Determining the issuer of your customer’s credit card

Last Updated: December 11, 2020

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Determining the issuer of your customer’s credit card


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Are there any ways to find out what financial institution issued my customer’s credit card?


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The first six digits of a credit card are referred to as the Bank Identification Number. This is the number that uniquely identifies the Financial Institution that issued a particular card to the cardholder.

There are several free online tools that anyone can use to pair any given BIN to the issuer. Here are a few of these tools:

 

Disclaimer: Please note that Sage Payment Solutions neither endorses these sites, nor guarantees the validity of information obtained via their services.


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