Prohibited and Restricted Business Categories
SlideSG Pte Ltd (“SlideSG”) reserves the right to decline services to any jurisdiction, organization, or individual whose activities are illegal, prohibited by SlideSG, or may cause SlideSG reputational, regulatory, financial or operational harm. This includes restricting where/who SlideSG clients can send money to, from, or on behalf of.
Please refer below for the list of jurisdictions, persons, businesses, and activities described on this page are representative but not exhaustive and subject to change.
High Risk Jurisdiction and Persons
Use of SlideSG’s services for any dealings, engagement, or sale of goods/services directly or indirectly with the following are prohibited:
- Jurisdictions SlideSG has deemed high risk, including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
- Persons SlideSG has deemed high risk, including but not limited to those individuals or entities named to a restricted person or party list of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or United Nations, including the sanctions lists maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
- Organizations, business, or individuals or associated with terrorism and crimes, including financial and environmental crimes and activities
- Foreign governments, embassies, and consulates
Prohibited Businesses
Users are not allowed to use SlideSG’s products or services for the following activities or manner:
- in any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation, or causes SlideSG to breach any applicable law or regulation;
- in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
- for any violence-related activities, including the creation, facilitation, sale, or distribution of any material that promotes violence or hatred, including for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
- for any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional material, or any other form of spam;
- to deal in harmful programs such as viruses, spyware, or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
- in any way that would locally or internationally evade any applicable taxes or facilitate tax evasion
Restricted Businesses
SlideSG’s products and services may not be used for the following categories of activities. Failure to comply with these restrictions, which are in place to adhere to card network rules, the requirements of our financial partners, and our own compliance and legal obligations, may result in the non-approval or termination of service.
- Alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco, e-cigarettes, cigars
- Marijuana-related businesses including medical marijuana, cannabis, and THC or CBD
- Medical and pharmaceutical, including medicines, drugs, equipment, prescription devices and medications
- Cryptocurrencies/digital assets, including store-value virtual currencies, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
- Precious metals and stones including raw materials, such as gold, jewels, gems, mining
- Oil and petroleum products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel, jet fuel, kerosene, fuel oil, and any other type of petrochemical or residual fuel
- Multi-level marketing services or commission-based sales
- Nonprofits and charities