List of Restricted/Prohibited Items and Business Activities

Modified on Tue, 21 Jan at 12:40 PM

By registering for Payments AI, you cannot use this Service to accept payments in connection with any prohibited businesses, business activities, or business practices.

List of Restricted/Prohibited Items:

First, you cannot sell or promote any items or services that are prohibited by law in the jurisdiction of the transaction.
You cannot sell any of the items listed below:
1. Any illegal goods or services or that encourage, promote, facilitate, or instruct others to engage in illegal activity.
2. Escort & Bride catalogs, sexual services, mail order brides, prostitution
3. Financial consulting services and Real Estate
4. Resellers – if you are a reseller of a product or service you must obtain the appropriate reseller certificate or permission.
5. Foreign Currency Exchange services or software, binary options
6. Crypto currency
7. Live animals, Human body parts/fluids/remains (excluding hair pieces)
8. Items that include computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, dishonest adware, crimeware, unauthorized rootkits, and other malicious and/or illegal software.
9. Cloud storage, VPN, file sharing, (high-risk) cyber lockers
10. Security brokers /investments of any kind including the purchase of: securities, currencies, derivatives, commodities, shares, options, precious metals, and other financial instruments
11. Medical Benefit Packages, discount medical cards, Medical/ therapy services, medical consultation services, dental plans
12. Unapproved drugs, and devices mimicking illegal drugs
13. Phone unlock services, Jail breakers
14. Pornography and adult content featuring children and/or individuals under the age of 18 years; and/or featuring rape/violence/bestiality and/or all other illegal sexual content.
15. Casual dating services
16. Products that infringe or violate copyright, trademarks, privacy, IP rights
17. Rape/Violence
18. Replica, branded name knock-off products, stolen/recalled property, Counterfeit goods
19. Satellite, Cable signal decoders/cards
20. Charities
21. Selling social media activity, Twitter followers Facebook Likes, YouTube reviews
22. Sites promoting hatred, racism, religious persecution, or containing offensive content
23. Lifetime Services
24. Virtual Credit
25. Penny auctions and auctions with non-refundable bid or participation fees. Legal gambling or Game of Skill where participants receive cash or cash equivalents or prizes with/of material value: including but not limited to: Casinos, poker, bingo, slot machines, betting, lotteries, racing, fantasy sports.
26. Weapons, firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, explosives, hazardous materials, combustibles, knives
27. Nutraceuticals and supplements and CBD products
28. Crowdfunding

If you are uncertain as to whether your business is a Prohibited Business or have questions about how these requirements apply to you, please reach out to us by clicking the blue support widget in the bottom right-hand corner of this page or email us at [email protected]