BIN 488953 — Lookup & Card Details

BIN 488953 is issued by National Bank Of Egypt, from Egypt, on the Visa network, as a credit 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 488953, that institution is National Bank Of Egypt in Egypt. The card runs on the Visa network. Transactions settle in EGP.

Visa is the world's largest card network, with cards beginning with the digit 4 and accepted in virtually every country.

Merchants, fraud teams, ad platforms and developers use BIN data to route transactions, localize checkout, detect chargebacks and decide which card products they accept. BIN 488953 itself is public metadata — it identifies the issuer, not the cardholder.