AVS Match parameters
Barclaycard
Following AVS parameters are returned for Barclaycard for all cards:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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F | Exact match |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
U | AVS unavailable (card not checked) |
P | Postcode matches, details of street in address does not match oder street matches with address, but not with postcode |
CAPN
Address Verification can be performed on a number of card schemes, subject to Issuer and Acquirer support. The result is returned as a code within the parameter Match. Following tables explain the meaning of the result values from different Acquirers.
Following AVS parameters are returned for American Express via CAPN:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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Y | Address and ZIP matches |
N | Address and ZIP both did not match |
A | only address matches |
Z | only ZIP matches |
U | Information not available |
S | SE not allowed for AAV function |
R | Retry, system unavailable |
L | Name and ZIP match |
M | Name, address and ZIP match |
O | Name and address match |
K | Name match |
D | Name does not match and ZIP matches |
E | Name does not match, address and ZIP match |
F | Name does not match, address matches |
W | Name, address and ZIP does not match |
CB2A
Address Verification can be performed on a number of card schemes, subject to Issuer and Acquirer support. The result is returned as a code within the parameter Match. Following tables explain the meaning of the result values from different Acquirers.
Following AVS parameters are returned for via CB2A:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Postcode and address fully match |
B | Postcode and address partially match |
C | Postcode and address do not match |
D | Control was not performed or was not performed for all data elements |
Chase
For Chase the original response code is forwarded. The address verification works only in USA, Canada and Great Britain. Basis is the submitted invoicing address and a submitted parameter "bdstreet2" if applicable. Following AVS parameters are returned for Chase for all cards:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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I1 | Postcode matches/+4 matches/LOCALE matches |
I2 | Postcode matches/+4 matches/LOCALE does not match |
I3 | Postcode matches/+4 does not match/LOCALE matches |
I4 | Postcode matches/+4 does not match/LOCALE does not matches |
I5 | Postcode does not match/+4 matches/LOCALE matches |
I6 | Postcode does not match/+4 matches/LOCALE does not match |
I7 | Postcode does not match/+4 does not match/LOCALE matches |
I8 | Postcode does not match/+4 does not match/LOCALE does not match |
N1 | No address submitted |
N2 | Invoicing address which has passed the PTI checks |
IG | Card issuer does not take part in Global AVS |
IU | Card issuer does not take part in Global AVS (domestic issuer) |
ID | Card issuer does not take part in AVS |
IE | Processing error – AVS data are invalid |
IS | System unavailable |
IA | International information about street and postcode CORRECT |
IB | International street information CORRECT, Postcode not checked due to incompatible formats |
IC | International street information and postcode not checked due to incompatible formats |
IP | International postcode CORRECT, street information not checked due to incompatible formats |
A1 | Name of the card holder matches |
A3 | Name of the card holder, invoicing address and postcode matches |
A4 | Name of the card holder and invoicing postcode matches |
A7 | Name of the card holder and invoicing address matches |
B3 | Name of the card holder does not match, invoicing address and postcode matches |
B4 | Name of the card holder does not match and invoicing postcode matches |
B7 | Name of the card holder does not match and invoicing address matches |
B8 | Name of the card holder, invoicing address and postcode does not match |
Following AVS parameters are returned in case of Chase for Chasenet and Visa:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches, postcode does not |
B | Address matches, postcode not verified |
C | Address and postcode not checked due to incompatible formats |
D | Address and postcode matches (international only) |
F | Address and postcode matches (UK only) |
G | Address not verified for international transaction (international only) |
I | Address not verified (international only) |
M | Address and postcode matches (international only) |
N | Neither address nor postal code matches |
P | Postcode matches, address not verified |
R | AVS system not available, try again later (domestic only) |
S | AVS service not supported at this time (domestic only) |
U | Unable to perform address verification because either address information is unavailable or Issuer does not support AVS (domestic only) |
Y | Address & 5-digit or 9-digit postcode matches (domestic only) |
Z | Either 5-digit or 9-digit postcode matches, but address does not or is not included in request |
Following AVS parameters are returned in case of Chase for Mastercard:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches, postcode does not |
N | Neither address nor postal code matches |
R | AVS system not available, try again |
S | AVS service not supported at this time |
U | No data from issuer/authorisation system |
