Industry Considerations for 8-Digit BIN Migration
Publication Date: February 2022
All payments industry stakeholders should be prepared to support both 6- and 8-digit BINs by April 2022. While supporting 8-digit BINs may not require changes for some stakeholders, it may require development and process changes for others. The Forum developed “Industry Considerations for 8-Digit BIN Migration” white paper to help provide guidance to for industry stakeholders about the introduction of 8-Digit BINs.
The goals for this document are to drive awareness of the 8-digit BIN requirement and to encourage stakeholders to review resource materials and information from the payment networks and other payment processing organizations associated with their business.
The resource provides:
- Awareness of the 8-digit BIN requirement
- Describes the impact of 6- to 8-digit BIN migration for different payments industry stakeholders
- Provides example guidance on how to assess changes needed to support 8-digit BINs at the point of interaction and reviews implementation considerations for several functional areas and use cases
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