TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THROUGH THE ARCHOVER LIMITED PLATFORM
( Version 10.0 )
By using or accessing the platform at www.archover.com (owned and operated by ArchOver Ltd (“we”, “our”, “us”), a company registered in the UK under company number 07235487 with registered office at 40 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BT) (the “Platform”), you, the user of the Platform or service offered via the Platform agree to and are subject to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms”) as well as our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and other documents referred to in these Terms. Use of our Platform includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our Platform.
Please read these Terms, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy (“Agreement”) carefully before you start to use the Platform, as these will apply to your use of the Platform. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference.
By using the Platform, you confirm that you accept the terms of the Agreement and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use the Platform.
You are not authorised to use the services offered via the Platform unless you are 18 or over and are a permanent resident of the EEA.
Your Capital is at Risk. Interest payments are not guaranteed, if the Borrower defaults we offer no assurances that capital can be recovered. Historic returns and loan default rates are not necessarily indicative of future returns and future default rates. Lending over the ArchOver platform is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
These Terms are in three parts plus Appendix 1:
1. Part I comprises General Terms applicable to all users.
2. Part II comprises additional Terms applicable only to lenders registered on the Platform (“Lenders”).
3. Part III comprises additional Terms applicable only to borrowers registered on the Platform (“Borrowers”).
Appendix 1 – Terms and Conditions of MangoPay
Part I General Terms
1. The platform, overview of the lending service and our role
1.1 The Platform enables Lenders to find suitable Borrowers and enables Borrowers to find suitable Lenders. On the Platform, we list projects where Borrowers require funds and display relevant information for Lenders. We are not a Lender of money to businesses nor are we a Borrower nor are they our accounts receivable debts, stock-in-trade or other assets which are offered as security for repayment of borrowed funds. We act as a facilitator in transactions and in that capacity, we may provide tools that relate to processing the transaction and as a facilitator or in our role as security trustee may collect repayment from a Borrower on behalf of a Lender or collect funds from a Lender to pass to a Borrower.
1.2 The loan (Facility Agreement) and any security documentation (Security Documentation) is between each Lender and the Borrower (ArchOver will act in the capacity of an administrator and security trustee on behalf of the Lenders) and each part of an actual or potential contract between a Borrower and a Lender (including without limitation the truth and accuracy of the warranties and assurances given, the ability of Borrowers to repay or the ability of a Lender to lend) is solely the responsibility of the Borrower and Lender and it is the Lenders’ and Borrowers’ responsibility to assess these matters and the information provided and make their own decision as to whether or not to proceed; in the case of insurance, the arrangement is between the Borrower and the insurance company, again with each of the Borrower and the insurance company having the responsibility to assess the information provided and the ability of the other to carry out its contractual obligations. We disclaim all liability and responsibility relating to the content, information and materials posted by Borrowers and Lenders and any reliance placed on this by you to the fullest extent permitted by law.
1.3 Where we collect repayments on behalf of a Lender, we act only as a facilitator and account to the Lender for the repayment (less interest and fees accruing to us). Where we introduce Borrowers to an insurance broker to arrange insurance on behalf of Borrowers, we act only as an introducer and the Broker acts only on the Borrowers’ behalf. Similarly, where we register any security over the Borrower’s accounts receivable and other assets, we do so as security trustee on behalf of each Lender.
1.4 We offer various services through the Platform and our full service and security descriptions can be found within the Our Services section of our website.
1.5 The Platform and associated services may only be used by users who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. If you are registering on behalf of a company or partnership, you represent that you have the authority to bind the company or partnership (as the case may be) to these Terms.
1.6 A detailed description of the process applicable for each form of transaction can be viewed on your dashboard, once logged in. In the following paragraphs, we provide an overview of the general process.
1.7 Both Borrowers and Lenders are required to register to use the services offered via the Platform.
1.8 Both Borrowers and Lenders are required to fill in forms providing information to enable us to carry out anti-money laundering and Know Your Client checks concerning themselves.
1.9 Borrowers and Lenders should also provide user names and passwords; however, users will not be able to transact until the checks have been satisfactorily carried out as detailed in 1.8.
1.10 Once the initial registration has been processed and the results of the checks carried out by us and our partners are confirmed as being satisfactory, Borrowers’ and Lenders’ accounts are activated and Borrowers will be able to post information on projects and funds required subject to approval by us, and Lenders will be able to view such projects. Once information is approved, a project is “live”, and Lenders can then view to decide whether to lend in connection with the Borrower’s project(s).