W | For U.S. addresses: 9-digit postcode matches, but address does not For non-U.S. addresses: postcode matches, but address does not |
X | For U.S. addresses: Exact 9-digit postcode matches and address matches For non-U.S.: exact postal code and address matches |
Y | For U.S.: Exact 5-digit postcode and address matches |
Z | 5-digit postcode matches, but address does not |
Following AVS parameters are returned in case of Chase for Discover:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches, postcode does not |
G | Address information not verified for international transaction |
N | Neither address nor postal code matches |
S | AVS service not supported at this time |
T | 9-digit postcode matches, but address does not |
U | Retry, system unable to process |
W | No data from issuer/authorisation system |
X | Address and 9-digit posrcode matches |
Y | Address only matches |
Z | 5-digit postcode matches, but address does not |
Following AVS parameters are returned in case of Chase for American Express:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address only is correct |
N | Neither address nor postal code matches |
R | System unavailable, retry |
S | AVS service not supported at this time |
U | The necessary information is not available, account number is neither U.S. nor Canadian |
Y | Address and postcode are both correct |
Z | Postcode only is correct |
Credorax
Following AVS parameters are returned in case of Credorax:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches, ZIP does not |
B | Address matches, postcode not available/checked |
C | Address and postcode not checked |
D | Address and postcode matches |
F | Address and postcode matches (UK only) |
G | No match, address not checked |
I | Address not checked |
M | Address and postcode matches |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
P | Postcode matches, address incorrect |
R | AVS system not available due to timeout, please retry |
S | AVS service not supported by Issuer |
U | Address information not available |
W | US addresses: 9-digits postcode matches, address incorrect. For addresses outside the USA: Postcode matches, address incorrect |
X | US addresses: 9-digits postcode and address matches |
Y | US addresses: 5-digits postcode and address matches |
Z | US addresses: 5-digits postcode matches, address incorrect |
Elavon USA (vixConex)
Following AVS parameters are returned for Elavon USA (viaConex) for all cards:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address (Street) matches, Zip does not |
B | Street address match, Postal code in wrong format. (International issuer) |
C | Street address and postal code in wrong formats |
D | Street address and postal code match (international issuer) |
E: | AVS Error |
F | Address does compare and five-digit ZIP code does compare (UK only) |
G | Card issued by a non-US issuer that does not participate in the AVS System |
I | Address information not verified by international issuer |
M | Street Address and Postal code match (international issuer) |
N | No Match on Address (Street) or Zip |
P | Postal codes match, Street address not verified due to incompatible formats |
R | Retry, System unavailable or Timed out |
S | Service not supported by Issuer |
U | Address information is unavailable (domestic issuer) |
W | 9 digit Zip matches, Address (Street) does not |
X | Exact AVS Match |
Y | Address (Street) and 5 digit Zip match |
Z | 5 digit Zip matches, Address (Street) does not |
GICC
Following AVS parameters are returned for American Express via GICC:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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F | Exact match |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
U | AVS unavailable (card not checked) |
Z | ZIP code matches, street address details erroneous |
A | ZIP code did not match, street address matches |
Global Payments (Omnipay)
Following AVS parameters are returned for VISA cards via Global Payments (Omnipay):
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches ZIP does not |
B | Street address matches, ZIP not verified |
C | Street address not verified, ZIP not verified |
D | Street and ZIP match |
F | Street and ZIP match (UK customer) |
G | AVS unavailable for this card/issuer |
I | Address information not verified |
M | Street and ZIP match |
N | No match |
P | ZIP code matches, street address details erroneous |
R | AVS system unavailable |
S | AVS unavailable for this card/issuer |
U | AVS unavailable for this card/issuer |
W | ZIP code matches, street address details erroneous |
X | Street and ZIP match |
Y | Street and ZIP match |
Z | ZIP code matches, street address details erroneous |
Following AVS parameters are returned for MasterCard cards via Global Payments (Omnipay):
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches ZIP does not |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
R | AVS system unavailable |
S | AVS unavailable for this card/issuer |
U | AVS unavailable for this card/issuer |
W | ZIP code matches, street address details erroneous |
X | Street and ZIP match |
Y | Street and ZIP match |
Z | ZIP code matches, street address details erroneous |
Heartland
Following AVS parameters are returned for Heartland for all cards within the simplified AVS mode:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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F | Exact match |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
U | AVS unavailable (card not checked) |
