Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility


1. Prohibited industries

The Company does not deal with persons, who are directly or indirectly involved in illegal or unregulated businesses, including, but not limited to:

  • Adult Services, Sexual Content, Adult Dating Apps
  • Arms, Explosives & Defence
  • Cannabis, CBDs & Recreational Drugs
  • Cryptoassets — Mining, Trading, Exchange, Custody, Staking & DeFi
  • Gambling
  • Money Services Businesses & Value Transfer (Unregulated)
  • Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers
  • Sanctioned Persons, Trafficking & Illicit Activity
  • Russian-Origin Oil & Petroleum (HS 2709/2710)
  • Export Control & Sanctions-Licence Violations

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2. Prohibited business types

1. Intermediary companies acting between, for example, manufacturers and the end users (a.k.a. trading companies that only serve as a middleman). Usually registered in offshore territories but these can also be, for example, European Union companies that serve the same purpose.

2. Shell companies that can be identified based on the following criteria (definition) – a legal person characterized by one or several of the following indications:

2.1. no affiliation of a legal person to an actual economic activity, or the operation of a legal person generates a minor economic value or no economic value at all, and there is no documentary information that would prove the contrary.

2.2. laws and regulations of the country where the legal person is registered do not provide for an obligation to prepare and submit financial statements for its activities to the supervisory authorities of the relevant country, including annual financial statements.

2.3. the legal person has no place (premises) for the performance of economic activity in the country where the relevant legal person is registered.



3. Restricted businesses (we will require enhanced due diligence):
  • Medicinal Cannabis & CBDs — Lawful & Licensed
  • Cryptoassets — CASP Direct & Indirect Activities
  • Cryptoassets — Off-Ramp Source-of-Funds
  • Alcohol — Production, Distribution & Retail
  • Education-Adjacent Services & Online Tuition
  • Financial Institutions & Financial Services (incl. Private Banks, Prepaid Card Issuers, Credit Bureaus, Investment Vehicles and SPVs)
  • Forex Brokers, Consultants & Advisers
  • Export/import of microchips and other dual-use components not otherwise export-controlled (CB MCCY)
  • Insurance Services
  • Money or Value Transfer Service Businesses (Regulated)
  • Payroll & Umbrella Company Services
  • Trust and Corporate Services Providers, Accountancy, Solicitors

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4. The Company determined the following economic or other activities deemed to be of Elevated risk:
  • Cash-Intensive Businesses & Physical Cash Handling
  • Charities, Crowdfunding, Non-Profits, Foundations & Cultural Associations
  • Cryptoasset Exchanges & Service Providers (Regulated)
  • Employment Placement & Temporary Agencies
  • Extractive Industries — Mining, Oil & Gas
  • Gaming (with monetary value) — Developers, Distributors & Resellers
  • Government, Diplomatic & Public Sector Bodies
  • Jewellery, Gemstones, Precious Metals & Diamonds
  • Multi-Level Marketing & Commission-Based Sales
  • Online Marketplace Platforms
  • Pharmaceuticals, Medical Manufacturing/Sales & Medicinal Cannabis/CBDs
  • Professional Football Sector
  • Tobacco — Farming, Processing & Sales
  • Construction, Property Development, Renovation and Real Estate services
  • Security, Investigation and Personal Background Check Services, Repossession Services
  • Art market participants (AMPs)

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General rule 1:

No export to Russia and Belarus of any commodity the customs code of which falls into the category of military or dual-use goods or commodities listed in the respective sanctions lists:

§ UK Sanctions List

§ EU Regulation 2022R0428

§ EU Regulation 02014R0833



General rule 2:

High risk transaction fee may be applied to payments to/from the following countries:

