The User account2.1. In order to use the Platform, the User is required to register a user account on their name (hereinafter – the User Account).
2.2. Upon registering the User Account, a person enters their contact information and other data requested by the Service Provider into the respective environment and selects a unique ID and password.
2.3. The Service Provider shall have the right to limit the rights of certain groups of users in terms of specific usage rights, including limiting access and/or usage rights with respect to certain parts of the Platform or the Services.
2.4. In order to enter the Platform, the User is required to enter their ID and password. Payment service providers and other the Service Provider's partners (including virtual currency exchange service providers, payment service providers etc.) may set additional requirements for using the third party’s services provided on the Platform.
2.5. After registering the User Account, the User has an opportunity to execute transactions through the Platform by the User or the legal person represented by the User.
2.6. The person to whose name the User Account has been registered (the User) shall be responsible for the rights and obligations related to the User Account. Among other things, the User shall be a party of the transactions made through the User Account.
2.7. The User Account shall reflect:
- 2.7.1. the User's personal data;
- 2.7.2. payment accounts belonging to the User and the amount of funds disposed on these accounts;
- 2.7.3. virtual currency wallets' address(es), which is(are) opened on the name of the User and the amounts of virtual currency disposed on the wallets opened on the name of the User;
- 2.7.4. information about transactions, which were made using the payment accounts and virtual currency wallets opened on the name of the User;
- 2.7.5. information about service fees and other payments made by the User to the Service Provider.
Entry into the User Agreement2.8. To ensure reliable operation of the financial sector and the transparency of the business environment, the Service Provider limits the circle of persons with whom it enters into the User Agreement.
2.9. The Service Provider shall have the right to decide with whom to enter or not to enter into the User Agreement (Freedom of Contract). The Service Provider shall conclude the User Agreement, if entity which intends to become the User meets the Conditions of the Service Provider and submits the Service Provider the data and documents requested by the Service Provider. Before the Service Provider refuses to enter into the User Agreement, it shall thoroughly consider all the circumstances.
2.10. The Service Provider may refuse to conclude the User Agreement with a good reason, which first and foremost constitutes an agreement where entity which intends to become the User or a Connected person1:
- 2.10.1. has intentionally or due to severe negligence submitted the Service Provider incorrect/insufficient data or documents or refuses to submit requested by the Service Provider data or documents;
- 2.10.2. does not submit sufficient data or documents requested by the Service Provider for entity’s, it’s representative, actual beneficiary or for a partner’s identification or data or documents don’t meet the requirements of the Service Provider;
- 2.10.3. has caused direct or indirect damage to the Service Provider or a threat of actual damage or has caused damage to the reputation of the Service Provider;
- 2.10.4. does not submit sufficient data or documents related to the entity or to the partners, requested by the Service Provider for the certification of the legality of their funds or there are any other grounds for suspecting them of money laundering (incl. using a front person) or terrorism financing;
- 2.10.5. is personally or its partners are connected, or has been connected, to organised crime, money laundering, terrorism financing or evasion of taxes, also to international sanctions or other national transaction limits (e.g. sanctions of the European Union or the USA) according to the information of acknowledged and reliable sources (e.g. state bodies, international organizations, international or national databases, correspondent banks, and mass media);
- 2.10.6. is personally or its partners are connected, or has been connected, to the traditional income sources of organised crime, incl. illicit traffic of excise goods or narcotic substances, illegal trafficking of arms or persons, mediation of prostitution, unlicensed international transmission of money;
- 2.10.7. comes from a country that has insufficient levels for preventing corruption / money laundering / terrorism financing;
- 2.10.8. is, in the opinion of the Service Provider, personally or its Connected person engaged in the field of activity with a high level of risk of money laundering and terrorism financing (incl. but not limited to providers of services of alternative payment instruments, intermediaries of such payment instruments, internet casinos) or they operate without the required registration or authorisation;
- 2.10.9. is according to the Service Provider’s estimates related to the territory, area of activity, transaction or person subject to Sanctions or other national transaction limits (e.g. sanctions of the European Union or the USA);
- 2.10.10. has, according to a decision made by a competent authority or body (e.g. a precept by an agency, a court order) or judging by another event or fact, through its acts or omissions undermined the reputation of persons working in the same area of activity (incl. the Service Provider), or, according to a reasoned opinion of the Service Provider, does not behave in a responsible manner and does not follow the requirement of due diligence and the customs expected of companies working in this area of activity.
