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Merchant Services Terms and Conditions

These Merchant Services Terms and Conditions (“Terms” or “Acquiring Terms”) apply to the Services provided to you by DAX Corporation Ltd, Banksy and/or by any of our Affiliates specified in respective Schedule to this Agreement, as the context requires. When you sign up to use our Services, you will be asked to complete the documents in the Application Pack which forms part of our Agreement with you.

  Please note the following important information:

These Terms are legal terms which legally bind you. As such, please make sure that you have read and understood them before completing our Application Form. The Terms also set out certain limitations as well as guidance on how you are to properly use our Services. The Services include any or all other associated or related services or products you have applied for in the Application Form. The Services are provided to you by us and by any of our Affiliates. If you receive Services from any of our Affiliates, such Affiliate(s) will be deemed to be a party to this Agreement, details of which will be listed in respective Schedule to this Agreement together with additional service terms applicable

1.1The term “party” or “parties” means a party to the Agreement.

1.2Unless otherwise stated, the definitions set out in clause 27 at the end of these Terms apply to the Agreement.

1.3Words in the singular include the plural and those in the plural include the singular unless the context otherwise requires.

1.4The use of the word “including” in the Agreement also includes the words “without limitation” immediately following the word “including”. Further, any phrase introduced by the words ‘including’, ‘includes’, ‘in particular’ or ‘for example’ or similar will be construed as illustrative and will not limit the generality of the related general words.

1.5Any reference to a clause, section, paragraph or Schedule shall mean, reference to such clause, section, paragraph or Schedule of the Agreement, unless otherwise stated.

1.6A person includes any natural person, company, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality).

1.7A reference to a particular law is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being taking account of any amendment, extension, application or re-enactment, and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it.

1.8Headings are included for convenience and do not impact the interpretation of the operative provisions of the Agreement.

2.1We shall provide you with the Services you have selected on the Application Form and approved by us, or as we might otherwise agreewith you from time to time, in writing, which may include the following:

2.1.1Acquiring Services. We will provide you with the Acquiring Services, as set out in these Terms, with respect to Payment Transactions related to the sale of goods and services between you and your Customers:

(a)under the agreed Card and Payment Schemes and associated payment methods;

(b)for the specific Transaction Types;

(c)in the permitted Settlement Currencies; and

(d)in the agreed Territories, as each of the above matters are identified and agreed in the Application Form.

Transaction Types:

2.1.2Gateway Services. Gateway Services will be provided to you in line with this Agreement and subject to additional terms and conditions set out in Payment Gateway Services Schedule (“Gateway Terms”).

2.1.3Additional Services. We may agree to provide you such associated or related services or products (“Additional Services”) from time to time. Additional Services provided by us will be detailed in and will be subject to additional terms and conditions set out in respective Schedule to this Agreement.

2.1.4Other Service functionality. We may, from time to time, offer other service functionality. This may include service information, help content, bug fixes, maintenance releases, modifications, amendments and/or upgrades to the existing Services. All service functionality is subject to the terms of the Agreement and/or other terms and conditions made known to you when we make the other service functionality available.

2.2Our Service standards. We will provide our Services to you in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, in compliance with Laws, Card and Payment Scheme Rules and with reasonable care and skill.

2.3Our licence to you. We grant you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable licence to use and access our Services (including any applicable Data) solely for the purposes, and in accordance with the terms set out in the Agreement. We warrant that we have the full power and authority to grant the licence provided in this clause 2.3.

2.4Excluded Transactions. Please be aware that our Service’s support of any type of Payment Transaction is subject to the acceptance and conditions of an applicable Card and Payment Scheme (and such acceptance may be withdrawn at any time by the relevant Card and Payment Scheme). We have no influence over the Card and Payment Scheme’s acceptance policies or Card and Payment Scheme Rules. Further, we are under no obligation to provide our Services with respect to any Payment Transaction which is, or we reasonably suspect to be an “Excluded Transaction”.

Excluded Transactions are Payment Transactions which:

(a)are not related to the sale of goods and services which we have agreed with you including PaymentTransactions which fall within the scope of our Restricted Transactions List (as amended from time to time); and/or

(b)would result in either you or us being in breach of any Laws and/or Card and Payment Scheme Rules.

Even though we have no obligation to execute Excluded Transactions that you may submit to us, we may do so at our sole discretion, and you will be liable to us for any Service Fees or other amounts which you may owe us related to the execution of those Excluded Transactions.

3.1You agree at all times to comply with the terms of the Agreement, perform your obligations under the Agreement at your own expense and in a competent and business-like manner and with reasonable skill and care.

3.2The importance of the information you provide us. We agree to provide you with our Services with respect to the information you supply us as part of the application process, including the description of products and services that you sell and any address, premises or websites or online applications you use to trade. Our registration of you as a Merchant to use our Services is expressly and strictly dependent upon this information and descriptions, together with your warranty that you will only use our Services in the course of your own business, trade or professions and not as a consumer.

3.3Please keep us updated on any changes to the information you have supplied us. We reserve the right to accept or reject any Merchant based on the information they provide us (whether as part of the application process or otherwise). If any information you provide to us (including information related to your business model and/or the goods or services you sell and/or acceptance of POS changes over time), you must notify us immediately so that the information you have supplied to us is always accurate, up to date, truthful and complete. In particular, you must not use our Services for any other goods and/or services that you have not agreed with us, nor trade from any other premises or websites/online applications without seeking our prior written approval. Any approval we may provide related to the sale of goods and/or services you trade in no way constitutes any advice nor opinion by us as to the legality or otherwise compliance with Laws of your trade in such goods and/or services.

3.4Information requests: Information related to your use of our Services. You agree to provide us with any or all information reasonably requested by us related to your use of our Services and to also assist us in resolving any financial or reconciliation query we may have. This may include our or a Card and Payment Scheme’s request for evidence of a Payment Transaction and /or a Customer’s authority to debit their Payment Instrument and/or Payment Account (as the case may be) for the amount of the Payment Transaction.

3.4.1Information we must collect and verify to comply with Laws. In our Application Form we will ask you to provide us with certain information about you and your business’ identity. This information will be used by us to comply with anti-money laundering laws. During the term of the Agreement, you also agree to provide us with any or all additional information which we may reasonably require, at any time, to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

3.4.2Know Your Customer (KYC). You agree to complete KYC on your customers as required under applicable Laws and Card and Payment Schemes Rules. You agree to establish controls and monitor transaction activity for signs of fraud as well as misuse.

3.4.3Your consent to us checking and verifying your information via third parties. You consent and grant us permission to make any enquiries with any third party we consider necessary to verify any information provided to us, whether to allow you to register and/or continue to use our Services or otherwise. This may include our obtaining, checking and/or reviewing applicable credit reports and/or commercial registers or databases.

3.4.4Information related to your business. You agree to provide us with any information which we may reasonably require to assess your financial situation (such as financial statements, accounts, invoices etc).

3.5Accuracy of Information. You will notify us without undue delay in writing of any changes to information provided by or about you or your business set out in the Agreement, including but not limited to a change to:

3.5.1your locations, including any additional locations or new business at which you wish to receive our Services or otherwise accept or process Payment Transactions;

3.5.2your legal and/or trading name;

3.5.3the identity of your beneficial owners or directors;

3.5.4your asset structure (e.g. the transfer of all or a material part of your business) or the form of your business organisation (e.g. sole proprietorship, partnership, limited company etc.);

3.5.5your usual trading, including if you cease trading, or plan to cease trading; or

3.5.6the nature of your business, including the type of goods and/or services provided by you, your trading terms and/or how sales are performed (e.g. by telephone, mail, online, or in person at your place of business or similar).

3.6You will provide us with any information within 7 Business Days from the date of our request (or within any other time frame as determined by the Card Schemes and/or any supervisory authorities).

3.7Your Merchant Systems. You agree during the term of the Agreement that you are responsible, at your own cost, for the provision of all Merchant Systems and/or other goods/services required to use the Services. At all times when you use our Services, you must ensure that:

3.7.1 your Merchant Systems are capable of properly collecting the order or other relevant Cardholder Data or are otherwise compatible as required to use and receive the Services. Please note that Merchant Systems that have been modified contrary to the manufacturer’s software or hardware guidelines and specifications (including disabling hardware or software controls) are not considered to be compatible Merchant Systems. Using our Services on an incompatible Merchant System is expressly prohibited; and

3.7.2any transmission of Data is secure and your own operations restrict and make the manipulation of data entries impossible.

3.8Compliance with Laws and Card and Payment Scheme Rules. You agree to comply (and procure that your agents and sub-contractors comply) with all Laws and Card and Payment Scheme Rules and with any instructions, policies and procedures provided by us to you. You will execute and/or deliver to us any and all such instruments or documents that we may reasonably deem necessary to verify your compliance with this clause. You further agree that you are solely responsible for carrying out your business operations and performing any and all sale transactions you enter into with your Customers in compliance with all Laws and Card and Payment Scheme Rules. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the underlying Card and Payment Scheme Rules, the underlying Card and Payment Scheme Rules will prevail.

3.9Disclosure of your business identity to your Customers. You must clearly and prominently disclose and make available to your Customers details of your business identity in plain and intelligible language. You must ensure that your Customers are aware that you are responsible for the submission of Payment Transactions and the supply of goods or services throughout their course of dealings with you. This includes providing a transparent and easily found notice of your business/trading name and your contact details (as appropriate) on your business premises, websites or other remote sales channels.

3.10You are responsible for carrying out your sales transactions with Customers. You agree to carry out and perform any sales transaction you enter into with Customers (including matters such as delivery of goods (whether physical or digital) and/or the provision of services that are part of the sales transaction). You further agree to provide any and all Customer support services to Customers relating to your sale of goods and/or services. You must also offer to your Customers customer service and complaints contact details. In performing customer service, you agree to always represent yourself and your business operations as a separate entity or operation from us. We are not responsible for any goods and/or services, offered or sold by you.

3.11Protecting our and the Card and Payment Schemes reputation and goodwill. You agree not to carry out any action or omit from acting in a manner which we may consider (acting reasonably) to adversely impact our goodwill, reputation and/or branding and/or that of the Card and Payment Schemes.

4.1Setting up and maintaining your Settlement Bank Account. You shall:

4.1.1establish and maintain in your name (or such other name as expressly approved by us in writing) your Settlement Bank Account during the term of the Agreement (and for such period as may be reasonably necessary after the termination of the Agreement to allow for recover of any funds due); or wallet address for the purpose of crypto settlements

4.1.2ensure that there are sufficient funds in your Settlement Bank Account at all times, to cover our Service Fees, any Chargebacks and any other sums due and payable by you to us under in connection with this Agreement; and

4.1.3provide us with complete and accurate information concerning your Settlement Bank Account.

4.2Changes to Your Settlement Account/ wallet

4.2.1Any change to your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet is subject to our prior written consent and approval (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld);

4.3We will have no liability to you whatsoever for any loss caused by any delay in payments into your Settlement Bank Account / wallet pursuant to section 4.6, due to any incorrect information on your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address or not approved change to your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address as set out in sections 4.1 and 4.2 above.

