BIN Lookup

The bank identification number (BIN) lookup service provides information about a payment card account based on first six digits of the account number. The information provided can be the country in which the card was issued, the domestic currency, and whether the card qualifies for the Payouts service. See Payouts.

Requirement

To enable BIN lookup, contact CyberSource Customer Support to have your account configured for this feature.

Requesting BIN Lookup

You can request the BIN Lookup service with Secure Acceptance in the General Settings of your Secure Acceptance profile in the Business Center. You can set the BIN Lookup service to one of two modes:

■	Free: verifies that the card is eligible for sending funds through the Payouts service.

■	Paid: premium service that returns all data available for the BIN.

The BIN Lookup response is sent to the merchant notifications URL and email. See Receiving Merchant Notifications. For security reasons it is not sent to the receipt URL.

The BIN Lookup results are detailed in the reply fields with the bin_lookup prefix. See Reply Fields.