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A BIN (Bank Identification Number) is the first 6 to 8 digits of a credit or debit card number. It tells you which bank issued the card, which network it runs on, the card type, and the issuing country. It reveals nothing about the cardholder.
BIN is the name banks and merchants use. The ISO/IEC 7812 standard calls the same digits the Issuer Identification Number (IIN), so a BIN lookup and an IIN lookup return the same data. Merchants and payment processors use BINs to detect potential fraud, comply with regulatory requirements, and route payments accurately.
For a deeper look at routing and authorization, read our guide to bank identification numbers in payment processing.
A Primary Account Number (PAN) is usually 16 digits long (15 for American Express) and has three parts:
Because the BIN sits at the start of the PAN, the first digits often reveal the card network. Use this table to identify a card type by its number.
Notre outil de recherche de codes BIN fournit des informations telles que : Analyses
Voici le résultat d'une recherche réelle pour un numéro BIN fictif. Il s'agit d'un exemple générique, qui ne se rapporte à aucun titulaire de carte ni à aucune transaction réels.
A BIN check is one of the cheapest fraud checks you can run. It takes a second and flags orders where the card does not fit the customer's story. US-issued cards were tied to 41.87% of global card fraud losses in 2024, while making up 26.31% of card volume, according to the Nilson Report.
BIN checks help after a dispute too. If a cardholder claims fraud, showing that the issuing country matched the billing and shipping address strengthens your evidence. Pair BIN screening with chargeback alerts so you can refund a flagged order before it becomes a chargeback.
A BIN check cannot catch friendly fraud, where the real cardholder disputes a purchase they made. Fraud that gets through also counts under the Visa Acquirer Monitoring Program (VAMP). VAMP flags merchants whose combined fraud and dispute ratio reaches 1.5% in most regions. Check where you stand with the free VAMP calculator.
ISO updated its card numbering standard, ISO/IEC 7812-1:2017, to lengthen the issuer identification number from 6 to 8 digits. Visa and Mastercard set April 2022 as the date for issuers, acquirers, and processors to support 8-digit BINs. Card numbers stay the same length, so a longer BIN leaves fewer digits for the account number.
If a 6-digit lookup returns an issuer that does not match the card, confirm it with the full 8-digit BIN through your payment processor.
Some payment rules depend on what the BIN tells you about the card. Three come up most often for online merchants.
Oui. Une recherche par code BIN ne permet de connaître que la banque émettrice, le réseau de la carte, le type de carte et le pays associés aux 6 à 8 premiers chiffres d'une carte. Elle ne révèle en aucun cas le numéro complet de la carte, le nom du titulaire ni aucune autre information personnelle ou relative au compte.
Non. Le BIN permet uniquement d'identifier l'établissement émetteur et le réseau, et non le compte individuel. Les commerçants utilisent ces données pour détecter d'éventuelles fraudes et vérifier l'origine d'une carte, et non pour identifier une personne en particulier.
Une recherche par code BIN consiste à vérifier des données BIN réelles et déjà émises afin d'identifier la banque émettrice et le réseau. Elle ne permet pas de créer de nouveaux numéros de carte ni de numéros utilisables. L'outil proposé par Chargeflow est un simple outil de recherche, conçu pour permettre aux commerçants de vérifier la légitimité des transactions ; il ne s'agit pas d'un générateur de numéros.
Most BINs are 6 digits, though newer card formats use 8 digits as part of a 16 to 19 digit Primary Account Number. Visa and Mastercard have issued 8-digit BINs since April 2022.
Les commerçants vérifient que le pays et l'émetteur indiqués par le code BIN correspondent bien aux coordonnées de facturation et de livraison du client. Une divergence, comme dans le cas d'une carte émise aux États-Unis pour laquelle la livraison est prévue dans un autre pays et pour laquelle il n'existe aucun historique de commande, constitue un signal précoce courant de fraude. Ce signal est utilisé conjointement avec le suivi des codes de motif de rejet de débit et l'automatisation plus générale du traitement des rejets de débit afin de détecter la fraude avant qu'elle ne donne lieu à un litige.
Yes. BIN (Bank Identification Number) and IIN (Issuer Identification Number) are two names for the same first 6 to 8 digits of a card number. IIN is the formal term in the ISO/IEC 7812 standard. BIN is the name most banks, processors, and merchants use.
Yes. Enter the first 6 digits of the credit card number into a BIN lookup tool. It returns the issuing bank, card network, card type, and country. You never need the full card number, and you should never paste one into an online tool.
A BIN list, or BIN database, is a table that maps BIN ranges to issuing banks, card networks, card types, and countries. A BIN lookup tool queries a BIN database. Because banks reassign and merge ranges, a BIN database needs regular updates to stay accurate.
Look at the first digits. Card numbers starting with 4 are Visa, and 51 to 55 or 2221 to 2720 are Mastercard. Numbers starting with 34 or 37 are American Express, and 6011 or 65 are usually Discover. A BIN lookup confirms the network plus the card type, such as credit, debit, or prepaid.

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