Mastercard vs Visa

Apart from the Premium cards being Visa, for me the virtual cards are back to Mastercard (again). I appreciate that they give both options, although it may be random.

The virtual BIN is different from my previous Mastercards: 5424 0218. Only the ‘18’ at the end is constant on both Visa and Mastercard.

The ‘18’ at the end seems to symbolize “Denmark” on both card schemes, and I suspect that Binlist and the other free/unofficial databases have inaccurate data with regards to the Visa BINs that show as UK despite ending on ‘18’.

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