Address Verification System
Use Razorpay's AVS as an address verification service to identify and reduce the risk of fraud in international payments.
The Address Verification System (AVS) verifies if a customer's billing address (postal code and the billing street address) matches the billing address on file with the card issuer. Based on the response from the issuer, Razorpay will accept or cancel the transaction. This helps prevent fraud in international payments.
Feature Request
- This is an on-demand feature. Please raise a request with our to get this feature activated on your Razorpay account.
- Watch this video to know how to raise a feature enablement request on the Razorpay Dashboard.
Availability
This feature is available only for US, UK, and Canada cards.
Suppose an international customer, John Doe, uses a Wells Fargo credit card to make an online purchase on your website with the following address:
1304 Main Street, Anytown, Illinois, 60473
The AVS will compare the numbers 1304 and/or 60473 with the address on file with Wells Fargo.
If the match is successful, Razorpay authorises the transaction. In case of a mismatch, Razorpay declines the transaction.
The advantages of using the Address Verification System are:
- Extra layer of security for your customers: Your customer's lost or stolen credit card cannot be used for fraudulent transactions as the address entered during the transactions will not match the address in the card issuer's database. Razorpay will not authorize such transactions. This protects customers from credit card fraud to an extent.
- Higher chances of winning cashback disputes: Suppose your customer's stolen or lost card is used for transactions, and the fraudulent party uses the customer's correct address. In that case, AVS cannot detect such transactions as fraudulent as there is no address mismatch. Razorpay authorises such transactions. If the customer files a chargeback dispute, you are more likely to win the dispute as the transaction passed the AVS check.
- with Razorpay Standard Checkout. This feature is available for all types of Standard Checkout, including server language SDKs, e-commerce plugins, and products such as Invoices, Payment Button, Payment Links and Payment Pages.
- Enable for your Razorpay account.
Below is a diagram of the workflow:
Watch this video to see how your customers can add their card and address details on the checkout pop-up page for address verification.
- The customer selects
cardas the payment method and enters the credit card details.
- The customer is asked to enter their billing address. This is a one-time activity and Razorpay will save the address securely. Customer will not be asked to provide the address on repeat transactions.
- The Address Verification System matches both addresses. There can be three types of matches:
- Complete Match: The address provided by the customer matches exactly with the address available with the card issuer.
- Partial Match: This indicates that the billing address being compared has the same ZIP code or the same numeric values in the street address, but not both.
- No Match: A
no matchresponse indicates that neither part of the billing address matches the card issuer data. This can act as a strong signal of potential fraud.
- Based on the match, Razorpay takes the following actions:
- Authorise the transaction: The transaction is authorised, and the credit card is debited.
- Cancel the transaction: The transaction is declined.
No, if you use Razorpay Standard Checkout, you do not need to make any change to your integration. This feature will work out-of-the-box once it is enabled for your account.
No, this feature is available only for international payments.
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