How is the cardholder's address verified?

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When you manually enter credit card information, you are asked to provide the cardholder's ZIP code and, optionally, the street address. When Point of Sale connects to the Merchant Service, the address information entered is checked against that on file at the cardholder's bank.

If you have this option enabled (selected):

- If the ZIP Code and/or street address does not match, the transaction is not allowed. This affords you a degree of protection against credit card fraud, but may also block some legitimate transactions.

If you do not have this option enabled:

- If the ZIP Code and/or street address does not match, an alert is displayed but you can continue with the transaction at your discretion. This affords less protection against credit card fraud, but gives you more flexibility.

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