#ptman
gray ingot
steel heath
Yes, the country field is considered a part of the billing address of the card.
You can optionally hide certain address fields when initialising the Payment Element: https://stripe.com/docs/js/elements_object/create_payment_element#payment_element_create-options-fields-billingDetails
bright pilot
what can that hiding then cause?
steel heath
I'm not sure I understand the Q
bright pilot
the form presumably asks for the country for a reason
if I hide that, what will the form missing the country field affect? what changes will it cause?
steel heath
The country field would be unset on the resulting Payment Method object
Generally we don't send the country to the card networks as a part of AVS: https://stripe.com/docs/disputes/prevention/verification#avs-check
bright pilot
so why do you ask for it then?
steel heath
Because additional address information, such as country, can help prevent card fraud
bright pilot
so by removing it I can increase fraud?
steel heath
The Payment Element was designed with higher conversions and a lower chance of declines, which is how those fields were determined to be shown/required. We always recommend capturing as much information from customers as possible with payments
steel heath
Yep, customer location
steel heath
perfect!