Card Based Fraud Prevention addresses distance selling merchants from all over Europe, especially those who 

• sell high priced goods and services.
• deliver to foreign countries.
• mainly address "one-time-shoppers".

• AVS helps to prove that a card was used rightfully. The service helps not only to prevent non-payments, but also to save the resultant chargeback expenses and processing time.
• AVS is an easy way to prevent merchandise losses resulting from logistics risks, in particular in international transactions.
• AVS can be used independently from a payment transaction.
• Card Check/3-D Secure emphasizes the deliberate handling of the merchant with highly sensitive customer data and increases customer confidence in cards payment cards at distance selling.
• Card Check/3-D Secure proves that a card was used lawfully, and reduces payment losses and chargeback risks.
• Card Check/3-D reliably protects risk industries and traders with international or "one-time customers."

For further information please download our factsheet [Address Verification Service (AVS)].