Visa Account Name Inquiry<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo validate a cardholder's name:<\/p>\n
\n- You make a \/payments<\/a> request for a zero-value auth transaction. In the request, you include the cardholder's name and the
paymentValidations<\/code> object to request a name validation<\/a>.<\/li>\n- Adyen forwards the validation request to Visa or Mastercard.<\/li>\n
- The cardholder's issuing bank checks if the name the shopper provided matches the name they have on file.<\/li>\n
- Adyen receives the result and forwards it to you<\/a> in the
paymentValidations<\/code> object within the synchronous API response.<\/li>\n- You monitor the
result<\/code> object to get the outcome of the name validation.<\/li>\n- You build your own logic based on the validation outcome. For example, depending on the match results, you can proceed to authorize the payment or request additional verification.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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