A service provided in which the seller verifies the cardholder’s address with the Issuing Bank. Address Verification does not guarantee that a transaction is valid. The codes are as follows:

Y – Exact Match  – Street and zip code match
A – Partial Match – Street matches, zip does not
Z – Partial Match – Zip code match, address does not match
N – No Match – Nothing matches
U – Unavailable – Information is unavailable
R – Retry – Issuer auth system is unavailable, retry later