2.11. The Service Provider also refuses to enter into the User Agreement with other good reason, especially if the conclusion of the User Agreement is impeded by a legal hindrance such as restricted active legal capacity and contradictions or absence of the right of representation, and the Service Provider has not been provided the necessary data and documents in order to meet its Know Your Customer principles.
Requirements for documents and data, provided by the User2.12. The User or their representative shall submit the data and documents requested by the Service Provider for identification of the User.
2.13. A natural person shall be identified on the basis of personal identification documents that comply with legislation and accepted by the Service Provider.
2.14. A legal person shall be identified on the basis of a valid extract from the register and/or the documents accepted by the Service Provider.
2.15. The User or their representative may be identified through a means of communication accepted by the Service Provider.
2.16. The User shall present to the Service Provider the original documents or their copies if they are notarized or equally certified.
2.17. The Service Provider shall assume that the document presented by the User is authentic, valid, and correct.
2.18. The Service Provider may require that documents issued abroad be legalized or certified with an apostille.
2.19. If documents are in a foreign language, the Service Provider may require that the documents be translated into the language understandable for the Service Provider. The Service Provider may require that the translation must be notarized or certified by a sworn translator.
2.20. The User shall bear the costs concerning the formalization, translation, certification of the documents and other related costs and they don’t subject to reimbursement by the Service Provider.
2.21. The Service Provider may make a copy of the document submitted by the User or retain the original document, if possible.
2.22. If the submitted document does not meet the requirements of the Service Provider or the Service Provider has doubts concerning its correctness, the Service Provider shall have the right not to execute the User’s order or require the submission of additional documents.
Following the Know Your Customer principles2.23. The Service Provider shall apply measures for the prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing, and tax evasion, as well as the measures of the application of international financial sanctions. Therefore, the Service Provider must have an overview of the User, the persons considered as Connected persons, and also the User’s activities (incl. economic activities) and the origin of the assets of the User (Know Your Customer principle).
2.24. Based on the abovementioned considerations, the Service Provider shall have the right and obligation to:
- 2.24.1. check the identification information of the User or the representative of the User on a regular basis and receive additional documents and data (incl. citizenship, tax residence, place of residence, owners of the legal person, actual beneficiaries, founders and members of the management board) from the User;
- 2.24.2. regularly ask for documents and data regarding the activities of the User, incl. data regarding the Connected persons, turnover, international payments, as well as data regarding the purpose and essence of transactions and the legal origin of the assets or of the assets used in transactions;
- 2.24.3. ask the documents constituting the basis for the transactions from the User (e.g. sales, lease and supply agreements, documents related to the goods etc.), and also data or documents regarding the counterparty, actual beneficiary of the transaction or any other person involved in or related to the transaction;
- 2.24.4. monitor how the User uses the Services;
- 2.24.5. establish temporary or permanent restrictions on the use of the Services.
2.25. The Service Provider shall have the right not to execute the User’s order if the User does not submit data or documents specified in clauses 2.24.1– 2.24.3 of the User Agreement to the Service Provider.
2.26. While applying the measures for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing the Service Provider shall use risk-based methods and select the suitable and appropriate extent of the measures, proceeding from the nature of the transactions, as well as the assessment regarding the amount of risk that the User or any other person related to the transaction is engaged or may commence money laundering or terrorism financing.