FINAP/API reference

Payment card intelligence

BIN Check

Resolve card network, funding type, issuer, tier, and issuing country from the first 6–8 digits.

POST/bin
Service
BIN Check
Billing
On success
01

Request

binrequired
string

Exactly 6–8 decimal digits.

curl https://api.finap.uk/api/v1/bin -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FINAP_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"bin":"424242"}'
02

Response fields

bin
string

The submitted BIN.

scheme
string | null

Card network such as visa or mastercard.

type
string | null

Funding type such as debit, credit, or prepaid.

category
string | null

Product tier or category.

issuer
string | null

Issuing institution name.

country
object | null

ISO alpha-2 code and full country name.

luhnStatus
string | null

Luhn metadata returned by the data source.

durationMs
number

Server processing duration.

FINAP / API v1

Last reviewed against the live implementation · July 2026