List of Restricted/Prohibited Items and Business Activities

Modified on Mon, 29 Sep at 4:13 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. Foreign Currency Exchange services or software, binary options
5. Crypto currency
6. Dropshipping
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, medical spa services.
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. Tobacco, smoking supplies, e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaping liquid, vaping accessories
17. Products that infringe or violate copyright, trademarks, privacy, IP rights
18. Rape/Violence
19. Replica, branded name knock-off products, stolen/recalled property, Counterfeit goods
20. Satellite, Cable signal decoders/cards
21. Charities
22. Direct Marketing, Inbound teleservices, outbound telemarketing and travel-related arrangement services, Insurance services, catalog merchants, door-to-door sales
23. Travel agents and tour operators
24. Selling social media activity, Twitter followers Facebook Likes, YouTube reviews
25. Sites promoting hatred, racism, religious persecution, or containing offensive content
26. Lifetime Services
27. Virtual Credit
28. 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.
29. Weapons, firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, explosives, hazardous materials, combustibles, knives
30. Nutraceuticals and supplements and CBD products
31. 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 support@payments.ai