ISINs were first used in 1981, but did not reach wide acceptance until 1989, when the G30 countries recommended adoption. The ISIN was endorsed a year later by ISO with the ISO 6166 standard.
Initially information … See more

Since 1989, when ISINs were introduced, they have slowly gained traction worldwide in their usage.
ISINs are being introduced worldwide and are the most … See more

In 2009, Standard & Poor's was charged by the European Commission (EC) with abusing its position in licensing international securities identification codes for United States securities by requiring European financial firms and data vendors to pay licensing … See more

ISO 6166 (or ISO6166:2013 as of the 2013 revision) defines the structure of an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN). An ISIN uniquely identifies a fungible security.
Securities with which ISINs can be used are: See more

The ISIN is generally included in services sold by financial data vendors and intermediaries. These services are normally paid services as more value added data is … See more

The examples below describes one approach for applying the Luhn algorithm on two different ISINs. The difference in the two examples … See more

The Treasury Corporation of Victoria ISIN illustrates a flaw in ISIN's check digit algorithm which allows transposed letters: Suppose the ISIN was mis-typed as AU0000VXGZA3 (instead of AU0000XVGZA3)
A = 10, G = 16, U = … See more