my card provider changed their issuing bank without telling anyone

Just found out Laso changed their issuing bank this week. No email, no announcement, just sudden declines on every transaction and a new BIN on the replacement cards.

The new bank is in a different jurisdiction with different rules. If you chose Laso because of the old jurisdiction, your threat model just changed without you knowing.

Depends what you're running, but this is the kind of thing you'd want to know before the card stops working.

Where was the old bank and where is the new one?

Old was Montenegro, new is Seychelles according to the card metadata.

Seychelles cooperates with foreign requests. Montenegro does not.

This is a material change to the privacy model and they did not disclose it. That is a red flag.

I notice this too. Card decline, new card issue, different BIN. No notification at all. Is bad practice.

jurisdiction change without notice is how you lose