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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Entity Type

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

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

Information Class

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

Variants

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

Framework definitions

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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →

§1: 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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