We strongly encourage that you collect, submit, and verify this data in order to prevent internet fraud, but since the credit card networks do not require either field"
No way to verify the name -- but the card will be declined if it's wrong.On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:49 PM, <support@stripe.com> wrote: No. You can provide it, and a bank may choose to decline the card if it is incorrect, but you cannot yourself receive the information about whether or not the supplied name was correct.
On Sep 28, 2013 at 12:47 am <quantumpotato@gmail.com> wrote: Right, can it be verified?
On Sep 28, 2013 at 12:45 am <support@stripe.com> wrote: Correct, name is not strictly necessary.
On Sep 27, 2013 at 11:55 p <quantumpotato@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks! So name is not necessary
On Sep 27, 2013 at 10:41<support@stripe.com> wrote: Hi—This behavior is actually configurable: there are two checkboxes on the bottom of your account settings page (https://manage.stripe.com/account) to enable CVC and address verification.
We strongly encourage that you collect, submit, and verify this data in order to prevent internet fraud, but since the credit card networks do not require either field, we want to give our users the flexibility of choosing what data to collect when accepting payments.