Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Mira Norian / Investopedia A bank identification number (BIN) is the initial set of four to ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

You need your bank’s routing number to send or receive payments. The routing number is a nine-digit code identifying the bank. Every bank has a routing number, but it can be hard to find unless you ...