Why don’t banks and card processors let users restrict account access by IP location or country for extra security?

Asked May 8, 2015· 1 answer

Faisal KhanAnswered May 8, 2015

They cannot, because the current format for authorization does not include IP information. The processor can check based on IP/location but that is for the merchant's own fraud mitigation, they cannot pass this information as part of the authorization at present.

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