4.4If for any reason we are unable to Settle funds to your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address, (or under certain circumstances, receive funds from your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet to pay us amounts you owe us), you agree to open and maintain a separate Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address in your name (or such other name as expressly approved by us in writing) which allows us to do so. If we agree that you can open your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address in a different name to your own, you agree that any remittance of funds which we make to that named Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address will constitute valid receipt by you of any sums which we may be liable to pay to you in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and that you will indemnify us for any losses or other liabilities which we may suffer as a result of our payment of funds into that named Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address.

4.5Payments into your Settlement Bank Account (“Settlement”):

4.5.1Unless otherwise agreed in writing, if your Settlement Proceeds exceed the minimum pre-defined threshold in any one (1) day, we will transfer your Settlement Proceeds less the amounts we have deducted in accordance with clause 5.2 and kept as part of the Reserve on a daily basis the settlement schedule agreed upon

4.5.2Unless otherwise agreed in writing, if your Settlement Proceeds do not exceed the minimum pre-defined threshold in any one (1) day, any such Settlement Proceeds will be carried forward to subsequent days until the cumulative Settlement Proceeds exceed the equivalent of minimum pre-defined threshold. Such Settlement Proceeds will then be transferred to you in accordance with clause 4.5.1.

4.5.3In the Agreement, the “Settlement Proceeds” are the proceeds of your Payment Transactions which we received as cleared by the Card and Payment Schemes/ respective alternate payment method on the day which, unless agreed otherwise in writing, is 7 days prior to the date we transfer your Settlement Proceeds to your Settlement Bank Account.

4.6Processing limits. We may limit the volume of Payment Transactions we will acquire from you. Such limit may be changed by us from time to time, upon reasonable notice to you. If you exceed the established Acquiring limit, we may suspend our Services with respect to a submission of Payment Transactions and/or Settlement (nor continue to provide our Services to a Payment Transaction and/or Settlement) in line with clause 8.8 and/or we may terminate the Agreement with immediate effect.

5.1Service Fees. In consideration for provision of the Services under this Agreement, you undertake to pay us the Service Fees for use of the Services and all other amounts which are due and/or payable by you in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. We have the right to charge you the Service Fees as set out in the Pricing Schedule or as otherwise agreed with us and any other similar fees and/or charges in connection with the provision of the Services to you.

5.2Our right to deduct amounts you owe us. You agree that we can deduct amounts equal to the Service Fees, Chargebacks, Fines as defined under clause 27, any Claims or Demands, Refunds and/or any other amount you may owe us, Expected Liabilities, or any other amount that you have agreed with a Third-Party Supplier that we may collect on their behalf from:

5.2.1the proceeds of your Payment Transactions but before those funds are credited to you Settlement Bank account/ wallet;

5.2.2a direct payment by you to us in the event the proceeds of your Payment Transactions or the Reserve are insufficient.

5.3We will notify you if we deduct amounts relating to any Claim or Demand or other amounts which are owed to us (other than Service Fees, Chargebacks, Fines or Refunds) and the reasons for doing so.

5.4We reserve the right to amend the Agreement at any time, including the conditions in the Pricing Schedule or in other Schedule if we become aware that you form part of a corporate group with another prospect Merchant and/or with an existing Merchant of ours, in order to cover liability of the member of such corporate group towards us. If any of your Affiliates receives Services from us, you agree to be jointly and severally liable with such Affiliate(s). If you are a partnership, each partner will be jointly and severally liable under this Agreement.

5.5We may from time to time vary the Service Fees and/or introduce new additional charges in accordance with clause 23. You acknowledge that any changes in Service Fees or charges imposed by the Card and Payment Scheme and/or Regulator will be deemed automatically amended and effective according to such Card and Payment Scheme and/or Regulator.

6.1Obtaining Authorisation. Before we can process your Payment Transactions, you must first obtain an Authorisation as required by us and/or the Card and Payment Scheme Rules. A Payment Transaction which has obtained an ‘authorised’ status is not guaranteed, and it may be cancelled or subject to a Chargeback by the Customer in accordance with the applicable Card and Payment Scheme Rules.

6.2Your Floor Limit unless agreed otherwise will be zero. From time to time, we may notify you of a monetary limit applicable to your Payment Transactions which we refer to as a “Floor Limit”. You will not complete a Payment Transaction which is above the Floor Limit without first obtaining a valid Authorisation or pre-approval from us to do so. We retain sole discretion as to any approval we may provide in connection with a Floor Limit. Unless we notify you otherwise, the Floor Limit is zero.

7.1Submitting Payment Records. A condition of us processing your Payment Transactions is that you supply us with the Payment Records in the form and manner in accordance with the applicable Card and Payment Scheme Rules. You must ensure that only one Payment Transaction data set is provided to us for each Payment Transaction.

7.2Accepting all properly presented Payment Transactions. You agree to accept all properly presented Payment Transactions. You must not refuse a Payment Transaction because you require additional details from a Customer other than what is permitted by the applicable payment method.

7.3Pre-approved Payments. If you use our Services to execute Pre-approved Payments with your Customers you agree to acquire a valid Preapproved Payment Authority from your Customer. Your execution of Pre-approved Payments with your Customers is at your own risk.

7.4Prohibited Payment Transactions. You must not execute the following types of Payment Transactions:

7.4.1Excluded Transactions;

7.4.2Refunds, returns, reversals or other adjustments not initially processed by us;

7.4.3Payment Transactions that you know, should know or suspect, are illegal or otherwise not authorised by your Customer.

7.5You must only accept Payment Transactions for your own account. Your use of our Services is strictly restricted to executing Payment Transactions directly between you and your Customers which are related to the genuine sale of your own goods and services (as described by you and approved by us). You are strictly prohibited from facilitating payments for any item, good and/or service made available or sold by third parties. You are also prohibited from re-selling our Services, and in any way holding yourself out as our agent. You must not misrepresent yourself as being a member of the Card and Payment Schemes.

7.6Receipt of Payment Transaction proceeds. You unconditionally agree and instruct us to transfer and hold the proceeds of any of your Payment Transactions we receive in one of our TP Customer Accounts or, if applicable, the Reserve Account for the purpose of holding such funds until we Settle them to your Settlement Bank Account.

7.7Invalid payment instructions. We are under no obligation to provide our Services with respect to a submission of Payment Transactions and/or Settlement (nor continue to provide our Services to a Payment Transaction and/or Settlement) if we know or:

7.7.1reasonably consider you to be in breach of the Agreement (or likely to become in breach of your obligations under the Agreement);

7.7.2suspect there to be insufficient proceeds from your Payment Transactions to meet your Reserve requirements or your obligations under the Agreement; and/or

7.7.3suspect that Payment Transactions and/or Settlement Proceeds may be related to the commission of fraudulent activity or another offence,

Any payment instruction or order you provide us which falls within any or all of the above will be treated as invalid. Further, and without prejudice to the foregoing, we shall also have the right to withhold the funds of your Settlement Proceeds if any or all of the above apply (“Active Hold Pay”). We will notify you if we do not provide our Services to you on the basis of this clause, together with any reasons for taking such an action and if applicable, the procedure to rectify the situation (but only if we are not prohibited by any Laws or if it would not compromise any objectively determined security measures). We may re-commence providing our Services to you related to a Payment Transaction if we consider the circumstances set out in this clause 7.8 no longer exist.

7.8You acknowledge and agree that we may, without notice to you, apply (i) the amounts held by us in the Reserve Account, (ii) the funds of your Settlement Proceeds held by us on Active Hold Pay and/or (iii) the amounts held by us as Other Security, in whole or in part, to provide security, collateral or any other guarantee as may be requested by the Card and Payment Scheme from time to time for payment against any Expected Liabilities for which you may be liable.

8.1Unless otherwise agreed, in no event will we be obliged to process returns, refunds, or adjustments related to payment transactions not originally processed by us.

8.2Refunds. You are authorised (where applicable under Card and Payment Scheme Rules) to provide Refunds for Payment Transactions you accept under the terms of the Agreement. You must only execute Refunds to the Payment Instrument or Payment Account used for the original Payment Transaction, subject to any exceptions agreed with us and in compliance with Card and Payment Scheme Rules.

8.3You shall not present a Refund that exceeds the amount of the original Payment Transaction to which it relates.

8.4Your refunds policy. You agree to offer your Customers a legally compliant refund policy which is consistent with your business’ industry practice and which you will notify your Customers prior to them making a Payment Transaction with you.

9.1Chargebacks and associated Card and Payment Scheme Fines. You agree to be liable to us and pay us amounts which equal any and all Chargebacks and associated Card and Payment Scheme Fines and Fines and associated costs related to your use of our Services. Each Chargeback and Fine represents a debt immediately due and payable by you to us. As Chargebacks and Fines may present themselves some time following the applicable Payment Transaction, your liability to us for such an event will survive termination of the Agreement.

9.2Chargeback and dispute procedure. You agree to process and resolve any Chargebacks as raised by customers directly with the customer. You also agree to otherwise assist us or any Card and Payment Scheme with such information or co-operation as required to manage the handling of any claim or dispute raised by a Customer, Card and Payment Scheme or other third party in relation to any Payment Transaction. Notifications for a Chargeback will be updated on the dashboard along with the respective details. If in our reasonable opinion a Chargeback appears valid and/or there is no satisfactory documentation/ evidence to dispute a Chargeback, we may acting reasonably not progress a Chargeback further through the Chargeback process. You agree you are liable to us for any fees and associated costs related to Chargebacks and the Chargeback process. You also acknowledge and agree that the Card and Payment Scheme decision relating to all aspects of Chargebacks and Fines is final and binding.

10.1Without prejudice to our other rights and remedies under this Agreement, in the event that we become aware that you are or you Excessive Chargeback Merchant or an Excessive Fraud Merchant, we shall take such action as we may deem are likely to become an necessary including:

10.1.1making a request (with which you will comply) for further information from you in respect of the Chargebacks or incidents of fraud in question, including the reasons for them and the measures you are taking to reduce them;

10.1.2issuing you with instructions (with which you will comply) on how to reduce the level of your Chargebacks or fraud incidents;

10.1.3immediate suspension of our Services and/or Settlement and/or withholding the funds of your Settlement

10.2You accept liability for any Card and Payment Scheme Fines as a result of you being deemed an Excessive Chargeback Merchant or an Excessive Fraud Merchant as notified by us to you.

11.1Our risk management and taking a ‘Reserve’. We may in our absolute discretion from the Effective Date and from time to time deduct a portion of the settlement amount which we will use to create a reserve account, to secure the performance of your obligations under the Agreement (the “Reserve Account”). The funds deposited in the Reserve Account are known as the “Fixed Reserve” and/or “Rolling Reserve” (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Reserve”) and the amount(s) of the Reserve is defined in the Pricing Schedule. You agree to provide us with the funds to create the Reserve in the following ways:

11.1.1by you paying us, at our request (whether agreed in the Pricing Schedule, Application Form or otherwise), a direct payment (“Fixed Reserve”); and/or

11.1.2by you instructing us to transfer to the Reserve Account, a portion of the proceeds that we have received in respect of the Settlement of your Payment Transactions, either until (i) such proceeds meet a certain amount or (ii) such proceeds equal a certain percentage of your Payment Transaction volume as determined by us (in each case, such approach shall be documented and agreed in the Pricing Schedule, Application Form or otherwise) (“Rolling Reserve”).You agree to providing us with such instructions with effect from the Effective Date.

