Find information about Credit/Debit and Prepaid cards starting from BIN number 518837.

518837 BIN/IIN number is issued by Bank Of Maldives (Plc), Ltd. and it's a Mastercard card and the country of issuing bank is Maldives.

518837 BIN
BIN/IIN 518837
Brand Mastercard
Type Credit
Category Gold
Bank Bank Of Maldives (Plc), Ltd.
Bank URL https://www.bankofmaldives.com.mv/
Country Maldives
Country Short MV
Latitude 3.202778
Longitude 73.22068

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.