1.11 The period for raising funds will be set out in the project description and the communications sent to potential Lenders and will be set by us in our discretion depending on the borrowing required and the Borrower’s risk profile.
1.12 If the minimum amount of funds is not raised by the specified date, we will arrange for the funds to be returned to each Lender wallet within seven business days of the specified date. We cannot retain the funds for use in another project.
2. General terms applicable to borrowing and repayment
2.1 Borrowers must be limited companies, partnerships or limited liability partnerships which are borrowing money for the normal business of the Borrower. Lenders can be any individual or corporate provided that lending on the Platform is appropriate to their circumstances and needs.
2.2 Borrowers can borrow a minimum of £100,000 for their initial project. The maximum borrowing for each borrower will be set in agreement with us depending on available security. The Borrower cannot accept any sums in excess of the amount specified for each project, so where any excess is placed, we will return such excess to the applicable Lender.
2.3 Repayment terms (including without limitation interest payable, number of instalments, term and early repayment) will be agreed on a case by case basis.
2.4 Our marketing and advertising fee will be as specified by us. It will vary depending on the amount to be borrowed, the term of the loans and other factors we reasonably consider to be applicable. Our marketing and advertising fee for each loan will be published with details of the loan sought; our fees will vary from loan to loan. Interest is payable in addition, the rate of this will be disclosed when seeking a specific loan and may vary from loan to loan. All our fees are subject to VAT at the standard rate.
2.5 On receipt of each instalment from a Borrower relating to a series of loans, we will produce a schedule of Lenders and the amounts due to each Lender in respect of such repayment and will pay the proportion of interest due to us and the amounts due to the Lenders in accordance with the schedule produced by us. The schedule produced by us shall be binding on Lenders in the absence of manifest error.
2.6 Repayments to Lenders shall be made in the following order after those fees and charges due to us:
2.6.1 Each Lender shall rank pari passu with each other Lender in the same type of loan (as set out in paragraph 1.4 of PART1), but so that secured loans shall rank for repayment ahead of unsecured loans.
2.6.2 Secured or unsecured loans of the same type may rank in different priority within the same level, the ranking position of each loan will be clearly defined in the project description and including in the commercial terms of each loan.
2.6.3 Each Lender shall be repaid proportionately to all other Lenders at each level and type of loan, that is to say, each Lender shall be repaid from monies received or recovered in an amount equal to the proportion of their loan relative to all other Lenders loans at that level (no matter how many loans there may be). Once all Lenders and loans of the same level and type have been repaid, any other sums recovered will be applied to the next level or type of loan, in the same way, and in the order of priority set out in paragraph 26.1 of PART II.
2.6.4 Any surplus thereafter shall be paid to the Borrower, including if applicable via any appointed administrator.
2.7 On receipt of the final instalment in cleared funds and with no outstanding payments due to the Lenders from the Borrower with respect to the particular project, or any other project, we will promptly have prepared and executed the necessary discharge documentation in respect of the security and will file this at Companies House. Any amounts paid by a Borrower in excess will be repaid to the Borrower’s designated bank account. The Borrower shall be responsible for paying the legal fees for both the original attachment of the security and the final release.
2.8 With ArchOver’s agreement, Borrowers may also open additional funding projects. Where this is the case, this will be subject to the security and, if applicable, credit insurance conditions already in place for that Borrower. A new Facility Agreement will need to be entered into for additional funding. Where a Borrower takes additional funding, by drawing down the additional funds the Borrower agrees that the terms and conditions of the Borrower’s existing Facility Agreement(s) will, on drawing down of the additional funding, be updated to be on ArchOver’s then current Facility Agreement and terms and conditions; where ArchOver’s Security Documentation has been updated, then, prior to drawing down, the Borrower will be required to enter into a new Security Documentation with respect to all borrowing via the Platform.
3. Your account and password
3.1 If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
3.2 We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms.
3.3 If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at support@archover.com.
4. Limitation of our liability
4.1 Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.
4.2 We warrant that we will provide the services offered via the Platform with reasonable care and skill. Except as aforesaid or as otherwise expressly stated in any loan or Security Documentation, to the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to the Platform or any content on it, whether express or implied. In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, you (both Borrowers and Lenders) accept that in providing the services via the Platform we are not providing any advice or recommendations to you and that you rely on your own enquiries and assessment as to whether or not to enter into any transaction facilitated by the Platform, how much money to lend and how much money to borrow and the terms on which to do so.
