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Address Verification Service (AVS)

nounid 1443·updated May 9, 2026
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Bankcard company service that verifies the customer-provided billing address matches the billing address on their credit card account. The bankcard companies will not support merchants that opt for not using AVS if those transactions are disputed and will charge the merchant an additional 1.25% on those sales.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Capability85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Pci90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Address Verification Service (AVS)S
possessive
Address Verification Service (AVS)'s
pluralpossessive
Address Verification Service (AVS)S'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Bankcard company service that verifies the customer-provided billing address matches the billing address on their credit card account. The bankcard companies will not support merchants that opt for not using AVS if those transactions are disputed and will charge the merchant an additional 1.25% on those sales.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Bankcard company service that verifies the customer-provided billing address matches the billing address on their credit card account. The bankcard companies will not support merchants that opt for not using AVS if those transactions are disputed and will charge the merchant an additional 1.25% on those sales.
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