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Binlist

Look up card scheme, type and issuer from a BIN/IIN

📈 FinanceUNMONITOREDchecked 42 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✗AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Binlist maps the leading digits of a payment card to its network, type, issuing bank and country. Append the BIN as a path segment with an 'Accept-Version: 3' header and you get tidy JSON back. Free and unauthenticated, though it's rate-limited and fronted by a firewall that rejects requests carrying a browser Origin header.

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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://lookup.binlist.net/45717360

{
  "scheme": "visa",
  "type": "debit",
  "brand": "Visa Classic/Dankort",
  "country": {
    "alpha2": "DK",
    "name": "Denmark",
    "currency": "DKK"
  },
  "bank": {
    "name": "Jyske Bank A/S"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://lookup.binlist.net/45717360"
const res = await fetch("https://lookup.binlist.net/45717360");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://lookup.binlist.net/45717360")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 4On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
First rollup pending — GET /45717360 has been probed
GET/45717360PROBED

Look up card scheme, type and issuer from a BIN/IIN

GET//1

Resource details by ID (example: 1).

GET/1

Resource details by ID (example: 1).

GET/1?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Binlist: common questions

Is Binlist free to use?

Yes — Binlist is a free finance API. Free tier: Free — no key (requires 'Accept-Version: 3' header). Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Binlist need an API key?

No — Binlist needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Rate limited for unauthenticated use; exact limit unpublished).

Can I call Binlist from the browser?

Not directly — Binlist doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Binlist up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Binlist is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.