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AVS
Last modified: Thursday, August 18, 2005
Short for Address Verification Service, AVS is a service used in the United States to verify a
cardholder's billing address. This service provides fraud prevention for
transactions that are completed without a credit card being physically presented
(CNP), usually for
mail-order, telephone or Internet purchases.
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