How to tell credit card's country of origin by its number? -

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i'm trying develop application, give access different services people different regions of world.

let's say, enters card number 1111-1111-1111-1111 . how use tell country of origin?

i know possible, because paypal , apple it.

at first, questioned whether information gleened credit card number alone.

then found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_bank_identification_numbers

edit - don't forget pci compliance if taking credit card numbers payment.

edit - apparently previous wikipedia page has been deleted. this appears have similar information.


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