11.2How we may use the Reserve. You agree that we may apply with immediate effect funds held in the Reserve Account at our sole discretion against any Expected Liabilities which you may owe us, including our right to set-off in accordance with clause 12.

11.3Payment of funds held as Reserve. You agree and instruct us not to transfer the Reserve held in the Reserve Account to your Settlement Bank Account/ wallet address until the later of the following (such a date to be a business day and the date on which we receive your payment order to transfer such amounts):

11.3.1the period for Chargebacks to be brought against the applicable Payment Transactions has expired; and

11.3.2any and all Expected Liabilities that you may owe us under the Agreement have expired or been paid in full.

11.4Please note that following termination of the Agreement (for whatever reason), we reserve the right to hold the Reserve up to and until such time as all Expected Liabilities under this Agreement have expired or been paid in full.

11.5We reserve the right to increase the amount of the Reserve if:

11.5.1we become aware or we reasonably believe that you are in breach of or are likely to be in breach of the Agreement;

11.5.2 we have a reason to believe that there is a change in your financial position, in particular, including but not limited to
(i) you becoming or you may be the subject on an Insolvency Event, or
(ii) you fail to notify us of an Insolvency Event;

11.5.3your business model changes, exposing us to a higher financial risk;

11.5.4you fail to provide the information we request pursuant to clause 3;

11.5.5you fail to execute or provide copies of any documents required under clause 14 and/ or any security is terminated or withdrawn (without our prior consent), or any term of such security is breached by you or by the person providing such security;

11.5.6one party terminates this Agreement;

11.5.7we become aware of, or reasonably suspect fraud, or other illegal activity, on your part or on the part of one of your agents or sub-contractors;

11.5.8we become aware of, or reasonably suspect, that you are an Excessive Chargeback Merchant or an Excessive Fraud Merchant;

11.5.9you breach any Acquiring limit in respect of Payment Transactions imposed by us;

11.5.10any Fine is imposed upon and/or announced to us by a Card and Payment Scheme in relation to your business activities, actions or omissions; or

11.5.11the value of Refunds exceeds the value of Payment Transactions.

12.1In all cases, the amounts due under the Agreement by you to us will be paid by you to us in full without right of set-off or deduction, unless otherwise agreed by us in writing.

12.2We shall be entitled at any time, without notice to or demand on you, to set-off, appropriate or apply any sums held by us and due from us to you under this Agreement against any debt or claim or obligation of whatever nature that you owe to us, whether or not such debt or claim or obligation has matured. You acknowledge that we are authorized and entitled on behalf of each our Affiliates to collect and/or claim and/or set-off and/or deduct any amount (outstanding balance) you owe to any of our Affiliates and any such amount will be considered due by you to us.

12.3In case that any of your Affiliates receives the Services from us or from any of our Affiliates, you hereby authorize us at any time to set-off, appropriate or apply any sums held by us and due from us to you under this Agreement against any debt or claim of whatever nature that any of your Affiliates owes to us or to any of our Affiliates. You acknowledge and agree that we are authorized by your Affiliates receiving the Services from us at any time to set- off, appropriate or apply any sums held by us and due from us to any of your Affiliates against any debt or claim of whatever nature that you owe to us or to any of our Affiliates under this Agreement.

13.1We may, at any time, require that you provide us, or that you procure that another person provides us, with such security in such form and over such assets as we require to secure the performance of your obligations under the Agreement.

13.2You will, in the event that we require you to provide us with security as set out in clause 13.1, comply with that requirement and execute such documents, and provide copies to us, as are necessary to grant such security, in both cases within the timescale that we specify. This may involve you arranging the execution of a guarantee, creating a trust account or placing a legal charge over a deposit in a bank account.

13.3No interest is payable in relation to any security arrangements entered into pursuant to this clause 13. You will bear any costs and expenses incurred by you in complying with this clause.

14.1Statements. We will provide you access to view and download periodic account statement of all your Payment Transactions, including disputed transactions (“Account Statement”).

14.2You must keep your own records and notify us of any errors or unauthorised activity. You are responsible for maintaining your own records with respect to Payment Transactions and any other associated Data that we make available to you under the Agreement and for reconciling such information with your own records. You must notify us as soon as possible (and no later than thirteen (13) months after the relevant Payment Transaction date) of any unauthorised or incorrectly executed Payment Transactions in your Account Statement.

14.3Data retention. You agree to store and keep secure legible copies of all relevant Data for a period of at least five (5) years following the Payment Transaction associated with the Data, in a manner and form permitted under the Card and Payment Scheme Rules and PCI Compliance Standards. This requirement to store and keep copies of the Data is in addition to your obligations to retain such information under applicable Laws.

14.4General audit rights. Without prejudice to the privacy and security audit provisions in clause 16, you will permit us (or our authorised representatives or the applicable Card and Payment Scheme) to audit your procedures, records and performance related to any matter referred to in the Agreement in such a manner as we may reasonably consider appropriate. You agree to co-operate in any audit request and to provide reliable truthful and complete answers to any questions raised during an audit including, providing upon our request, access to and co-operation by your auditors on matters concerning any audit. We may retain copies of records which we ascertain during the course of any audit, such copies to be considered Confidential Information for the purpose of the Agreement. Each party will bear their own costs with respect to complying with the auditing provisions of this clause 14.4.

15.1Keeping Customer Data secure. You are responsible and must ensure that any Customer Data that you store (or which a Third-Party store on your behalf) is held securely and in accordance with Card and Payment Scheme Rules, PCI Compliance Standards and applicable Laws and you agree (and will procure that any relevant third party will) be bound by and comply with the terms of the same. You must not sell, purchase, provide, exchange or in any manner disclose Payment Transaction details of a Customer (for example, a card account number or other Personal Data related to a Customer) to anyone other than us, the applicable Card and Payment Scheme or in response to a valid regulatory demand. In providing the Services we are responsible for the security of Customer Data we possess or otherwise store, process or transmit on your behalf, or to the extent that we could impact the security of your Customer Data environment.

15.2Security audit. We may require that you do not store any Customer Data on any server maintained by yourself or any third party, without first undergoing, at your own cost, a security audit which should be carried out by one of our approved security auditors.

15.3You must notify us immediately of a security breach. You must notify us immediately if you become aware of or suspect any security breach relating to Customer Data (even if you consider yourself to be in compliance with the PCI Compliance Standards). You must also immediately identify and remedy the security breach of the Customer Data.

15.4You must notify us immediately of a Personal Data Breach. You must notify us immediately if you become aware of or suspect an incident that may involve a Personal Data Breach. You must also immediately identify and remedy the security breach of the Customer Data, or if remedying the breach is not possible, take steps to mitigate the consequences of the incident.

15.5Appointment of a forensic investigator. If a Customer Data security breach occurs (whether caused by yourself or a third party you are using), you will be liable for any costs and fines. If it is identified that a Customer Data security breach can be tracked back to your business, you agree, at our request and at your cost, to appoint a third-party forensic investigator. If you do not comply with the appointment of a third-party forensic investigator, we will be entitled to appoint a forensic investigator ourselves, at your expense and the costs thereof will be charged to you. During undergoing a forensic investigation, you must fully cooperate with the investigation until completed. You are also responsible for any or all costs associated with the investigation and any changes that are required for you to meet and maintain continued compliance with the PCI Compliance Standards and the terms of the Agreement.

15.6Obligations under the GDPR (appliable in relation to EU/EEA Merchant), UK GDPR (applicable in relation to UK Merchant). We each have our respective obligations to relevant government authorities and, to individuals whose Personal Data we process, to comply with applicable Data Protection Laws. We each act as a controller in our own right, in regard to our respective processing of Personal Data

15.7Privacy Notice. Our Privacy Notice describes our processing activities as controllers of the Personal Data of you, individuals connected to you, and other business contacts, in accordance with GDPR/UK GDPR requirements. In fulfilling our duties to relevant government authorities and to individuals whose Personal Data we process under applicable Data Protection Laws, we will process Personal Data that you share with us, or that we obtain from other sources on your behalf, only for the relevant purposes that are set out in our Privacy Notice

15.8Transfers of Personal Data. f you disclose or transfer Personal Data to us concerning individuals connected to you or otherwise relevant to the provision of our Services to you (including Customers), it shall be your responsibility as the controller of that data to transfer or otherwise disclose such Personal Data in compliance with GDPR/UK GDPR requirements including (without limitation) by:

(a)transferring the Personal Data to us only as necessary for us to provide the Services;

(b)having a lawful basis for disclosing the Personal Data to us;

(c)providing all the information required to be provided by the GDPR/UK GDPR, in the applicable circumstances, to the relevant individuals concerning the transfer of their Personal Data to us (including a link to the Privacy Notice published on our website)

(d)assuming the primary responsibility for responding to data subject access requests in relation to Personal Data that you have shared with us.

We may share Personal Data you have disclosed or transferred to us with

(i)any member of DAX Corporation,

(ii)Card and Payment Schemes, its employees, and its third-party subcontractors and their employees,

(iii)such other entities to which it may be reasonably necessary to disclose and transfer Personal Data, including but not limited to credit reference agencies, law enforcement agencies, antiterrorism or organized crime agencies, fraud monitoring agencies, central banks; and

(iv)third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share Personal Data in order to comply with any legal obligation in line with Laws.

15.9Cooperation. We will cooperate with you, upon request and where reasonably possible, to ensure that the required information referred to above is made accessible to the relevant individuals, including Customers; and we will meet our own obligations to provide information directly to the individuals concerned, such as any customised privacy notice that we may issue to address a specific matter if required by particular circumstances; but in most cases, it would be impossible, or would require disproportionate effort to provide notice directly to all individual third parties, including Customers, that are connected to you when you share their Personal Data with us. You may also have obligations under the GDPR/UK GDPR and you will reasonably cooperate with us with respect to any Personal Data that is shared between us, in order to facilitate compliance with the relevant provisions of the GDPR/UK GDPR.

16.1Each of the parties will keep confidential and will not disclose to any person any Confidential Information, whether in written or in any other form, disclosed to it ("receiving party") by or on behalf of the other party ("disclosing party") in the course of the discussions leading up to or the entering into or performance of the Agreement and which is identified as Confidential Information or is clearly by its nature confidential Information (Confidential Information) except insofar as the Confidential Information:

16.1.1is required by a person employed or engaged by the receiving party in connection with the proper performance of the Agreement; or

16.1.2is required to be disclosed by law, provided that the party disclosing the information notifies the other party, if permitted to do so by law, of the reasonably possible before information to be disclosed and of the circumstances in which the disclosure is alleged to be required as early as such disclosure must be made and will take all reasonable action to avoid and limit such disclosure.

16.2Confidential Information includes information relating to:

(a)Customers and their Payment Transactions (including where appropriate, any ‘hot card file information’); and

(b)our business, the Card and Payment Schemes and the Card and Payment Scheme Rules.

16.3Any disclosure of Confidential Information permitted under the Agreement will be in confidence, will only be to the extent that any persons to whom the information is disclosed need to know the same for the performance of their duties in accordance with the Agreement and the receiving party is obliged to procure that all such persons are aware of the obligation of confidentiality and undertake to comply with it.

16.4Each party hereby undertakes to the other to use the Confidential Information disclosed to it by or on behalf of the other party solely in connection with the performance of the Agreement and not otherwise for its own benefit or the benefit of any third party.

