Find information about Credit/Debit and Prepaid cards starting from BIN number 448370.

448370 BIN/IIN number is issued by Mercantile Bank, Ltd. and it's a Visa card and the country of issuing bank is South Africa.

448370 BIN
BIN/IIN 448370
Brand Visa
Type Credit
Category Classic
Bank Mercantile Bank, Ltd.
Bank URL http://www.mblbd.com/
Country South Africa
Country Short ZA
Latitude -30.559482
Longitude 22.937506

What is a BIN Number?

The first 6 digit of a card is known as BIN Number. BIN stands for Bank Identification Number. It's a 6 digit code which identifies the financial institution that issued the Card to the card holder. It also referred as IIN (Issuer Identification Number). BIN can be used to identify issuing financial institution of a Credit Card, Debit Card, Prepaid Card and rewards Card.

Credit & Debit Card Number Format

As per ISO/IEC 7812, the length of Credit & Debit Card number can be upto 19 digits.

PQQQQRRRRRRRRRRRS

  • P - Major industry Identifier

  • Q - Issuing Financial Institution identifier

  • R - Account Identifier up to 12 digits

  • S - Checksum to validate Card Number.

Where PQQQQQ combined are known as BIN number or IIN code.

Uses of BIN Number

  1. It is commonly used by merchants to identify the card type and issuing bank of the Credit Card.

  2. It also helps in preventing Fraud. In case the Billing Address and the issuing country of the card is different, it may be a fraudulent transaction. With BIN search they can easily identify such transactions.