Old Credit Card details needed

DeanMS64

Is there a way to find which bank issued a credit card I owned some 20 years ago?
My bank doesn't provide statements that far back nor does my credit history either
I have the long number and that it was a MasterCard but nothing else.
Thank you

eskbanker

The first six digits are the BIN (Bank Identification Number) and there are lookup tools such as https://www.bincodes.com/bin-checker/

born_again

Even if you find the bank. Odds on they will not have any records going back that far.

[Deleted User]

You could do a DSAR and send it off, that would get you a copy of everything they hold on you, assuming you mean this 20 year old card is with the current bank. If it's for a closed account more than 6 years since closure there is a likely chance that they will have deleted the records under DPA/GDPR

Sandtree

eskbanker said:

The first six digits are the BIN (Bank Identification Number) and there are lookup tools such as https://www.bincodes.com/bin-checker/

Are BIN codes ever recycled? With different mergers, demergers, new entrants etc is the code from 20 years ago guaranteed to identify the same entity now?