16.5Confidential Information does not include information which:

16.5.1is or becomes generally available to the public otherwise than as a direct or indirect result of disclosure by the receiving party or a person employed or engaged by the receiving party contrary to their respective obligations of confidentiality; or

16.5.2is or was made available or becomes available to the receiving party otherwise than pursuant to the Agreement and free of any restrictions as to its use or disclosure.

16.6Notwithstanding the above, nothing in the Agreement prevents us from disclosing your information (including your Confidential Information) for the purposes of carrying out the Services as may be required by the Card and Payment Schemes or any other financial or credit institutions, Regulators, or as set out in our Privacy Notice.

16.7Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the disclosing party may have, the receiving party acknowledges and agrees that if the Confidential Information is used or disclosed other than in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the disclosing party is, without proof of special damage, entitled to seek an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this clause 17 in addition to any damages or other remedy to which it may be entitled.

17.1You represent, warrant and covenant to us throughout the Term of the Agreement, the following:

17.1.1Information. All information provided to us in the Application Form (and any other document submitted in connection with the same) or otherwise in, or in connection with, the Agreement is true accurate and complete as of the date originally given, properly reflects your business, financial condition and principal partners, owners, and that all changes to such information have been properly notified to us in accordance with clause 3.5.

17.1.2Warranties provided by you. Unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing, you represent, undertake and warrant to us at the Effective Date and each time you use our Services that you are a Merchant with your registered office and/or who carries out your key business activities within the EU/EEA or UK and that you have the right, power, ability, full capacity and authority to enter into and perform your obligations under the Agreement. Where it is required by applicable Laws, if you are a gaming operator, you hereby warrant, declare and confirm that (i) the player funds constitute a distinct patrimony and that such funds are held solely for and on behalf of and in the interest of the players, (ii) your creditors have no claim or right of action on or against player funds.

17.1.3No litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or regulatory investigation pending or, to your knowledge, threatened which, if decided adversely would (i) impair your ability to carry on your business substantially as conducted at the time you submitted the Application Form, (ii) adversely affect your financial condition or operations or (iii) otherwise affect your ability to perform your obligations under the Agreement. You have never been reported to the Card Schemes systems due to your non-compliance, suspicious or fraudulent business activity, or, if you have, you have already disclosed that fact and explained circumstances of such reporting to us in writing.

17.1.4Business use. The parties further agree that they have mutually relied upon the representations of the other that this Agreement is entered into for commercial, or business purposes and not for personal, family or household purposes, that neither party is a consumer, and that each party is engaged in their trade. You are obtaining and using our Services for legitimate business purposes only and to facilitate lawful business between yourself and your Customers. Your business and the manner in which you conduct it comply with all Laws. Further, your Settlement Bank Account into which debits and credits are made is being used for lawful business purposes only.

17.1.5Data security. As of the Effective Date, no security breach in respect of data of any nature processed by you or on your behalf has occurred before and remains unresolved. In the event that you breach this representation and warranty, we may suspend the Services and/or take any steps as we (or the Card and Payment Schemes) deem necessary to remedy the breach.

17.1.6Nature of Payment Transactions. Without our prior written consent, you will not submit Payment Transactions for acquiring for any businesses, products, or methods of selling other than those set out in the Application Form at the time you apply for Acquiring Services or as may be agreed by the parties in writing from time to time.

17.1.7We are not responsible for the underlying sales transaction. We are not a party to a sales contract, promotion or loyalty/reward programme between you and your Customers (prospective or otherwise) and we will not mediate disputes between you and your Customers nor enforce or execute the performance of any sales, offer or loyalty/reward programme contract. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of our Services is not inconsistent with any other agreement you may have entered into with your Customers. You are responsible for your employees’ actions while in its employ.

17.1.8We are not responsible for Third Party Suppliers. You are solely responsible and liable for (and we are not responsible or liable for) your communications, contracts, agreements, arrangements and/or disputes with and/or entered into with Third Party Suppliers. Any such matters are specifically and solely between you and the applicable Third Party Supplier. Any warranties or representations made with regard to any Third Party Supplier and their business or any products or services are made by the applicable Third Party Supplier only, and not by us. You acknowledge that the applicable Third Party Supplier is solely responsible for the goods and/or services provided by them and for its products and services quality, suitability and fitness for purpose. You agree to release us, our Affiliates and our and their respective directors, officers, employees, owners, licensors and agents from all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of any kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with any communications, organised activities or disputes between you and any Third Party Supplier.

17.1.9General disclaimer. Our Services (including all content, functions and materials) are provided on an “as is” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and under all circumstances other than those expressly made in the Agreement, we, our Affiliates, and their agents, co-branders or other partners (collectively, Our Associated Parties”) make no conditions, representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, howsoever regarding the Services including:

(a)any implied conditions, representations and/or warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, and/or fitness for a particular purpose; and/or

(b)that our Services will meet your requirements, be compatible with your Merchant Systems, any Equipment or will contain any particular features or functionality.

17.1.10You are responsible for implementing safeguards when using our Services. While we endeavour to maintain an uninterrupted Service, and except as expressly provided for in the Agreement and as required by applicable Laws, we do not guarantee your access to our Services will be delivered uninterrupted, securely, timely or error-free, or that the Services will be free from viruses or other harmful properties. It is your responsibility to implement satisfactory safeguards and procedures to make sure any files you obtain through our Services are free from contaminations or other harmful properties.

17.1.11Our right to conduct Service maintenance. From time to time, we may carry out maintenance of our Services which may result in certain parts of our Services not being available or accessible, in which case we endeavour to give you advance notice via e-mail.

17.2Insurance. You agree to maintain for the duration of this Agreement, with a reputable insurer, adequate and reasonable business insurance to cover all your obligations under this Agreement in relation to, as applicable, Acquiring Services, Gateway Services, and Additional Services. Upon our request you will provide us with the certified copy of your business insurance and/or a certificate of insurance.

18.1Display of Card and Payment Scheme logos. By using our Services to accept Card and Payment Scheme Payment Transactions, you must clearly display the details of your acceptance of such Card and Payment Schemes (including he use of any Card and Payment Scheme logo or trademark) in the manner and form as we notify to you and in compliance with the Card and Payment Scheme Rules. This may include you displaying the logo or trademark of a Card and Payment Scheme (or a combination thereof) in a prescribed manner at various interactive points in your Customer promotion and sale process and when payment options are presented to your Customers.

18.2Our and the Card and Payment Schemes ownership of Intellectual Property Rights. All of our or the Card and Payment Scheme’s Intellectual Property Rights used by you (and any of our Intellectual Property Rights created or derived therefrom) remain the property of or vest in, (as the case may be) us, the applicable Card and Payment Scheme and where appropriate one of our Affiliates or an authorised licensor. Unless expressly provided in the Agreement, nothing in the Agreement will be interpreted as granting you a licence to use any of our and/or a Card and Payment Schemes Intellectual Property Rights.

18.3No transfer of Intellectual Property Rights. The Agreement does not assign any of our or a Card and Payment Scheme’s Intellectual Property Rights existing as at the Effective Date, nor does it assign any Intellectual Property Rights which are created or developed by or on our or a Card and Payment Scheme’s behalf during the term of the Agreement or otherwise. You acknowledge and agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading material which is copyrighted (or subject to any other form of Intellectual Property Right).

18.4Use of logos and trademarks. Each party grants the other party (and to the Card and Payment Schemes) a fully paid up, limited, non- exclusive, personal and non-transferable licence to use its logo(s) and trademarks (i) for the purpose of performing their obligations under the Agreement; and (ii) you allow us (and the Card and Payment Schemes) to use your name or logo to identify you as a participating merchant of our, and the Card and Payment Scheme, Services (including in marketing materials). Except as licensed here, each party retains all right, title, goodwill, and interest in and to its trademarks and logo(s). In using each other’s trademarks or logos, the parties will follow any guidelines for logo or trademark usage provided by the owner of the trademark or logo being used.

18.5Restrictions. Except as expressly permitted by us in writing, you may not, and may not attempt to, directly or indirectly:

18.5.1modify, alter, tamper with, translate, repair, display, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, perform, reproduce, create derivative works from, attempt to ascertain or list the source programs or source code or in any way exploit any of our or a Card and Payment Scheme’s Intellectual Property Rights; nor

18.5.2transfer, sub-license, loan, sell, assign, lease, rent, distribute or grant rights in full or in part to any person or entity in our Service and/or our or a Card and Payment Scheme’s Intellectual Property Rights.

19.1You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our Affiliates (and their respective directors, officers, owners, co-branders or other partners, information providers, licensors, licensees, consultants, employees, independent contractors agents and other applicable third parties) (each an “Indemnified Party”) harmless from and against all claims, demands, causes of action, debts, judgments, liabilities, costs, penalties, interest, taxes, expenses, damages and losses (including any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal and other professional costs and expenses) (collectively “Losses”) suffered or incurred by an Indemnified Party arising out of, as a result of, related to, or in connection with:

19.1.1the actual or alleged breach, or negligent performance, or non-performance, or delay in performance of the Agreement (including a breach of clause 15 (Data, Security and Privacy)) by you, your employees, agents or sub- contractors or the warranties, representations, covenants, certifications, acknowledgments and/or obligations made by you in the Agreement;

19.1.2a Payment Transaction, Pre-approved Payment, Refund, Chargeback or Fine;

19.1.3any Card and Payment Scheme Rule;

19.1.4you being in alleged or actual breach of any Laws or failure to comply with any Regulator;

19.1.5your breach or negligent performance or non-performance or delay in performance of any agreement or other legal relationship you have entered into with Customers or Third-Party Suppliers;

19.1.6our acting on the instructions of your Third-Party Suppliers (including if we collect your fees on behalf of agreements you have with your Third Party Suppliers);

19.1.7your business operations, a dispute you have with your Customers, the goods and/or services you supply and/or their delivery;

19.1.8any claim made against us for actual or alleged infringement and/or violation of our or a third party’s Intellectual Property Rights and/or proprietary rights (including actual or alleged infringement of any applicable licensing requirement) arising out of or in connection with your use of the Services;

19.1.9us defending or being joined as party in any proceedings related to the customer/service provider relationship between you and your Customers or the relationship between you and your Third Party Suppliers and/or any damages awarded against us in respect of any such proceedings;

19.1.10any claim arising out of our permitted use, promotion or distribution of the information, related trademarks and logos, or images and other materials that you provide us;

19.1.11any change under clause 3 whether or not reported to us, and/or your failure to provide requested information within the time frame as set out in clause 3.6;

19.1.12our reporting obligations under the Card and Payment Schemes reporting requirements;

19.1.13resulting from or relating to any security breach, compromise or theft of data held by you or and/or any Third-Party Suppliers or Third Party Equipment or by any agent or sub-contractor retained by you in relation to this Agreement;

19.1.14loss suffered as a result of misuse by you of our Services and/or any Equipment;

19.1.15the use, operation or malfunction of Equipment, or in relation to any matter arising out of its presence on your locations or in connection with any work done or service to the Equipment provided by us, our servants, agents and/or sub-contractors;

19.1.16the actions of, or failure to act by, your officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-contractor, Third Party Suppliers and those of any other person who, with or without your consent or co-operation, obtains access to information related to Payment Transactions;

19.1.17Service Fees and/or any other fees of any nature including, due to you becoming an Excessive Chargeback Merchant or an Excessive Fraud Merchant;

19.1.18your wrongful or improper use of the Services, the goods and/or services you provide;

19.1.19the enforcement (or attempted enforcement) of the Agreement;

19.1.20 your failure to return materials following termination under clause 23; or

19.1.21the use of your Settlement Bank Account.

