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List of risky categories

Below we give an overview of goods and services designated as risky. That means that processing this type of goods or services is possible, but only under special conditions (e.g. different fees, a particular payment method not being allowed) and so on.

Approval of such goods or services is subject to our partner banks and other payment processors.

  • Tourism and cultural events:

    • Travel agencies

    • Tour operators

    • Holiday accommodation

    • Sale of travel tickets

    • Sale of air tickets

    • Event tickets

    • Taxi services

  • Addictive products:

    • Tobacco and tobacco products

    • Electronic cigarettes

    • Water pipes

    • Alcoholic products (beer, wine, spirits, liqueurs)

    • Hemp products

    • Products containing THC, CBD and CBG

  • Medicine and healthcare:

    • Medical services including alternative medicine and healing

    • Over-the-counter medicines

    • Food supplements

    • Medical devices

  • Sex and erotica:

    • Erotic chats

    • Erotic videos and photographs

    • Erotic goods

    • Dating sites and dating services

  • Finance:

    • Financial and payment services, provision of loans, currency exchange

    • ​Foreign Exchange – FOREX

    • Binary options

    • Licensed lotteries, online betting, casinos, gambling including advice

    • Get-rich-quick projects and programmes

    • Insurance

    • Crypto or virtual currencies

  • IT and communications:

    • Telecommunications services

    • Cloud and cloud services

    • Hosting services

    • Online sale of SW licences​

    • Digital game keys (licences)

    • ​E-books

  • Other:

    • ​Aggregation and resale of payments and payment methods

    • ​Nuclear energy – distribution and sale

    • ​Marketing projects and services (direct marketing and telemarketing)

    • Fortune telling, astrology, hypnotism

    • Equipment for growing plants

    • ​Promotion of political parties and movements

    • Promotion of religious sects or alternative healing methods

    • ​Registered charitable services, foundations, sponsorship and so on

    • Surveillance and monitoring goods and services

    • ​Discount portals

    • Earning on the internet – paid-to-click (PTC)

    • Highly liquid products and services (gold and precious metals, prepaid cards, mobile vouchers, cryptocurrencies and so on)

    • One-off events

    • Goods and services with deferred performance

    • ​Rental services

    • ​Technical support

    • Marketplaces

    • Applications and forms of government institutions

    • Advertising including dating services

    • Cooperation with non-profit and international organisations and trust funds

    • Dropshipping

    • Subscriptions

    • Sale of gift certificates and vouchers

    • Real estate agencies

    • Pawnshops, works of art including galleries, auction houses, antique dealers

    • Educational services

    • Cosmetic procedures


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