P | Either postcode matches, details of street in address does not match or street matches with address, but not with postcode |
Following AVS parameters are returned for Heartland (for addresses inside USA and Canada only) for all cards (some values for VISA and Discover/JSB only):
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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A | Address matches ZIP does not |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
R | Retry, System unavailable |
U | AVS unavailable (S: in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
U | No data from issuer/authorization system |
W | 9-digits postcode matches, address not (W: in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
X | 9-digits postcode and address matches (X: in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
Y | 5digits postcode and address matches |
Z | 5 digit postcode matches, address does not |
G | AVS not checked for international transactions (not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
A | Address matches, postcode also or the request did not contain a postcode (international address, not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
B | Address matches, postcode not checked due to incompatible format (international address, not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
C | Address and postcode not checked due to incompatible format (international address, not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
D | Street number and postcode matches (international address, not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
I | Address values not checked for international transaction (not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
M | Street number and postcode matches (not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
P | Postcode matches, street number not checked due to incompatible format (international address, not in case of MasterCard and Amex) |
PayPalCC
Following AVS parameters are returned for PayPalCC for all cards:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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F | Exact match |
N | Neither address nor postal code match |
U | AVS unavailable (card not checked) |
P | Either postcode matches, details of street in address does not match or street matches with address, but not with postcode |
Vantiv
In case of Vantiv the returned values depend on the credit card. For all cards except Amex the following parameters are returned as 2-digit codes:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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00 | 5-digits postcode (Zip) and address matches |
01 | 9-digits postcode (Zip) and address matches |
02 | Postcode and address matches |
10 | 5-digits postcode (Zip) correct and address does not match |
11 | 9-digits postcode (Zip) correct and address does not match |
12 | postcode (Zip) does not match and address matches |
13 | postcode does not match and address matches |
14 | Postcode matches, address not checked |
20 | Postcode and address does not match at all |
30 | AVS service not supported by Issuer |
31 | AVS system unavailable |
32 | Address not available |
33 | General error |
34 | AVS not executed |
40 | Address does not fulfil the Litle & Co. checks |
In case of Amex via Vantiv following parameters are returned as 3-digit codes:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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000 | No match |
001 | Email matches, name and phone incorrect |
002 | Name and phone incorrect, Email not sent |
003 | Name and phone incorrect, no answer for Email |
010 | Phone matches, name and Email incorrect |
011 | Phone and Email matches, name incorrect |
012 | Phone matches, name incorrect, Email not sent |
013 | Phone matches, name incorrect, no answer for Email |
020 | Name and Email incorrect, phone not sent |
021 | Email matches, name incorrect and phone not sent |
030 | Name and Email incorrect, no answer for phone |
031 | Email matches, name incorrect, no answer for phone |
033 | Name incorrect, no answer for Email and phone |
100 | Name matches, phone and Email incorrect |
101 | Name and Email matches, phone incorrect |
102 | Name matches, phone incorrect, Email not sent |
103 | Name matches, phone incorrect, no answer for Email |
110 | Name and phones matches, Email incorrect |
111 | Full match |
112 | Name and phone matches, Email not sent |
113 | Name and phone matches, no answer for Email |
120 | Name matches, Email incorrect, phone not sent |
121 | Name and Email matches, phone not sent |
130 | Name matches, Email incorrect, no answer for phone |
131 | Name and Email matches, no answer for phone |
133 | Name matches, no answer for Email and phone |
200 | Name not sent, phone and Email incorrect |
201 | Name not sent, Email matches, phone incorrect |
202 | Name and Email not sent, phone incorrect |
203 | Name not sent, phone incorrect, no answer for Email |
210 | Name not sent, phone matches and Email incorrect |
211 | Name not sent, phone and Email matches |
212 | Name and Email not sent, phone matches |
213 | Name not sent, phone matches, no answer for Email |
220 | Name and phone not sent, Email incorrect |
Wirecard
Following AVS parameters are returned for Wirecard for all cards:
Code for „Match“ | Description |
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F | Exact match |
P | partial match |
N | No match |
U | AVS unavailable (card not checked) |
E: | AVS Error |