19.2Our right to deal with any claim. You agree that we are entitled in our sole and absolute discretion to accept, dispute, compromise or otherwise deal with any claim, alleged claim, loss or liability which is made against us and we shall be under no liability in such respect to you.

20.1Liability not excluded under the Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, neither party excludes or limits liability to the other party for:

20.1.1fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

20.1.2death or personal injury caused by negligence;

20.1.3a breach of any implied condition as to title, encumbrances and/or quiet enjoyment; or

20.1.4any matter for which it would be unlawful for the parties to exclude liability.

20.2Matters where we are not liable. Subject to clauses 20.1, 20.3, 20.6 and 20.7, we and any of our Affiliates, are not in any circumstances liable whether in contract, tort (including for negligence and breach of statutory duty howsoever arising), misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent), restitution or otherwise, for:

20.2.1any loss (whether direct or indirect) of profits, sales, business, business opportunities, revenue, turnover, reputation or goodwill;

20.2.2any loss or corruption (whether direct or indirect) of data or information;

20.2.3any loss (whether direct or indirect) of anticipated savings or wasted expenditure (including management time);

20.2.4any loss or liability (whether direct or indirect) under or in relation to any other contract; and/or

20.2.5any other special, indirect or consequential losses.

20.3Matters where we are liable. Nothing in this clause 20 excludes or limits our liability to you for the following:

20.3.1the correct execution of a Refund unless we can demonstrate to your Customer and/or your Customer’s applicable Issuer or other payment service provider that they received the Refund payment amount in accordance with clause 25.10 (Execution times);

20.3.2charges you are responsible for, and any interest you may have to pay as a result of our non-execution and/or defective execution of a validly submitted Payment Transaction;

20.3.3for the transmission in accordance with applicable Laws of a Payment Transaction order where you have validly initiated the payment as the intended recipient of the funds which are the subject of the Payment Transaction.

20.4Clause 20.2 does not prevent claims, which fall within the scope of clause 20.5 for direct financial loss that is not excluded under any of the categories set out in clause 20.2.

20.5Our liability cap. Subject to the other sub-clauses of this clause 20, our and/or our Affiliates total aggregate liability with respect to provision of Services (whether the liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty howsoever arising), misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent but not fraudulent), restitution or otherwise), arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Agreement or any collateral contract is limited as follows:

20.5.1In respect of the Acquiring Services, to an amount equal to the total Service Fees due to us or paid for pro vision of Acquiring Services under the terms of the Agreement during the six (6) month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim for liability;

20.5.2in respect of the Gateway Services, to an amount equal to the total Gateway Fees due to us or paid for provision of Gateway Services under the terms of the Agreement during the six (6) month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim for liability;

20.5.3in respect of the POS Services, to an amount equal to the total POS Fees due to us or paid for provision of POS Services under the terms of the Agreement during the six (6) month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim for liability; and 20.5.4 in respect of the Additional Services, to an amount equal to the total Service Fees due to us or paid for provision of Additional Services under the terms of the Agreement during the six (6) month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim forliability.

20.6Non-execution or defective execution of Payment Transactions initiated by you when you:

20.6.1Give the payment order (excluding: when you executed a Refund). A Payment Transaction which is executed by us, will be considered as correctly executed when we do so with the details provided by you under the terms of the Agreement. We will not be liable to you for the non- execution or defective execution of such payment transactions where you provide us with incorrect details, however, we may seek to assist you in recovering the funds (for example from another payment service provider) and if we do so, we may charge you a fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing we will, at your request, make immediate efforts to find a nonexecuted or defectively executed payment transaction referred to in this clause (e.g. a Refund) and notify you on what we discover. If we are unable to prove that the recipient’s payment service provider received the payment transaction then we will (and without undue delay) refund to you the amount of such a payment transaction. If we are not liable, the recipient’s payment service provider might be, and if so, it must make available the amount of the payment to the recipient and where applicable, credit their payment method with the corresponding amount.

20.6.2Are the intended recipient of the funds. Where you correctly initiate a payment as a payee (such as when you are the intended recipient of the funds), we are responsible under Laws to correctly transmit your payment order. If we are liable for any nonexecuted or defectively executed payment order under this clause, we will immediately re-transmit the payment order and undertake other activities to track the payment as well as come back to you with information we find out following our investigations. If we discover that we are not liable, it may be that your Customer’s or other applicable person’s payment service provider is responsible in which case they are liable to pay you the amount of the incorrectly or defectively executed payment transaction.

20.7No liability due to your failure to comply with the Agreement or events outside our control. We and any of our Affiliates have no liability to you for any failure or delay in performing our obligations under the Agreement if such failure or delay is caused by your acts, omissions or results from actions taken by us in good faith to avoid being in breach of any Laws, Card and Payment Scheme Rules or is otherwise caused by acts or omissions of third parties or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

20.8Notwithstanding anything contained above, you acknowledge that DAX Corporation Ltd or Banksy (as applicable) provide Acquiring Services to you as an independent contractor, not as a partner or joint venturer with any of other members. DAX Corporation Ltd or Banksy (as applicable) shall be liable in respect of our obligations related to provision of Payment Processing Services to you under this Agreement. DAX Corporation Ltd, Banksy shall not be liable in connection with the Services provided to you by any of other members of DAX Corporation Ltd, whether jointly, jointly and severally or at all. Liability of any of our Affiliates providing you with the Services is specified in respective Schedule to this Agreement.

21.1This Agreement and our obligation to provide you with the Services shall become effective on and as of the date on which each of the following conditions below have been satisfied (“Effective Date”):

(a)we have completed our due diligence process, including Know Your Customer / Business (KYC/KYB), related to your Application Form to use our Services;

(b)we have notified you that we have approved your Application Form to use our Services;

(c)the Pricing Schedule has been executed by both parties.

After Effective Date, the Agreement will continue for an initial minimum period of twelve (12) months unless the Agreement is terminated earlier in accordance with its terms (the “Initial Term”).

21.2Automatic extension of the Initial Term. The term of the Agreement will automatically extend for one (1) year (“Extended Term”) at the end of the Initial Term and at the end of each subsequent Extended Term unless the Agreement is terminated earlier in accordance with its terms.

22.1Termination by mutual agreement. The Agreement or any of the Services provided under it may be terminated, at any time, by mutual written agreement of the parties. The termination of the Agreement or any of the Services shall enter into force on such date as the parties may agree.

22.2Your right to terminate for convenience with notice. You may terminate the Agreement or any of the Service provided under it at any time by giving us one (1) month prior notice in writing.

22.3Our right to terminate for convenience with notice. We may terminate the Agreement or any of the Services provided under it at any time by giving you one (1) month prior written notice.

22.4Each party’s rights to immediately terminate the Agreement. Without prejudice to any rights that have accrued under the Agreement, or any of party’s rights or remedies, either party may at any time terminate the Agreementor any of the Services provided under it with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:

22.4.1the other party commits a material breach of any term of the Agreement and (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 30 days after being notified in writing to do so;

22.4.2the other party repeatedly breaches any of the terms of the Agreement in such a manner as to reasonably justify the opinion that its conduct is inconsistent with it having the intention or ability to give effect to the terms of the Agreement;

22.4.3the other party is subject to an Insolvency Event; or

22.4.4the result of Laws, Card and Payment Scheme Rules, Regulator rules or guidance or any change in or any introduction thereof (or change in the interpretation or application thereof) means that it is unlawful or contrary to any such Laws, Card and Payment Scheme Rules, Regulator rules or guidance for either of the parties to perform or give effect to any of its obligations hereunder and such obligation cannot be readily severed from the Agreement.

22.5Our right to immediately terminate the Agreement. Without prejudice to any rights that have accrued under the Agreement or any of the party’s rights or remedies, we may at any time terminate, the Agreement or any of the Services provided under it with immediate effect by giving written notice to you if:

22.5.1you experience a change of control or you dispose of a substantial part of your assets. In this clause,“control” means the possession by any person(s) or nominee(s) directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of another person and “change of control” is construed accordingly;

22.5.2you are an individual and you die;

22.5.3you are a partnership and your partnership ends;

22.5.4you breach an Acquiring limit as detailed in clause 4.7;

22.5.5your agreements with your Third-Party Suppliers used in connection with your use of the Services terminate or we consider the terms which you have entered into with such Third Party Suppliers are unacceptable, and/or such supplier fails to comply with any Card and Payment Scheme Rules and/or PCI Compliance Standards (as the case may be);

22.5.6a Third-Party Supplier you use in connection with your use of the Services is subject to an Insolvency Event;

22.5.7we have reason to believe that your business and/or use of our Services: damages, corrupts, degrades, destroys and/or otherwise adversely affects the Services, or any other software, firmware, hardware, data, systems or networks accessed or used by you;

22.5.8there is a material change in the type of business activities you carry out, including such a material change in the goods and services you sell to your Customers and/or the type of business activities you carry out exceeds our risk tolerance as determined by us in our absolute discretion;

22.5.9we reasonably believe, or suspect, that a Payment Transaction is fraudulent, suspicious or illegal;

22.5.10there is a significant fluctuation (either positive or negative) in the aggregate number of Card Not Present Payment Transactions you receive or in the average Card Not Present Payment Transaction amount (for example you have not submitted any Card Not Present Payment Transactions for three (3) consecutive months and you have not notified us of a good reason why);

22.5.11there is a significant fluctuation (either positive or negative) in the aggregate number of Card Present Payment Transactions you receive or in the average Card Present Payment Transaction amount (for example you have not submitted any Card Present Payment Transactions for one (1) month and you have not notified us of a good reason why);

22.5.12you receive a significant number of Chargebacks such that your ratio of Chargebacks to Payment Transactions exceeds 1% at any time or which are not otherwise within usual ranges for businesses of a similar size and nature as your own;

22.5.13you incur any Fine;

22.5.14 we are unable to enforce any security interest we may have been granted in connection with this Agreement; and/or you withdraw your consent to us holding Reserves in the Reserve Account and/or TP Customer Account;

22.5.15there is a significantly adverse decrease in your business operations, revenues, profits or financial position;

22.5.16you have breached clause 15 (Data Security and Privacy) and/or any information you submit to us or any of the warranties you provide us in the Agreement are found to be untrue or misleading;

22.5.17we are unable to verify any information you are required to submit to us under this Agreement in the manner set out in clause 3 or you have not provided us with the information within the time frame set out in clause 3.6;

22.5.18any of the information or warranties you provide us in the Agreement are found to be untrue or misleading;

22.5.19you use our Services on an incompatible Merchant System as detailed in clause 3.7;

22.5.20you, and/or your Third-Party Suppliers have acted, or omitted to act, in any way which we reasonably determine to diminish our, our Affiliates and/or any Card and Payment Scheme’s, business operations and/or reputation and/or goodwill and/or which we reasonably determine or suspect to give rise to any offence or any increased risk or liability to us;

22.5.21the ratio of error Payment Transactions, suspicious or fraudulent Payment Transactions, Refunds and/or declined Authorisation requests exceeds our risk tolerance as determined by us in our absolute discretion;

22.5.22termination of the Agreement is required by the Card and Payment Scheme for any reasons the Card and Payment Scheme deems appropriate, including but not limited to (i) Merchant’s fraudulent activity, (ii) Merchant entering into Merchant Agreement under a new name with the intent to circumvent the Card and Payment Scheme Rules, (iii) activity that causes the Acquirer to repeatedly violate the Card and Payment Scheme Rules, (iv) Merchant exceeding the Card and Payment Scheme Dispute Monitoring Program thresholds, (v) Merchant entering illegal or brand-damaging transaction activity into Card and Payment Scheme system, (vi) practices by the Merchant which the Card and Payment Scheme finds to be detrimental to its network or (vii) any other activity that may result in undue economic hardship or damage to the goodwill of the Card and Payment Scheme system;

22.5.23we are unable to provide the Services to you through the inability of any Card and Payment Scheme or Third-Party Supplier to provide us with any good and/or service that we require to provide the Services to you (including any notice given to us by a Card and Payment Scheme to terminate our relationship with you);

22.5.24you use or are likely to use the Equipment to support a business which is contrary to any applicable Laws or prohibited under the Card and Payment Scheme Rules or is considered likely to harm (or harms) our brand and/or reputation; or

22.5.25you fail by you to pay any amount due to us under the Agreement.

