ISO/IEC 7812

ISO/IEC 7812 Identification cards – Identification of issuers is an international standard published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). It specifies "a numbering system for the identification of the card issuers, the format of the issuer identification number (IIN) and the primary account number (PAN)",[1] and procedures for registering IINs.[2] It was first published in 1989.

ISO/IEC 7812 has two parts:

  • Part 1: Numbering system
  • Part 2: Application and registration procedures

The registration authority for Issuer Identification Numbers (IINs) is the American Bankers Association.

An IIN is currently six digits in length. The leading digit is the major industry identifier (MII), followed by 5 digits, which together make up the IIN. This IIN is paired with an individual account identification number, and a single digit checksum.[1]

In 2015, ISO TC68/SC9 began work on implementing a change to ISO/IEC 7812 to increase the length of the IIN to 8 digits. The 2017 revision of the standard, since updated by the 2022 systematic review, defined the new eight-digit IIN and outlined a timeline for conversion of existing six digits IINs to eight-digit IINs.[1]

In February 2024, CUSIP Global Services, the US National Number Agency for securities identifiers, assumed administrative responsibility for 7812 on behalf of the ABA.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "ISO/IEC 7812-1:2017 Identification cards – Identification of issuers – Part 1: Numbering system". ISO.org. January 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  2. ^ "ISO/IEC 7812-2:2017 Identification cards – Identification of issuers – Part 2: Application and registration procedures". ISO.org. January 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  3. ^ Lucas, Peter. "ABA Formalizes BIN Administration Handoff to Long-Term Partner CUSIP". Digital Transactions. Retrieved 2024-05-22.