Albania (ALB), Algeria (DZA), American Samoa (ASM), Angola (AGO), Anguilla (AIA), Antigua and Barbuda (ATG), Armenia (ARM), Aruba (ABW), Azerbaijan (AZE), Bahamas (BHS), Barbados (BRB), Belarus (BLR), Belize (BLZ), Benin (BEN), Bermuda (BMU), Bolivia (BOL), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Botswana (BWA), Bouvet Island (BVT), British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT), Brunei (BRN), Burkina Faso (BFA), Cambodia (KHM), Cameroon (CMR), Cape Verde (CPV), Cayman Islands (CYM), Central African Republic (CAF), Chad (TCD), China (CHN), Christmas Island (CXR), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CCK), Colombia (COL), Comoros (COM), Congo (COG), Congo, Democractic Republic (COD), Cook Islands (COK), Costa Rica (CRI), Cote D'Ivoire (CIV), Cuba (CUB), Djibouti (DJI), Dominica (DMA), Dominican Republic (DOM), Ecuador (ECU), El Salvador (SLV), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (FLK), Fiji (FJI), French Guiana (GUF), French Polynesia (PYF), French Southern Territories (ATF), Gabon (GAB), Gambia (GMB), Georgia (GEO), Ghana (GHA), Gibraltar (GIB), Grenada (GRD), Guadeloupe (GLP), Guam (GUM), Guatemala (GTM), Guinea (GIN), Guinea-Bissau (GNB), Guyana (GUY), Haiti (HTI), Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HMD), Honduras (HND), Hong Kong (China) (HKG), Iran (IRN), Iraq (IRQ), Jamaica (JAM), Jordan (JOR), Kazakhstan (KAZ), Kenya (KEN), Kiribati (KIR), Korea, North (PRK), Kuwait (KWT), Kyrgyzstan (KGZ), Laos (LAO), Lebanon (LBN), Lesotho (LSO), Liberia (LBR), Libya (LBY), Macedonia (MKD), Madagascar (MDG), Malawi (MWI), Malaysia (MYS), Maldives (MDV), Mali (MLI), Marshall Islands (MHL), Martinique (MTQ), Mauritania (MRT), Mauritius (MUS), Mayotte (MYT), Micronesia (FSM), Montserrat (MSR), Morocco (MAR), Mozambique (MOZ), Myanmar (MMR), Namibia (NAM), Nauru (NRU), Nepal (NPL), New Caledonia (NCL), Nicaragua (NIC), Niger (NER), Nigeria (NGA), Niue (NIU), Norfolk Island (NFK), Northern Mariana Islands (MNP), Oman (OMN), Pakistan (PAK), Palau (PLW), Panama (PAN), Papua new Guinea (PNG), Philippines (PHL), Pitcairn (PCN), Puerto Rico (PRI), Qatar (QAT), Reunion (REU), Russia (RUS), Rwanda (RWA), Saint Helena (SHN), Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA), Saint Lucia (LCA), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (SPM), Saint Vincent and The Grenadines (VCT), Samoa (WSM), Sao Tome and Principe (STP), Senegal (SEN), Seychelles (SYC), Sierra Leone (SLE), Solomon Islands (SLB), Somalia (SOM), South Africa (ZAF), South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands (SGS), Sudan (SDN), Suriname (SUR), Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (SJM), Swaziland (SWZ), Syria (SYR), Tajikistan (TJK), Tanzania (TZA), Thailand (THA), Timor-Leste (TLS), Togo (TGO), Tokelau (TKL), Tonga (TON), Trinidad And Tobago (TTO), Tunisia (TUN), Turkey (TUR), Turkmenistan (TKM), Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA), Tuvalu (TUV), Uganda (UGA), Ukraine (UKR), United States Minor Outlying Islands (UMI), Uzbekistan (UZB), Vanuatu (VUT), Venezuela (VEN), Vietnam (VNM), Virgin Islands (British) (VGB), Wallis and Futuna Islands (WLF), Western Sahara (ESH), Yemen (YEM), Zimbabwe (ZWE), Afghanistan (AFG), Serbia (SRB), Curacao (CUW), Saint Barthelemy (BLM), Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BES)

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We consider these countries as high risk:

Albania (ALB), Algeria (DZA), American Samoa (ASM), Angola (AGO), Anguilla (AIA), Antigua and Barbuda (ATG), Aruba (ABW), Belize (BLZ), Benin (BEN), Bolivia (BOL), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Botswana (BWA), Bouvet Island (BVT), British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT), Bulgaria (BGR), Burkina Faso (BFA), Burundi (BDI), Cambodia (KHM), Cameroon (CMR), Cayman Islands (CYM), Central African Republic (CAF), Chad (TCD), Christmas Island (CXR), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CCK), Colombia (COL), Comoros (COM), Congo (COG), Congo, Democractic Republic (COD), Cook Islands (COK), Costa Rica (CRI), Cote D'Ivoire (CIV), Djibouti (DJI), Dominica (DMA), Equatorial Guinea (GNQ), Ethiopia (ETH), Faroe Islands (FRO), Gabon (GAB), Gambia (GMB), Ghana (GHA), Grenada (GRD), Guadeloupe (GLP), Guatemala (GTM), Guinea (GIN), Guinea-Bissau (GNB), Guyana (GUY), Haiti (HTI), Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HMD), Honduras (HND), Israel (ISR), Kenya (KEN), Kiribati (KIR), Kuwait (KWT), Laos (LAO), Lesotho (LSO), Liberia (LBR), Madagascar (MDG), Malawi (MWI), Mali (MLI), Marshall Islands (MHL), Mauritania (MRT), Mauritius (MUS), Micronesia (FSM), Monaco (MCO), Montserrat (MSR), Morocco (MAR), Mozambique (MOZ), Namibia (NAM), Nauru (NRU), Nepal (NPL), Nicaragua (NIC), Niger (NER), Nigeria (NGA), Niue (NIU), Norfolk Island (NFK), Northern Mariana Islands (MNP), Pakistan (PAK), Palau (PLW), Panama (PAN), Papua new Guinea (PNG), Pitcairn (PCN), Rwanda (RWA), Saint Helena (SHN), Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA), Saint Lucia (LCA), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (SPM), Saint Vincent and The Grenadines (VCT), Samoa (WSM), Sao Tome and Principe (STP), Sierra Leone (SLE), Solomon Islands (SLB), Somalia (SOM), South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands (SGS), Suriname (SUR), Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (SJM), Swaziland (SWZ), Tajikistan (TJK), Tanzania (TZA), Timor-Leste (TLS), Togo (TGO), Tokelau (TKL), Tonga (TON), Trinidad And Tobago (TTO), Turkey (TUR), Turkmenistan (TKM), Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA), Tuvalu (TUV), Uganda (UGA), United States Minor Outlying Islands (UMI), Uzbekistan (UZB), Vanuatu (VUT), Venezuela (VEN), Vietnam (VNM), Virgin Islands (British) (VGB), Virgin Islands (US) (VIR), Wallis and Futuna Islands (WLF), Western Sahara (ESH), Zambia (ZMB), Zimbabwe (ZWE), Curacao (CUW), Saint Barthelemy (BLM), Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BES)

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List of countries with which we do not process any transactions:

Belarus (BLR), Cuba (CUB), Eritrea (ERI), Iran (IRN), Iraq (IRQ), Korea, North (PRK), Lebanon (LBN), Libya (LBY), Myanmar (MMR), Palestine (PSE), Russia (RUS), Sudan (SDN), Syria (SYR), Ukraine (UKR), Yemen (YEM), Afghanistan (AFG), South Sudan (SSD)

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