22.6Where we or any of our Affiliates terminate or suspend any of the Services (in whole or in part) or where you terminate any of the Services, such termination or suspension shall not affect continuance of the Agreement and other Services as well as such termination or suspension shall not limit either party’s right to terminate this Agreement or any other Services.

22.7Other actions we may take. If you have breached the terms of the Agreement (including a breach of your obligation to pay us any amount owing), we are otherwise entitled to terminate the Agreement, or if other terms of the Agreement otherwise permit us to do so, we may:

(a)suspend your use of our Services (in whole or in part) in which case, in respect of the Acquiring Services we will not treat any Payment Transaction orders that you may wish to make as being received by us;

(b)report any Payment Transaction, Data and/or any other relevant information about you and your use of our Services to the relevant Regulatory Authority, law enforcement agency and/or government department; and/or (c) if appropriate, seek damages from you.

22.8Stopping our support of a Card and Payment Scheme. We may decide to suspend or cancel our support of a particular Card and Payment Scheme (and/or any or all associated payment methods) without liability to you if any of the following events occur during the term of the Agreement:

(a)a Card and Payment Scheme imposes changes to their arrangements with us which are material and detrimental to our providing our Services to you;

(b)a Card and Payment Scheme is in material breach of any obligation it owes us;

(c)we reasonably suspect that there is a material adverse change in the credit worthiness of a Card and Payment Scheme; and/or

(d)a Card and Payment Scheme sharply increases its costs, charges and/or fees on any of its relevant payment methods. In the event of any of the circumstances occurring as set out in this clause, we will use our reasonable endeavours to notify you at least one (1) month in advance of any change to our support of any Card and Payment Scheme and/or associated payment method.

22.9Consequences of breach of a Card and Payment Scheme Rule. If you are in breach of any Card and Payment Scheme Rule, upon our notification, you must immediately cease any actions or omissions in any location which cause you to be in breach of the Card and Payment Scheme Rule.

22.10Your obligation to inform us of certain events. You undertake to immediately notify us if you reasonably suspect any event or proceeding as set out in clauses 22.4.3 and 22.5 is likely to occur (or has occurred).

22.11Consequences of termination. You hereby acknowledge that we are entitled and obliged to report the information related to termination of the Agreement to the Card and Payment Schemes in line with respective Card and Payment Scheme Rules. Termination of the Agreement, for any reason, does not affect the accrued rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties existing at termination (including your obligation to pay our Service Fees and/or other amounts due by you to us and does not automatically resolve any dispute where you may be involved). Other than as set out in the Agreement, neither party has any further obligation to the other under the Agreement after its termination.

22.12On termination of the Agreement, howsoever caused:

22.12.1you must cease using our name, the name of any Card and Payment Scheme and must remove all of our trademarks, logos and any or all materials referencing the Card and Payment Schemes. You agree to immediately return to us any materials containing our or a Card and Payment Scheme name;

22.12.2each party shall destroy or return to the other party all documents and materials (and any copies) containing, reflecting, incorporating or based on the other party's Confidential Information;

22.12.3you must immediately pay to us all amounts owed by you to us under the Agreement (including any Service Fees which are apportioned as due from you up until the time of termination) and we will immediately pay you all amounts owed to you by us under the Agreement (including any Service Fees paid in advance to be re-imbursed proportionately), but in all circumstances subject to the provisions of clauses 4 (Settlement Bank Account and Direct Debit Mandate), 5 (Service Fees and Other Amounts Payable By You), 7 (Payment Authorisations), 8 (Processing Your Payment Transactions), 9 (Refunds), 10 (Chargeback and Fines), 13 (Set-Off), 14 (Security), 25.15 (No interest), including our right to hold onto the Reserve in line with clause 12;

22.12.4all licenses granted by us under the Agreement terminate immediately and (if applicable) you must cease use of all our Services; and

22.12.5we have no responsibility to you to supply you with the details of any Data, nor have it stored or otherwise held for you.

22.13Early Termination. If (i) we terminate the Agreement by virtue of clause 22.4 or 22.5 above or if (ii) you terminate the Agreement within six (6) months after the Effective Date, then (without prejudice to our other rights and remedies under the Agreement), you agree to pay us an early termination fee, in an amount as defined in the Pricing Schedule (“Early Termination Fee” or “ETF”). You agree to pay us the ETF immediately upon such termination of the Agreement and you acknowledge and agree that we shall have the right to deduct the total amount of ETF as provided by clause 5.2. You agree that the Early Termination Fee is not a penalty, but rather is a reasonable amount to cover our set-up expenses for the account related to the early termination according to this provision.

22.14Provisions which remain in force after termination. Any provision of these Terms or as set out in the Agreement or in any Schedule to this Agreement, which expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination of the Agreement, including this clause 23, clause 1(Interpretation), clause 2 (Our Services), clause 3 (Using Our Services), clause 4 (Settlement Bank Account and Direct Debit Mandate), clause 5 (Service Fees and other amounts payable by you), clause 6 (Payment Authorisations), clause 7 (Processing Your Payment Transactions), clause 8 (Refunds), clause 9 (Chargebacks and Fines), clause 11 (Reserve Account), clause 12 (Set- Off), clause 13 (Security),clause 14 (Statements, Records and Audit Rights), clause 15 (Data Security and Privacy), clause 16 (Confidentiality), clause 17 (Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Important Disclaimers), clause 18 (Intellectual Property and Promotional Matters), clause 20 (Indemnity), clause 20 (Liability) and clause 26 (Miscellaneous Provisions) remain in full force and effect and will continue to be enforceable notwithstanding such termination.

23.1We reserve the right to amend or modify this Agreement and/or any other Schedule in accordance with this clause 23.

23.2Our right to amend by providing two (2) months prior notice. We may amend or modify the Agreement or any other Schedule by giving you at least two (2) months prior written notice (“Change Notice”) or otherwise with your agreement in writing. If we provide you with a Change Notice, you are entitled to terminate the Agreement, without charge, by providing written notice to us, provided such notice is given within the two (2) months’ notice period we give you before the applicable amendment of the Agreement becomes effective. Following the expiration of our Change Notice (and if you have not terminated the Agreement before the Change Notices’ expiration), you will be deemed to have accepted the changes to the Agreement on the date the applicable amendment becomes effective.

23.3Amendments to other important documents. Amendments to the Agreement or any Schedule that are required by Card and Payment Scheme Rules and/or Laws will be deemed automatically amended according to such Card and Payment Scheme Rules and/or Laws.

23.4Without prejudice to clauses 23.2 and 23.3 above, the parties may agree, in writing, to amend the Agreement. An amendment shall enter into force on such date as the parties may agree.

24.1The information in this clause 24 is provided to you in accordance with our obligations under applicable Laws which implement the PSD2/PSR (as applicable).

24.2Our name and address:

DAX Corporation Ltd having its registered address located at: Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960

24.3Framework contract. The terms set out in this Agreement constitute our “framework contract” as defined by the PSD2/PSR and any applicable Laws implementing the PSD2 in your jurisdiction.

24.4Language. These Terms are provided to you and the Agreement is concluded in English. We will communicate with you in English for all matters related to your use of our Services. Where we have provided you with a non-English translation of the English language version of these Terms or the Agreement, you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language version of these Terms and/or the Agreement will govern your use of the Services. The English version of the Agreement is the only binding document and in the event of any ambiguity of interpretation thereof, and for all official purposes, the English version of the Agreement shall prevail over any other language that may be provided to you for references purposes only.

24.5How to obtain a copy of the Agreement. At your request during the term of the Agreement, we will provide you with a copy of the Agreement. We will provide you with information concerning your Payment Transactions and other information which we are required to provide you under Laws via e-mail. You are required to maintain equipment and access to the Internet to receive such documents and information.

24.6Payment information requirements. You agree to provide us with the Payment Records as required by the applicable Card and Payment Scheme Rules toexecute your Customer Payment Transaction orders (including any Pre-approved payments) and any Refunds. By signing the Agreement you confirmthat you have provided us with the necessary information to execute payment orders to transfer funds to the Reserve Account, the TP Customer Account (and with the details provided in the Application Form) and your Settlement Bank Account.

24.7Fraud and security threats. We will notify you through the dashboard in the event that we suspect or detect that one or more Payment Transactions are fraudulent, or we believe that one or more Payment Transactions are or will be under security threats.

24.8Limits to the Services. We may suspend the provision of the Services for objectively justified reasons relating to the security of Payment Transaction, the suspicion of unauthorized or fraudulent Payment Transaction, the lawfulness of a PaymentTransaction, a request from Card and Payment Schemes or a significantly increased risk that you may be unable to fulfil your liability to pay us the Service Fees and all other amounts which are due and/or payable by you in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. In such cases we will notify you of the suspension of the Services and the reasons for it in accordance with clause 26, where possible, before the Services are suspended and at the latest immediately thereafter, unless providing such information would compromise objectively justified security reasons or is prohibited by other relevant law. We will resume the Services once the reasons for blocking no longer exist.

24.9No interest. We are not liable to you for any interest we may receive on any funds that we hold as part of your use of our Services. Any such interest earned is held solely to our account.

25.1Please contact us in the first instance. In the event of any dispute or difference or claim howsoever arising between you and us in connection with or in relation to the Agreement, including any dispute regarding the existence, validity or interpretation of the Agreement you should, in the first instance contact us via support@banksy.id. We endeavour to respond to any complaint or dispute within 15 Business Days with a view to finding a satisfactory solution, however this may be extended to 35 Business Days in case the information required is beyond our control.

26.1Entire agreement. The Agreement, and any other documents referred to therein constitute the whole agreement between the parties and supersede any previous arrangement, understanding or agreement between them relating to the subject matter of the Agreement. Each party acknowledges that, in entering into the Agreement it does not rely on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty(“Representation”) of any person (whether a party to the Agreement or not) other than as expressly set out in the Agreement or other documents referred to in the Agreement. Each party agrees that the only rights and remedies available to it arising out of or in connection with a Representation will be for breach of contract.

