Find information about Credit/Debit and Prepaid cards starting from BIN number 512309.

512309 BIN/IIN number is issued by HSBC BANK BERMUDA, LTD. and it's a MASTERCARD card and the country of issuing bank is Cayman Islands.

512309 BIN
BIN/IIN 512309
Brand MASTERCARD
Type Credit
Category GOLD
Bank HSBC BANK BERMUDA, LTD.
Bank URL https://www.hsbc.bm/
Country Cayman Islands
Country Short KY
Latitude 19.513469
Longitude -80.566956

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.