4.3 A failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy in respect of any transaction entered into via the Platform shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy in respect of any transaction shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
4.4 The limitation of liability provisions set out in the Terms of Use at www.archover.com are repeated here and incorporated by reference. Such limitation of liability provisions applies to the provision of the services by us, in addition to any provisions in the loan Facility Agreement and Security Documentation which limit our liability with regard to the transactions and our obligations contemplated under those agreements.
PART II Additional Terms for Lenders
1. Becoming a Lender
1.1 When you apply on the Platform to become a Lender, we will carry out the necessary background checks, to complete our Know Your Client and Anti Money Laundering process, and will use our own guidelines in determining whether to register you as a Lender on the Platform. We have sole discretion as to whether to allow you to become a Lender on our Platform.
1.2 We may at any time request that any Lender provide us with a declaration, in a form specified by us, regarding the source of your wealth or the funds that you are intending to lend via the Platform. The Lender may be requested to provide or update this declaration at any time during their participation over the ArchOver platform.
1.3 All Lenders, from the signing of these Terms and registration on the platform, are granted an automatic 14 day cooling off period to cancel their application. Should a Lender make any pledges and transfer funds into a project during this cooling off period they may request and will receive a full refund at no cost to themselves.
1.4 Once the 14 day cooling off period has expired the Lenders will be offered a 5 day cooling off period on all future pledges.
2. Warranties
2.1 In registering on the Platform, and on each occasion, it uses the Platform or any of the services offered via the Platform, each Lender warrants and represents as follows:
i. That it is fully authorized to enter into the transactions contemplated by these Terms;
ii. That it is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and has a bank or building society account in either the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey;
iii. That it understands the risks posed by Lending against the security listed in the projects listed on the ArchOver platform and accepts those risks for its own account;
iv. Without prejudice to the generality of Part II paragraph 2.1 iii above, that it understands where charges are not registered, they may be void and unenforceable;
v. That it understands that any insurance cover taken out by the Borrower, as required pursuant to the applicable service, may not cover all accounts receivable lent against and that it may not recover all money lent or applicable interest or return on investment;
vi. That all information provided by it to the Platform and to us is true, accurate and complete in all respects and that it will update us immediately on any change to its circumstances or if any of the information submitted is no longer accurate or current;
vii. That all the information provided by it to the Platform and to us concerns it as the Lender and that the funds to be lent by it are its own funds and it is not acting on anyone else’s behalf;
viii. That it has not relied on any statement made or information provided or displayed by us and acknowledges that nothing done by us in providing the services described in these Terms constitutes advice or recommendations of any kind. That the Lender retains complete discretion and control over whether to enter into a contractual arrangement with a Borrower and the amount of any loan made by it;
ix. That the Lender understands and acknowledges that we give no warranty, representation or covenant regarding the effectiveness of a loan or Security Documentation;
x. That it will keep confidential all information provided to or received or generated by it in connection with the service, each Borrower and each project and will not use such information except in connection with the service; and
xi. That it will not exercise any rights which it may have under the loan or Security Documentation executed by us on its behalf, or otherwise contact the Borrower in connection with any loan made by it except through us or any successor of us or except as expressly provided in the loan and Security Documentation or where we are removed from our role as representative and/or security trustee in accordance with paragraph 11 of PART II.
3. Authority
3.1 In registering with the Platform, each Lender appoints us as its representative (and, where expressly stated, acknowledges we may also act as its security trustee) with authority to do the following:
i. Carry out initial checks on Borrowers through our partners comprising an initial identity check by a credit checking agency and assessment of the Borrower’s business;
ii. Agree repayment terms with Borrowers;
iii. Sign the Facility Agreement and associated contractual documentation with Borrowers on the Lenders’ behalf;
iv. Obtain confirmation from an insurance broker with regard to the Borrower taking out insurance cover on each Lender’s behalf against bad debts in respect of assigned accounts receivables and holding the benefit of any insurance policy on trust for the Lenders;
v. Subject to any lending and borrowing conditions being fulfilled, release the Lender’s funds to the Borrower for the approved project;
vi. Maintain contact with the Borrowers, receive all information on each Lender’s behalf, administer repayments from the Borrowers and account to the Lenders in accordance with our schedule of loans and any priorities agreed between the Lenders, less payments due to us from the Borrower;
vii. Monitor the service specified and performance of the Borrowers’ obligations and where necessary keep an up to date schedule in respect of them;
viii. Administer income where the Borrower defaults and account to each of the Lenders in accordance with our schedule of loans and any priorities;
ix. Deal with the insurance broker, where applicable, if the Borrower becomes insolvent, ceases or threatens to cease trading, and if any of the accounts receivable become bad debts, receive insurance proceeds on the Lender’s behalf and account to each Lender for its proportion of the insurance proceeds, in accordance with our schedule;
x. Liaise with Borrowers and our partners on each Lender’s behalf as the sole communicator and otherwise receive all communication from Borrowers; and
xi. Subject to paragraph 2.1 xi of this PART II, act on each Lender’s behalf and if a loan is classified as in breach, enforce any security as security trustee on behalf of each Lender, use our discretion (for the avoidance of doubt without taking instructions from the Lender) to enforce the security or take any other action under the Facility Agreement or security agreements without liability to the Lender, except in the case of our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
3.2 Each Lender expressly accepts and agrees that in carrying out the services described in paragraph 3.1 above we shall owe no (and shall not assume any) fiduciary or other duty to any Lender (except to the extent expressly stated in the security trust deed, Facility Agreement or these Terms) and in exercising our discretion are entitled to assume that there is no event of default under a Facility Agreement or the Security Documentation unless we have actual knowledge of any such default.
