BIN is the abbreviation for Bank Identification Number, a unique, bank-specific number created according to ISO/IEC 7812 standards that shows which bank a card belongs to.
It is the information contained in the first 6 digits of a credit or debit card. (It is being considered that the BIN number will soon be extended to 8 digits.)
It is also referred to as the IIN (Issuer Identification Number).
So what does this 6-digit BIN number tell us?
BIN information is issued by payment schemes such as MasterCard, Troy, and Visa. Detailed information about a BIN is kept in the BIN table.
The BIN table contains the following information:
Card Scheme: Information on which card payment scheme the card belongs to. For example Visa, MasterCard, Troy, Amex
Card Type: Shows the card's type information. There is credit card or debit card information.
Is it Prepaid?: Kept as Yes/No. If this field is Yes, the card is a prepaid card; if No, the card is not a prepaid card.
Card Subtype: Shows the subtype information defined for the relevant card type. For example, Visa debit cards are Electron. Visa credit cards are differentiated as classic, gold, etc.
Card Number_Length: This field shows how many digits the card number consists of. It is usually 16 digits.
Card Number_Luhn Algorithm: Information on whether the card number was generated according to the Luhn algorithm. Kept as Yes/No.
Bank Code: The code information of the bank that owns the BIN number.
Country: Information on the country where the bank that owns the BIN number is located.
Product Type: Information on which product type the card was issued as. For example, standard card, virtual card, etc.
It is the information contained in the first 6 digits of a credit or debit card.
A BIN number is a unique value no matter where in the world it is.
For example
BIN number 435629 belongs to Turkiye Finans Participation Bank, a Turkish participation bank.
By entering a BIN number at the link below, you can find out which country and which bank's card the BIN number belongs to:
