Address Verification Service is only accessible for cards issued in specific countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
Address Verification Service is highly recommended as mandatory for United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand because sending additional AVS data significantly increases the approval rate for Transactions. If data is not provided, Transaction may be, but not has to be rejected.
The Address Verification Service (AVS) is a solution offered by Visa and Mastercard. Its purpose is to verify whether the billing address and postal code provided by the cardholder during a card Transaction match the information associated with the card account in the issuing bank.AVS serves to reduce fraudulent Transactions and prevent unnecessary chargebacks for both Merchants and issuers. A mismatch detected by AVS may suggest the use of stolen or counterfeit card information.
