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What activities are not allowed for companies using a Vivid Business account?
What activities are not allowed for companies using a Vivid Business account?
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Prohibited Business Activities include:

  • Illegal Drug Trade

  • Ponzi schemes, pyramid sellings, etc.

  • Sexually-Related Illegal Services

  • Weapons and Defense Equipment for military use

  • any illegal products or services, such as human trafficking, political corruption,

    illegal wildlife trafficking, etc.

  • any other illegal activity or activity in violation of our Terms and Conditions.

Prohibited Business Activities also include any of the following activities without our specific prior approval:

  • Activities of religious, faith-based or political organizations

  • Adult entertainment and pornography

  • Affiliate marketing

  • Auctions

  • Bearer Share Structures and Nominee Arrangements

  • Binary Options

  • Counterfeit, replica goods

  • Crowdfunding and Crowdlending

  • Cryptocurrency or tokens

  • Cross-border logistics services

  • Drugs, including CBD products and other pseudo drugs

  • Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

  • Holding companies of private individuals owning less than 25% in subsidiaries

  • Gambling and Betting Activities, Casinos

  • Other activities that significantly add to the risk of money laundering (where we observe an increase / comparable high number of money laundering cases in connection with your transactions - it doesn’t have to be you, it may be another participant of the transaction) or where a regulator has issued an Anti money laundering warning for a certain type of industry

  • Any onboardings in relation to non-profit or charitable organisations and non-registered associations (nicht eingetragener Verein) are subject to exemption approval by Vivid.

  • Marketplaces

  • Multi-Level Marketing (MLM)

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Financial institutions and other service providers who manage third-party funds (e.g.collectors, legal firms settling transactions for their customers etc)

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