26.2Assignment and sub-contracting. You may not assign, novate or otherwise transfer the Agreement or any rights or obligations under it, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent. You may not sub-contract or otherwise dispose of or deal with any or all of your rights and/or obligations under the Agreement in whole or in part without our prior written consent. We may at any time sub- contract, assign, transfer, mortgage, charge or deal in any other manner with any or all of our rights and obligations under the Agreement.

26.3VAT and Taxes. All sums (including Service Fees) referred to the Agreement are exclusive of VAT. Any VAT properly chargeable in respect of sums referred to in the Agreement are payable in addition to such sum at the relevant rate from time to time. Further, you agree to pay and be responsible for determining any and all taxes and/or duties assessed, incurred, or required to be collected, paid or withheld for any reason in connection with the sale or purchase of any products or services for a Payment Transaction, or otherwise in connection with any action, inaction, omission by you or any Affiliate of yours, or any of your or their respective employees, agents, contractors, or representatives (“Taxes”). You are also responsible for collecting, withholding, reporting and remitting correct Taxes to the appropriate tax authority. We and our Affiliates are not obligated to determine whether Taxes apply to you and are not responsible for calculating, collecting, reporting or remitting on your behalf any Taxes to any tax authority arising from any Payment Transaction.

26.4Electronic invoice. You agree that we may send you an electronic invoice with the total amount of the Service Fees. In the absence of any contrary agreement, and where relevant, we will nominate the currencies (or currency equivalent) by which the Service Fees will be paid.

26.5Third party fees. When using our Services, you are responsible for any fees, costs, liabilities or other charges that may be levied by your Third Party Suppliers (which may include for example, telecommunication carriers that levy fees related to data and messaging services). Although you may have agreed with a Third Party Supplier that we may collect fees levied on you by the Third Party Supplier, you agree and acknowledge that we are not responsible nor liable for those fees or liabilities.

26.6Interest on late payments. All amounts owed by you under the Agreement but not paid when due and payable, will bear interest for late payment at the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its most recent refinancing operations in euros (“the reference rate”) plus eight percent (8%). The applicable reference rate (i) for the first six months of the calendar year is the rate in force on 1st January of that year and the applicable reference rate (ii) for the second six months of the calendar year is the rate in force on 1st July of that year. Late payment interest covers the period from the day following the due date for payment, up to and including the date of actual payment.

26.7Force Majeure. Neither party is liable for any delay in or failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement if that delay or failure is caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including (but not limited to) fires, strikes, insurrection, riots, war, terrorist act, embargos, act of god, flood, epidemic, pandemic, quarantine, civil commotion, breakdown of communication facilities, breakdown of web host, breakdown of internet service provider or any network breach, failure of any utility, network, breakdown in any third party equipment, plant or machinery including third party computer hardware or third party software or default of our sub-contractors, natural catastrophes, governmental acts or omissions, changes in laws or regulations, explosion, generalized lack of availability of raw materials or energy (each a “Force Majeure Event”). The party who has been so affected shall immediately notify the other party of the occurrence of the Force Majeure Event by sending either email message or written notice to the other party (with a description in reasonable detail of the circumstances causing such event) and shall do everything reasonably possible to resume performance. If any such event or circumstance exceeds one (1) month from the receipt of the notice of the Force Majeure Event, the party whose ability to perform has not been so affected may, by giving written notice to the other party terminate the Agreement.

26.8Severability. If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this Agreement (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of the Agreement will not be affected. If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision of the Agreement would be valid, enforceable and legal if some part of it were deleted or amended, the parties will negotiate in good faith to amend such provision such that, as amended, it is legal, valid and enforceable, and, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the parties' original commercial intention.

26.9Third party rights. Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, will be deemed to be for the benefit of any person that is not a party to this Agreement or create any third-party rights or standing to sue. You hereby acknowledge and accept DAX Corporation Ltd members are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement. Any of our Affiliates providing the Services to you may, as a member of DAX Corporation Ltd, in its own right enforce the terms and/or undertakings of this Agreement.

26.10Our use of third parties. We may, at any time during the terms of the Agreement, contract or engage with other goods and service providers with respect to providing you with the Services.

26.11No waiver. No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under the Agreement or by law will constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor will it preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy precludes or restricts the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

26.12Independent Contractors. The parties will be deemed independent contractors and nothing in the Agreement shall be construed as constituting an agency, joint venture, or partnership between the parties, unless and to the extent otherwise specifically provided.

26.13Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or multiple counterparts, each of which when executed shall constitute an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement. The parties have agreed that execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other documents pursuant to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means, including but not limited to DocuSign, shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same legal effect as, execution by an original signature and delivery in person.

26.14Remedies are cumulative. Except as expressly provided in the Agreement, the rights and remedies provided under the Agreement are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.

26.15Publicity and announcements. Without prejudice to clause 19.4, we shall have the right to refer to you, the subject matter of the Agreement, or to the Agreement in any publicity or advertising material without first obtaining your prior written consent.

26.16Joint and several liability. If you comprise more than one (1) person (such as a partnership) each legal person has joint and several liability under the Agreement. Each legal person will be individually responsible for any amounts owed to us under the Agreement.

26.17Non-exclusivity. All Services provided by us under the terms of the Agreement are provided on a non-exclusive basis. You are not restricted from entering into an agreement with another payment service provider to receive services of a similar nature to our Services, however you are not permitted to submit the same Payment Transactions with us as well as with another payment service provider. We are able to accept payment transactions from other persons (whether they be merchants or payment service providers themselves).

26.18Your co-operation with the performance of the Agreement. At any time during the term of the Agreement, you agree, at our request, to execute or procure the execution of such documents and do or procure the doing of such acts and things as we may reasonably require, for the purpose of giving effect to all the provisions of the Agreement. This includes you agreeing to do all things reasonably necessary to confirm the ownership of our, our Affiliates, any Card and Payment Scheme and/or authorised licensor’s Intellectual Property Rights including executing documents and taking other reasonable actions to perfect ownership.

27.1Various words and phrases in these Terms have a defined meaning as set out in the text of this document or as provided for below:

Acquiring Servicesthe services provided by us to you whereby you submit Payment Transactions to us and we submit Payment Transaction data to the applicable Issuer and/or Card and Payment Scheme to obtain Authorisations for the Payment Transactions and to facilitate the collection of funds for clearing and Settlement to you, together with the submission of data to carry out a Refund, return, adjustment or Chargeback. Our Services also include any or all other associated or related services we or any of our Affiliate may provide you under the terms of the Agreement or as we may agree in writing from time to time.
Agreementthese Terms, the Application Pack, the Pricing Schedule and all Schedules, including Additional Services and all documents referred to in these Terms and/or in the Schedules as amended from time to time.
Application Formthe document which we ask you to complete as part of your application to use our Services.
Affiliatemeans, with respect to an entity, any other entity directly or indirectly controlling, or controlled by, or under common control with, such entity in each case from time to time, where “control” means the ability to direct the business or affairs of that entity whether by ownership of the majority of shares or voting rights, by contract or otherwise
Application Packthe package of documents and forms, including the Application Form, which we supply to you and ask you to complete and submit to us as part of your application and registration to use our Services
Authorisationwith respect to each Payment Transaction, the process by which we obtain from the relevant Issuer and/or Card and Payment Scheme, confirmation that the applicable Customer’s Payment Instrument or Payment Account (as the case may be) has not been stolen and that there are sufficient funds available for the Payment Transaction.
Business Daymeans a day between Monday and Friday on which banks are open for normal banking business (such as over the account customer services) in UK.
Cardany type of payment card, whether physical or virtual, that may be used to make payments, including Payment Transactions, and may include, but is not limited to, debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards and any other payment card which can be used to make payments through a Card and Payment Scheme.
Card and Payment Schemethe card and payment schemes, alternative payment providers, associations or organisations as applying to your use of our Services and any other card or payment scheme, alternative payment provider, association or organization as agreed by the parties in writing from time to time (including their Affiliates and successors).
Card and Payment Scheme Rulesall applicable byelaws, rules, regulations, operating guidelines and procedures issued by any Card and Payment Scheme from time to time relating to Payment Instruments, Payment Transactions, any other payment methods and any payments or processing of Payment Transaction data relating thereto, as amended, extended, consolidated or supplemented from time to time, and any current waivers or exceptions agreed with the Card and Payment Scheme
Chargebackmeans, notwithstanding that an Authorization may have been previously provided, the refusal by Issuers and/or applicable Card and Payment Schemes to accept, process and/or complete any Payment Transaction and/or the requirement by an Issuer or Card and Payment Scheme for repayment in respect of any Payment Transaction (whether or not such Payment Transaction was previously Settled). Chargebacks also include Payment Transactions executed to reverse a Chargeback if a Chargeback has been successfully invalidated (this is sometimes referred to as a “Representment”).
Claim or Demandincludes all and any claims, actions, proceedings, loss, damages, liability, penalties and fines (whether or not imposed by a Card and Payment Scheme), surcharges, costs (including investigation, administration and legal costs) and expenses made against, paid or incurred by us or any of our Affiliates. any demand, claim, cause of action (threatened or otherwise), proceedings, cost, expense, charge, fines (whether or not imposed by a Card and Payment Scheme), loss, damages (whether arising in contract, tort, breach of statutory duty or otherwise) paid or incurred by us or any of our Affiliates.
Confidential Informationmeans all confidential information or items of a party including, but not limited to: the existence and terms of this Agreement, scientific, technical, or business information, product makeup lists, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, designs, drawings, techniques, plans, calculations, system designs, formulae, algorithms, programs, software (source and object code), hardware, manuals, test procedures and results, identity and description of computerised records, identity and description of suppliers, customer lists, processes, procedures, “knowhow,” marketing techniques and material, marketing and development plans, price lists, pricing policies, and all other financial information. For the avoidance of doubt, Confidential Information includes information relating to Cardholders, Payment Transactions, the Card and Payment Schemes and the Card and Payment Scheme Rules.
Controllershall have the meaning given to such term in the GDPR.
Customeryour customers or other persons who purchase goods and/or services from you.
Customer Datainformation, data, documents, materials, records of any kind that either on their own or via a combination can identify a Customer, and includes such data associated with Payment Transactions, Chargebacks, Refunds and a person’s Payment Instrument and/or Payment Account.
DataCustomer Data and Service Data.
Data Protection LawsIf you are EU/EEA Merchant: the Electronic Communications Data Protection Directive (2002/58/EC), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679), EU Directive 97/66/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the telecommunications sector, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and all applicable laws and regulations relating to Personal Data and privacy which are enacted from time to time in any relevant jurisdiction, including (where applicable) the guidance and codes of practice issued by Regulators, and the equivalent of any of the foregoing in any relevant jurisdiction. Where the term Laws in used in the Agreement, it shall be construed to include the Data Protection Laws.
If you are UK Merchant: the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “DPA”), the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2426/2003) and all applicable laws and regulations relating to personal data and privacy which are enacted from time to time in the UK, including (where applicable) the guidance and codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Where the term Laws in used in this agreement, it shall be construed to include the Data Protection Laws.
Effective Datehas the meaning given to it in clause 22.1
Excessive Chargeback Merchantwhere we are informed by a Card and Payment Scheme that you are, or are becoming an excessive chargeback merchant by exceeding or approaching certain chargeback limits in respect of Payment Transactions, as determined by the Card and Payment Schemes.
Excessive Fraud Merchantwhere we reasonably conclude that you are, or are becoming, an excessive fraud merchant by exceeding or approaching certain fraud limits in respect of Payment Transactions, reasonably determined by us.
Excluded Transactionshas the meaning given to it in clause 2.4.
Expected Liabilitiesany liability that you owe us or you owe to any of our Affiliates under the Agreement (actual or potential) and any amount which we reasonably determine as may be due to us or due to any of our Affiliates with respect to any liability (anticipated or otherwise) related to a Payment Transaction, including but not limited to the amounts that you may owe us under the indemnity granted in clause 20 (Indemnity) and/or related to expected or potential Chargebacks, Fines, Service Fees and/or Refunds.
EU / EEAEuropean Union / European Economic Area.
Equipmentthe equipment required to facilitate the processing of Payment Transactions in connection with the use of our Services and includes any or all hardware, software, firmware, telecommunication or electronic devices and any or all other equipment of a similar nature. For example, “Equipment” includes any approved point of sale Terminal which facilitates the processing of Payment Transactions in a face to face or remote/mobile environment and any and all related devices.
FCAthe Financial Conduct Authority, and any body which succeeds or replaces it.
Finesany or all fines, levies, costs, expenses, charges, assessment or imposition of liabilities of any nature which a Card and Payment Scheme and/or any Regulator require you or us to pay (including but not limited to the case where you as the Merchant has contributed in us entering into the Chargebacks and/or Fraud Program) which are otherwise directly or indirectly recovered from us by a Card and Payment Scheme and/or any Regulator at any time, together with such reasonable costs as may be incurred by us in connection with such payment or recovery. Fines also include any amounts payable due to a breach of PCI Compliance Standards.
Floor Limithas the meaning given to it in clause 7.2.
Force Majeure Eventhas the meaning given to it in clause 28.8.
GDPRRegulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
Gateway Termsmeans the terms and conditions for the provision of Gateway Services detailed in Payment Gateway Services Schedule.
Insolvency Eventmeans, in respect of either party to the Agreement, any or all of the following events:

