What an Address Verification Service Can Do for your Offshore Merchant Account

Accepting credit card payments has always involved risks. Be it in a physical storefront, Mail Order-Telephone Order (MOTO), or in what we are discussing, in an online setting, the possibility of encountering fraud and other scrupulous doings are waiting to happen but nevertheless can be avoided. Remember, credit card transactions will only have names and information, you just have the power to verify.

What AVS basically does is to verify the personal address information, plus the billing information given by the customer during the online credit card transaction, with the information filed on the credit card issuer. Sounds like a long process, considering if you have unlimited transactions on a daily basis.

That's why you need to get the Address Verification Service (AVS) to guard your offshore merchant account that will handle your credit card transactions.

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What an Address Verification Service Can Do for your Offshore Merchant Account