Required risk field reference

Learn which fields to include in your payments request to trigger risk checks

You include a variety of fields when you send in a payment request. Some of these fields are mandatory to make a payment, for example amount and reference. Other fields such as shopperIP, shopperReference and shopperEmail are not always required, but strongly recommended to include.

To get the most benefit out of your risk configuration, we recommend that you collect and then send in as many fields as possible in your payment request. Doing this ensures that you trigger the risk checks, as these checks depend on specific fields being present in the request. Sending in more fields will also help our risk engine to make intelligent decisions based on properties connected to a payment.

Fields required for risk checks

The following is a list of API fields that are required for some of our risk checks:

Field	Required for	API reference
`billingAddress`	Block and trust lists Shopper address referral list Consistency rules Billing address differs from delivery address Billing address does not match cardholder address (AVS)	/sessions /payments /authorise
`deliveryAddress`	Block and trust lists Shopper address referral list Consistency rules Billing address differs from delivery address ShopperDNA rules Multiple distinct delivery addresses used by shopper Custom Custom rules Custom lists	/sessions /payments /authorise
`shopperEmail`	Block and trust lists Email domain referral check Shopper email referral check Consistency rules PayPal auth-result email Email address and shopper name comparison Email is likely to be fake or automatically generated ShopperDNA rules Multiple distinct email addresses used by shopper Velocity rules Shopper initiated a transaction more than X times within a time period Shopper email used more than X times within a time period Custom Custom rules Custom lists	/sessions /payments /authorise
`shopperIP`	Block and trust lists Shopper IP referral check Consistency rules Shopper IP originates from high-risk country Shopper country differs from issuing country ShopperDNA rules Multiple distinct IP addresses used by shopper Shopper used shared IP address Velocity rules Shopper initiated a transaction more than X times within a time period Shopper IP used more than X times within a time period Custom Custom rules Custom lists The `shopperIP` is retrieved automatically if you are using our simplified Web Drop-in or Web Components integration.	/sessions /payments /authorise
`shopperName`	Block and trust lists Shopper name referral check Consistency rules Email address and shopper name comparison Custom Custom rules Custom lists	/sessions /payments /authorise
`shopperReference`	Block and trust lists Shopper reference referral check ShopperDNA rules Multiple distinct shopper references used by shopper Velocity rules Card/Bank account number already used by another shopper Different cards/bank accounts used by the same shopper Custom Custom lists	/sessions /payments /authorise
`telephoneNumber`	Block and trust lists Telephone number referral check Consistency rules Email address and shopper name comparison Custom Custom rules Custom lists	/sessions /payments /authorise

Extra fields for specific cases

The following table shows a number of API fields that you can use for specific risk checks or your own, custom risk setup.

Field	Required for	API reference
`accountInfo.accountCreationDate`	Required if you want to use the creation date option as the source for the shopper account age consistency check, or in custom rules. To use this field, you must provide the account creation date as part of the payment request. Although the `accountInfo` object is used for 3D Secure transactions, you can also use this object to include the `accountCreationDate` in your payment request.	/sessions /payments /authorise
`additionalData.riskdata.deliveryMethod`	Required if you want to use the delivery method consistency check. You can configure the values for the `deliveryMethod` field in the risk rule configuration for the delivery method check.	/payments /authorise
`browserInfo`	Required for 3D Secure transactions, but you can also use this field in your custom rules or lists.	/payments /authorise
`deliveryDate`	Required if you want to use the time to delivery consistency check, or if you want to use the field `hoursToDelivery` in a custom risk rule.	/payments /authorise