WELCOME
First of all, welcome to my site and warm greetings to you! My name is Daniel Moreno and I'm in charge of credit card payment processing in a large US based online shop. If you came to this site you are very well aware of the difficulties like getting the credit card issuing country, knowing how to distinct between credit and debit cards, consumer and commercial, reloadable and non-reloadable, filtering out prepaid and gift cards. These tasks can be hardly accomplished without having a well structured, up to date BIN numbers database, or a BIN list.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Visa and MasterCard have started the BIN split process. That means that a traditional 6-digit BIN database is no longer enough. Before proceeding any further, refer to the documents from Visa and MasterCard:
Visa: Preparing for the Eight-Digit BIN (FAQ, PDF)
MasterCard: 8-Digit BIN Expansion Mandate
and PCI DSS Impact (PDF)
I have dealt with a number of vendors and here are some of them. Almost all of them keep low profile. If you want to have their corporate data and client references, ask them. At least BinBase and FraudAssets sent me all I wanted to know, and even the registration documents. Not all providers are included; if I had exceptionally terrible experience I just got a refund and moved on.
BIN Database Providers Comparison Chart
| Companies Features | BinBase.com BIN Database | ExactBins.com BIN Database | FraudAssets.com BIN Database |
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| Number of 6 digit records as of June 2021 | 368.000+ | 355.000+ | 480.000+ |
| Number of 7-11 digit records as of April 2020 | 803.000+ | 770.000+ | |
| Number of parameters | 11-14 | 6-9 | 7 |
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| - Issuing organization | |
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| - Card type (debit, credit, charge) | |
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| - Card category (classic, business, prepaid, etc.) | |
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| - Issuing country ISO name | |
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| - Issuing country ISO A2 code | |
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| - Issuing country ISO A3 code | |
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| - Issuing country ISO number | |
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| - Issuing organization website | |
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| - Issuing organization phone number | |
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| Debit vs. Credit | |
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| Consumer vs. Commercial | |
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| Purchasing | |
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| Regulated vs. Unregulated Debit BINs | |
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| Prepaid | |
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| Prepaid Reloadable | |
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| Virtual | |
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| Company | BinBase.com BIN Database | ExactBins.com BIN Database | FraudAssets.com BIN Database |
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| Pre-purchase information | |||
| Purchase agreement | Download PDF | Download PDF | By request |
| Online BIN lookup tool | Direct link | Direct link | Direct link |
| Data sheet | Direct link | By request | By request |
| Sample database download (6 digit) | Download | Download | Download |
| Sample database download (>6 digit) | 7 digit sample 8 digit sample 9 digit sample |
7-9 digit sample | |
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| XML API | |
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View info |
| IP database | |
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| PC based BIN lookup software | View info | |
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| Updates by email | HTTPS download SFTP - your location or their location |
HTTPS download SFTP by request |
HTTPS download |
| Included with purchase | 6 months or 2 years | 1 year or 2 years | 2 years |
| Price per year after initial contract expires | $299/$499 | $300/$450 | $300 |
| Update frequency per year | 6 or 24 | 4 | 4 |
| Ordering | Licensing options | Licensing options | Licensing options |
| License type 1 | $1199 (6 months of updates) | $15000 (1 year of updates) | $2400 (DB) |
| License type 2 | $1899 (2 years of updates) | $3000 (DB+API) | |
| License type 3 (extended BINs) | $2999 (2 years of updates) | $2900 (2 years of updates) | |
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| Direct wire transfer with invoice | $1079 or $1899 or $2699(-10%) | |
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| Contact form | Contact online | Contact online | Contact online |
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What's common between the providers?
You receive a copy of the BIN database in CSV format
Database and updates are delivered by e-mail within some time (6-24 hrs) after purchase
Initial free updates period included (from 6 to 24 months)