a) a party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts:

(i) (being a company or limited liability partnership) is deemed unable to pay its debts; or
(ii) (being an individual) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or as having no reasonable prospect of so doing; or
(iii) (being a partnership) has any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply.

b) party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than (being a company) for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
c) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of a party (being a company) other than for the sole other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
d) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator, or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed, over a party being a company;
e) the holder of a qualifying floating charge over the assets of a party an administrative receiver;
f) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of a party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the party;
g) a party (being an individual) is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order;
h) a creditor or encumbrancer of a party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of the party's assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days; and/or
i) a party entering into either compulsory or voluntary liquidation, or a provisional liquidator is appointed in relation to a party or any assets of a party;
j) a moratorium being agreed or declared in respect of all or part of a party’s debts;
k) a party begins proceedings or negotiations, or proposes or agrees to reschedule, readjust or defer its debts;
l) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, manager or other similar officer in respect of the whole or any part of a party’s assets;
m) enforcement of any security over, or an execution, distress, or other similar procedure levied against any of a party’s assets;
n) (being a company) has become entitled to appoint or has appointed
o) any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to a party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a) – (m) (inclusive).
p) For the purpose of clause 23.5.5 references to “party” or “parties” above will be replaced with “Third Party Supplier”.

Intellectual Property Rights or IPRsincludes copyright interests and related rights (including rights in respect of software), trademark rights (including service marks, trade names and business names), design rights, database rights (whether or not any of these is registered and including any application for registration of any such rights), know-how, Confidential Information, trade secrets, franchise interests, license interests, patent rights (including utility models and inventions), property rights, or other interest in any services, software, or hardware provided by us.
Issueran entity that issues Payment Instruments to its customers.
Lawsall applicable laws, legislation, rules, regulations, directives, guidance and recommendations applicable to a party to the Agreement or to any Payment Transaction, for the time being in force in any jurisdiction, including anything issued by any Regulator, and any amendments, extensions or re-enactments to the same from time to time.
Merchantan entity or person that sells goods and/or services to Customers and uses our Services to facilitate payment for its sale transactions.
Merchant Systemsthe Merchant’s offline, online and/or remote sales application(s) and/or channels together with the Merchant’s systems and/or networks related to the communication of information and data. This includes current or future: telecommunications, wireless, radio, television, cable, satellite or terrestrial networks or systems such as the internet, intranets, extranets, mobile phones, tablets, handheld communications devices, machine readable labels, interactive televisions or comparable electronic media services, networks, systems or platforms.
MFSAMalta Financial Services Authority (http://www.mfsa.com.mt) and any body which succeeds or replaces it.
OCT Transactiona type of VisaNet transaction that can be used to send funds to an eligible Visa account. The merchant sends the OCT to the recipient issuer via VisaNet and the recipient issuer uses it to credit the recipient’s eligible Visa account with the funds. Visa acquirers can use the OCT to enable services such as Money Transfers, Funds Disbursements, prepaid loads, and credit card bill payments.
Payment Accountthe payment account held in the name of a Customer (or who is otherwise authorised to use the payment account).
Payment Instrumentthe device (such as a credit or debit card) held in the name of a Customer (or who is otherwise authorised to use the device) or set of agreed procedures that permit the Customer to send payment orders.
Payment Recordthe information, including the unique identifier that is required to be provided in order for a Payment Transaction to be properly executed.
Payment Transactionany type of payment made to you or a Refund, return and/or adjustment carried out with the use of a Payment Instrument and/or Payment Account (as the case may be) where the payment is processed and/or funded by a Card and Payment Scheme. Payment Transaction includes a series of Payment Transactions.
PCI Compliance Standardsthe standards published by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (www.pcisecuritystandards.org) and which include the “Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard” (PCI DSS), “Payment Application Data Security Standard” and the “PIN Transaction Security Standard” as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Personal Datashall have the meaning given to such term in the GDPR.
Personal Data Breachshall have the meaning given to such term in the GDPR.
PINpersonal identification number.
Pre-approved Paymenta payment whereby your Customer authorises you to directly request payment on a regular, or sporadic basis. Pre-approved Payments are sometimes called “recurring transactions”,"subscriptions","recurring payments”, "pre-authorised transfers" or "automatic payments".
Pre-approved Payment Authorityan authority granted by your Customer to you permitting you to carry out Pre-approved Payments from the Customer’s applicable Payment Instrument.
Pricing Schedulethe Schedule to this Agreement that sets out the pricing, including all relevant fees, costs, and charges, that you agree to pay us for the provision of the Services. The Pricing Schedule also details the how much you must pay into the Reserve Account.
Processingshall have the meaning given to such term in the GDPR, except where and to the extent that the context requires otherwise.
PSD2 or Payment Services DirectiveDirective (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC.
PSRthe Payment Services Regulations 2017.
Refunda payment made to you that is reversed with the intention of crediting the Payment Instrument and/or Payment Account (as the case may be) of the relevant person that made the initial payment to you (such as a Customer). A Refund also includes the execution of a Payment Transaction to reverse a previously executed Refund (sometimes referred to as a “Retro-Charge”) (and the term “Refunds” will be construed accordingly).
Regulatorany governmental or regulatory authority (including the MFSA) and/or any self-regulatory authority, governmental department, agency, commission, board, tribunal, crown corporation, or court or other law, rule or regulation making entity having jurisdiction over any of the parties and/or their businesses or assets. A Regulator does not include a Card and Payment Scheme.
Reservehas the meaning given to it in clause 12.
Reserve Accounthas the meaning given to it in clause 12.
Restricted Transactions Listthe document titled the “Restricted Transactions List” which we make available to you and which sets out the list of payment transactions which we have identified as either being prohibited or requiring our consent (as amended from time to time).
Security Codesyour account name, password, personal identification number (PIN) and/or other access keys or credentials that may be used by you to enable access to, or use of, any Equipment and/or the Services.
Service Datainformation, data, text, images, graphics, documents, materials, notices, messages, records of any kind and in any form (e.g. physical, electronic, static or moving) related to Payment Transactions and the Services but excluding Customer Data.
Service Feesthe fees and charges that you agree to pay for the Services as detailed in the Pricing Schedule in accordance with clause 5.1.
Servicesany or all of the following which we, or any of our Affiliates, may provide to you under this Agreement, and as referenced in Clauses 2.1.1 – 2.1.5:

a) Acquiring Services;
b) Gateway Services;
c) POS Services;
d) Additional Services (as defined in clause 2.1.4); and/or

Other service functionality we may provide you in accordance with clause 2.1.5.
Settlementthe payment by us to you of any amounts associated with our providing you with the Services (and the term “Settled” will be construed accordingly).
Settlement Bank Accounta bank account opened and maintained by you during the term of the Agreement with an authorised credit institution which permit us to Settle proceeds of your Payment Transactions and also permits your payment of any amount you are liable to us.
Settlement Currenciesthe settlement currencies that we have agreed to Settle your Payment Transactions in as set out in the Application Form and/or Pricing Schedule.
Settlement Proceedshas the meaning given to it in clause 4.6.3.
Special Categories of Personal Datashall mean Personal Data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning health or sex life and data consisting of information as to the commission or alleged commission of any offence or any proceedings for any offence or alleged offence or the disposal of such proceedings or the sentence of any court in such proceedings.
Termthe period from the Effective Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Terms or Acquiring Termsthese Merchant Services Terms and Conditions as amended from time to time.
Terminala device (physical or virtual) that allows the capture of Payment Instrument details for the purpose of facilitating Authorisations and submitting Payment Transactions.
Territoriesthe countries and regions which you may use our Services as identified in your Application Form.
Third Party EquipmentEquipment provided to you by a Third-Party Supplier.
Third Party Suppliera person who provides goods and/or services, including Equipment, and who is not a party to the Agreement.
Third Party Systems and Servicessystems, networks, goods and/or services provided to you by a Third-Party Supplier (which may include Equipment).
Transaction Typesthe Payment Transaction types identified in your Application Form as applicable to your use of the Services.
TP Customer Accountthe account(s) we hold with an authorised credit institution where we deposit the proceeds of your Payment Transactions (less any applicable deductions).
us, our or wemeans either: DAX Corporation Ltd in respect of the provision of Acquiring Services to you if you are EU/EEA Merchant (the “Acquirer”); Banksy in respect of the provision of Acquiring Services to you if you are UK Merchant (the “Acquirer”); DAX Corporation Ltd in respect of the provision of Gateway Services and/or POS Services; or such other member of the DAX Corporation Group that provides you Services under this Agreement as specified in respective Schedule to this Agreement.
DAX Corporationmeans us and any and all our Affiliates, members of DAX Corporation corporate group, including but not limited to DAX Corporation Ltd.
UK GDPRhas the meaning given to it in section 3(10) (as supplemented by section 205(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018.)
VATvalue added tax imposed by Laws applicable to the person providing Services to you under this Agreement.
you or yourmeans the entity set out in the Application Form and/or Pricing Schedule who is not us.