how to locate a cusip number
cusip numbers are publicly available and can be accessed through the municipal securities rulemaking board msrb via the electronic municipal market access emma system additionally the information is often listed on official statements relating to a security such as confirmations of purchase or periodic financial statements or the information can be accessed through various securities dealers a dummy cusip is a temporary nine character placeholder used internally by a company to identify a specific security until its official cusip number is assigned cusip vs isin vs cinscusip global services also has a series of other important identifiers along with cusip two of these are isin and cins expanding beyond the cusip system is the international securities identification number isin system isins are used internationally with most united states and canadian securities labeled with an additional two character prefix and one final check character attached at the end of the originally issued cusip additionally information regarding the currency of the specified security is also required to facilitate proper processing and recording this has helped establish an international system for the clearance of securities while it is not yet used worldwide the isin system has gained traction across foreign markets as a way to simplify trading processes particularly for international investing a cins number which is known as the cusip international numbering system is another international extension of the cusip numbering system a cins number consists of nine characters and is used for securities issued in 30 markets outside north america in this case the first letter represents the issuing country for example e09876aa7 represents an aa credit rating corporate bond issued in spain e is the letter used to identify spain and offered in a foreign market 7examples of cusip numbershere are a few examples of actual cusips for companies across various sectors 8