’re using. If you can’t figure it out at all, you can first enter the starting 6 digits of the CC number and see if it works. If it doesn’t, you can enter 8 digits instead.

Our BIN search tool is an 8-digit/6-digit supported.

FAQs

What is the difference between IIN/BIN?

There is no difference between the two. They are two names of the same thing. Both of them refer to the first 6 or 8 digits of the CC number.

Can you find personal information using the BIN?

No, you cannot find any personal information about the cardholder by using the BIN number. The BIN number only provides details about the bank and the country of the card.