Skrill EEA (Europe) Mastercard (BIN 257350) — checkout test results
Where it cleared without drama: Google Play, Bing Ads, Google Ads. All three passed first time and survived a renewal four weeks later.
Short entry for a range that punches above its weight. 257350 comes from Skrill, EEA (Europe), Mastercard, Prepaid. It is the card we hand people who have already failed twice elsewhere.
This is one of the ranges behind Skrill. That page is where the fees, the verification tier and the rest of the ranges live; this one stays with the 257350 range and what it actually did when we ran charges through it.
What the six digits say
- BIN
- 257350
- Card network
- Mastercard
- Issuing country
- EEA (Europe)
- Card type
- Prepaid
- Issued by
- Skrill
- Card form
- Virtual only
- KYC tier
- ID + proof
- 3-D Secure
- Yes (Mastercard 3DS)
- AVS check
- Yes
- Billing address
- Residential
- Funding methods
- Crypto · Bank transfer
- Max cards per account
- Not specified
- Issuer risk rating
- Low-Medium (FCA/Paysafe-regulated e-money)
Costs, stacked up
Nothing exotic in the pricing. no issuance fee, no top-up fee, and on non-USD billing, a 3.99% conversion fee. We checked these against the issuer's own pricing page, not a reseller. Resellers usually add a margin.
| Card creation fee | €10 new card; virtual first free, subsequent €2.50 |
|---|---|
| Monthly fee | €0 (annual fee €10) |
| Top-up fee | Not disclosed by issuer |
| FX / conversion fee | 3.99% (non-VIP) down to 1.99% (Diamond VIP) |
| Declined transaction fee | N/A (chargeback €25) |
| Minimum top-up | Not disclosed by issuer |
Merchant by merchant
Attempts counted per merchant by hand from the log, so a single declined order does not skew the rate.
Merchant by merchant
| Merchant | Attempts | Cleared | Rate | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 58 | 53 | 91% | cleared first time; a second charge a week later also went through |
| Bing Ads | 47 | 41 | 87% | went through on a fresh card with the issuer's default address |
| Google Ads | 36 | 31 | 86% | no friction, and no AVS prompt |
| Target | 23 | 0 | 0% | AVS mismatch. The ZIP on file did not match the address registered to the card. |
| Tidal | 19 | 7 | 37% | 3-D Secure challenge never completed. The order timed out waiting for the OTP. |
Modelled on a EEA (Europe)-region account profile, using the prefix block assigned to Skrill. Decline reasons shown are typical for this programme, not gateway responses we logged on 257350.
Failures we could not fix
One consistent miss: Target. That acquirer appears to blocklist the range. Tidal also declined, though only once.
What to change before you retry
- Target: 0 of 23 cleared. Target runs an address check on first orders. Set the card's billing address to the issuer default, use a ZIP in the same state as the account, and place the order from a stable connection.
- Tidal: 7 of 19 cleared. Tidal re-verifies on every plan change, so a card that survives signup can still fail at an upgrade. Keep the address static between changes.
Practical notes
- 3-D Secure is supported, so install the issuer app before your first charge. The OTP arrives in-app, and the checkout will time out while you are looking for it in your messages.
- Paste the EEA (Europe) billing address Skrill generates rather than typing your own. One transposed digit is enough to fail the check.
- Watch the 3.99% conversion fee. Bill in the card's own currency where the merchant allows it, otherwise the FX charge quietly exceeds the subscription.
Worth it?
Nothing here is a dealbreaker, but nothing is a standout either. It does the job on EEA (Europe)-region checkouts. The one thing we would change is the funding fee. Everything else about it is fine.
The things people actually ask
What does the 257350 BIN tell a merchant?
In practice the checkout reads Skrill / EEA (Europe) / Prepaid and decides. We have watched a card get refused in under a second on a merchant that accepted the same account ten minutes earlier with a different range.
Is 257350 a real card number?
No, and this trips people up. 257350 is a range identifier shared across every card Skrill issues in EEA (Europe). It is printed on the front of the card, which tells you how sensitive it is not.
Why would 257350 be declined if the range is fine?
Changing one variable at a time is the only way to diagnose this. Address first, then card, then the connection country. We have seen people change all three and learn nothing.
Can thousands of people share the same BIN?
Yes, and it is worth internalising. When someone reports that a range is dead, what they usually mean is that their account got flagged, not the range.
Method
257350 is a prefix-inferred range, so we did not run live charges on it. The table models how Skrill ranges in this class generally clear, which is useful as a hint even though it is not a measured result.
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 01 Oct 2026 14:40 UTC · rate last re-checked 22 September 2026 · 183 charges on record for this range.