agentutility(7)$ man card-bin-lookup
/card-bin-lookup
PRICE / CALL
$0.02
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
localeCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
card-bin-lookup — resolves the first 6-8 digits of a card number to issuer bank, country, brand (visa/mastercard/amex/discover/jcb/unionpay), and card type…
synonym alias of bin-lookup — reuses the canonical handler.
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/card-bin-lookup
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Resolves the first 6-8 digits of a card number to issuer bank, country, brand (Visa/Mastercard/Amex/Discover/JCB/UnionPay), and card type (debit/credit/prepaid). Use it as a credit card BIN lookup, IIN lookup, or card-issuer lookup for fraud screening, payment routing, and geo-risk.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| bin | string | — | required |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| scheme | string | Card network brand, e.g. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, JCB, or UnionPay. |
| type | string | Card funding type: debit, credit, or prepaid. |
| country | string | ISO country code of the issuing bank, used for geo-risk and routing. |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/card-bin-lookup \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster> # Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... # Then call the card-bin-lookup tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- localecard-bin-lookupiin-lookupcard-issuerfraud-screeningpayment-routingbin-database
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- locale
- price
- $0.02 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in locale
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| address-geocode | Converts a free-form address, postal code, place name, or POI into latitude/longitude. | $0.02 |
| airport-delays | Reports live US airport delays, ground stops, and closures from the FAA National Airspace System Status feed. | $0.02 |
| bin-lookup | Looks up a credit card BIN: the first 6-8 digits resolve to issuer, country, brand, and card type via binlist.net. | $0.02 |
| bin-lookup-api | Looks up card BINs, resolving the first 6-8 card digits to scheme, issuer, country, card type, prepaid/debit/credit signal, and payment-r… | $0.02 |
| geocode | Geocodes addresses and place names to coordinates; exact short alias for address-geocode so agents searching for 'geocode' can discover t… | $0.02 |
| iin-lookup | Resolves an issuer identification number (the first 6-8 card digits) to scheme, issuer, country, card type, and prepaid/debit/credit sign… | $0.02 |
| reverse-geocode | Converts latitude/longitude coordinates into a structured street address. | $0.02 |
| satellite-bbox | Builds a cloud-free Sentinel-2 mosaic over any bounding box and returns it as a single PNG composite. | $0.02 |
SEE ALSO