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What types of business are restricted for Informer payments?

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Written by Floris Stigter
Updated over 8 months ago

While most types of businesses can use Informer Payments, some are not eligible.

This is not based on preference but on a risk assessment. Informer, Swan, and their partners cannot collaborate with businesses that pose a reputational or financial risk.

Swan is open to working with more types of businesses in the future.

Examples of excluded industries are:

  • Substance-related activities

    • Tobacco culture and products

    • Manufacture of tobacco products

    • Marijuana culture and illicit marijuana products

  • Financial and regulatory risk activities

    • Shell banks

    • Trust & off-shore company service providers

    • Company domiciliation businesses

    • Non-licensed money service businesses and payment service providers

    • Crypto-assets trading, exchange and custody platforms

    • Crypto-currency mixing activity

    • Money remittance

    • Currency dealer & exchangers, FOREX

  • Industries with a high environmental impact

    • Extractive industries such as oil, gas, and coal, including the extraction, processing, commerce, and other related activities

    • Nuclear material and power generation

    • Palm oil production

    • Polluting or dangerous industry chemicals

  • Controversial or sensitive activities

    • Weapons and defense materials providers

    • 18+ services and entertainment

  • Gaming and entertainment

    • Gambling industry, including video games classified as online gambling

    • Game publisher of online games that permit value transfer between gamers

    • Online bartering services

  • Other

    • Religious activities

    • Precious stones, gems, and jewels

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