BIN Lookup Actor 🔍

This actor helps you look up Bank Identification Number (BIN) information. It provides detailed information about payment cards including the card scheme, type, brand, issuing bank, and country details.

Features ✨

• 🏦 Retrieves comprehensive BIN/IIN information
• 🌍 Includes detailed country data (name, currency, coordinates)
• 🏢 Provides issuing bank information
• 💳 Identifies card scheme (Visa, Mastercard, etc.)
• ⚡ Fast and reliable lookups
• 🔄 Automatic error handling and retries

Use Cases 💡

• Payment system integration testing
• Card validation processes
• Financial data analysis
• Fraud detection systems
• Geographic transaction analysis

Output 📊

The actor returns detailed JSON data including:

• Card scheme and type
• Brand information
• Issuing bank details
• Country information (including currency and location)
• Timestamp of the lookup

Input Parameters ⚙️

Parameter	Type	Description
bin	String	The 6-8 digit Bank Identification Number (BIN)

Tips 💡

• Use valid BIN numbers (first 6-8 digits of a card number)
• Consider rate limits when running bulk lookups
• Check returned data completeness as some fields might be optional

Proxy Support 🔒

The actor supports several proxy options:

• Apify Proxy (Recommended)
  • Automatic IP rotation
  • Residential and datacenter proxies
  • Geographic location targeting
• Custom Proxies
  • Use your own proxy servers
  • Support for authenticated proxies

To use proxies, simply configure the proxyConfiguration in the input:

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "bin": "45717360"
3}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2    {
3        "bin": "45717360",
4        "number": {},
5        "scheme": "visa",
6        "type": "debit",
7        "brand": "Visa Classic/Dankort",
8        "country": {
9            "numeric": "208",
10            "alpha2": "DK",
11            "name": "Denmark",
12            "emoji": "🇩🇰",
13            "currency": "DKK",
14            "latitude": 56,
15            "longitude": 10
16        },
17        "bank": {
18            "name": "Jyske Bank A/S"
19        },
20        "timestamp": "2025-01-08T09:19:42.584Z"
21    }
22]