BIN 272098 — Lookup & Card Details

BIN 272098 is issued by Standard Bank Of South Africa, Ltd., from South Africa, on the Mastercard network, as a debit card.

A Bank Identification Number (BIN, or Issuer Identification Number / IIN) is the first 6 to 8 digits of any payment card. It tells the payment network which institution issued the card, what kind of card it is, and where it was issued. For BIN 272098, that institution is Standard Bank Of South Africa, Ltd. in South Africa. The card runs on the Mastercard network. Transactions settle in ZAR.

Mastercard is a global network whose BINs fall in the 51–55 and 2221–2720 ranges, accepted at merchants worldwide.

Payment processors read these digits on every transaction: they drive routing decisions, currency handling at checkout, fraud scoring and card-product acceptance rules. BIN 272098 carries no personal information: it maps to an issuing institution and card program, never to an individual account or person.