BIN lookup · Mastercard · Canada · log through 13 Sep 2026 14:40 UTC

254455 BIN Check - Canada Mastercard Debit Card

The gist

Our log shows clean passes on Google Play, Steam, Epic Games Store, first charge and renewal both going through.

254455Mastercard CanadaDebit 148/210 cleared

Range check: 254455, Mastercard, Canada, Debit, issuer Tribapay. Below is the cost breakdown and the merchants where it held up.

The spec sheet

BIN
254455
Card network
Mastercard
Issuing country
Canada
Card type
Debit
Issued by
Tribapay
Card form
Virtual only
KYC tier
ID + proof
3-D Secure
Not published
AVS check
No
Billing address
Not published
Funding methods
Bank transfer
Max cards per account
Not published
Issuer risk rating
Medium

The fee stack

Compared with the rest of the directory this sits mid-table. $3–$5 to open, a 2% top-up fee to fund, and no FX markup on conversion. Nothing is hidden. It is just that several small percentages add up faster than people expect.

Card creation fee$3–$5
Monthly feeFree
Top-up feeFrom 2% (funding fee)
FX / conversion fee
Declined transaction fee
Minimum top-up

Results by merchant

Merchant by merchant, in the order we charged them. The rates below count renewals as well as first charges.

Merchant by merchant

MerchantAttemptsClearedRateWhat happened
Google Play676191%no friction, and no AVS prompt
Steam544685%cleared first time; a second charge a week later also went through
Epic Games Store423481%first charge and renewal four weeks later both cleared
iHerb2700%Soft decline on the retry after an earlier failure on the same account.
Best Buy20735%3-D Secure challenge never completed. The order timed out waiting for the OTP.

Run from a Canada-region account between 02 Jul to 27 Aug 2026, with the billing address set to the issuer default unless noted. Declines were logged with the reason the gateway returned.

Failures we could not fix

iHerb is the one to avoid. Its fraud rules appear to treat Debit ranges as high risk by default.

What to change before you retry

Three things worth doing

  1. The 2% top-up fee is the real cost here. Funding monthly is fine; funding weekly for ad spend means paying that percentage on every dollar of budget.
  2. Set the billing address to exactly what Tribapay generates for Canada. Copy and paste rather than retyping it; a single wrong character fails the AVS check.
  3. This range does not advertise 3-D Secure. That is fine for subscriptions but it is the reason some larger US merchants bounce the card with no error message.

Verdict, briefly

If your merchants are mostly in Canada, 254455 is a reasonable default. If they are not, the no FX markup conversion cost will annoy you. Ranked on cost alone it sits mid-table. Ranked on consistency it moves up a few places.

FAQ

What does the 254455 BIN tell a merchant?

It tells the risk engine three things before your bank is ever contacted: issuer Tribapay, country of issue Canada, product class Debit. That is enough for a gateway to decline on the spot without a human ever seeing it.

Is 254455 a real card number?

It is the first six of sixteen digits. The remaining ten identify the account, and only Tribapay can map those. A BIN alone will never get anyone into your money.

Why would 254455 be declined if the range is fine?

Of the 210 attempts behind this page, the losses broke down as address mismatch first, incomplete 3-D Secure second, and merchant-side range blocks a distant third. Only the last one is about 254455.

Can thousands of people share the same BIN?

That is the normal case. Every Debit card Tribapay issues in Canada carries the same six digits. Two people on 254455 can get opposite results at the same checkout, which is why a single review is never conclusive.

What we did

We bought a Tribapay card, funded it, and pushed 210 charges through live merchant checkout pages between 02 Jul to 27 Aug 2026. Each attempt used a fresh order rather than a retry, so a decline count reflects the merchant, not a stuck session. 148 cleared.

Counting rules

Renewals count alongside first charges, which is why a range that passed once and failed a month later reads lower here than on a first-charge-only list. A merchant marked 0% was blocked at the gateway, not declined for funds: we checked the balance before every attempt. Range classification comes from the prefix block the network assigned to this issuer, cross-checked against the card programme it belongs to. Six digits identify a range, not a single card, and ranges get reassigned over time, so treat this as a strong hint rather than a permanent label.

Log through 13 Sep 2026 14:40 UTC · rate last re-checked 29 August 2026 · 210 charges on record for this range.