3.3 In authorising us to carry out the services described in paragraph 3.1 above, each Lender hereby agrees that it shall not itself carry out any of those acts save in any circumstances expressly permitted under any Facility Agreement.
3.4 For the purposes of enabling us to sign the Facility Agreement and associated contractual documentation pursuant to paragraph 3.1 iii of this PART II and carry out other acts pursuant to these Terms, each Lender irrevocably appoints us to be its representative to execute any documents and deeds and do any acts and things that the Lender is required to execute and do in connection with the transactions envisaged under or in connection with these Terms and any loan and any associated documentation in connection with the loans to the Borrowers.
4. Information
4.1 The Lender acknowledges that it may not see personal information relating to the Borrower but only information relating to the funding project and the Borrower’s business profile.
5. The pledging process and loans
5.1 Once the Lender decides to lend to a project, it should pledge the amount it wishes to lend and any conditions attaching to this loan. The Lender can transfer the amount pledged within 48 hours from their pledge date or utilise the automated payment service using direct debit unless it is the Lenders first pledge then a bank transfer must be made. It is the Lender’s responsibility to monitor the amount of funds raised for the particular project and the period for raising funds and we cannot accept any liability for failure by the Lender to transfer the funds to our account for the project or for the delay in doing so. Each Lender acknowledges that pledging an amount is not the same as transferring the money and that only if (i) sufficient funds are raised for the project and (ii) the Lender transfers money as detailed above, will it be included as a Lender for a particular project.
5.2 The ArchOver Investment Plan provides a mandate to allow Lenders to achieve a portfolio of loans from a single pledge. The identical pledging process applies, the mandate will automatically allocate a percentage of the plan to the next qualifying project (as defined in the investment plan description on the platform).
5.3 The Lender and Borrower are bound by the MangoPay’s terms and conditions when using ‘Electronic Money’ issued by MangoPay S.A as a means of payment on www.archover.com or any other application operated by ArchOver. These terms and conditions can be found in Appendix 1.
5.4 The minimum pledge per Lender per project is defined on the ArchOver Platform.
5.5 A pledge can be withdrawn by a Lender at any time without liability to us; once transferred to us, funds can be withdrawn and the lending cancelled so long as this is within 5 days of the pledge.
6. Fees, repayments and interest
6.1 There are no fees payable to us by the Lender for becoming a Lender.
6.2 Repayments and payable interest will be made in accordance with paragraph 2 of PART I.
6.3 All interest payments will be made to a Lender that is an individual as a gross interest payment and any tax liability should be declared to HMRC directly by the Lender. It is the Lender’s responsibility to finalise its tax return each year, an annual statement of gross interest paid will be available through the www.archover.com Lender dashboard.
6.4 Subject to clause 1.3 above, each Lender is subject to a 5 day ‘cooling off’ period from the date of their pledge. During this time, the Lender may withdraw the pledge and receive a full refund. Interest will only become due on drawdown of funds by the Borrower.
7. Documentation
7.1 The Facility Agreement and the Security Documentation contain standard restrictions, warranties and undertakings aimed at protecting the Lender and seeking to ensure the security in each case is at an agreed level. We also enter into ranking agreements where applicable and may enter into side letters dealing with specific arrangements agreed with Borrowers in individual cases. A copy of our standard templates is available on request.
8. Security
8.1 Where the loans are to be secured, the Borrower’s obligation to each Lender will be secured against the named accounts receivable, stock-in-trade and other assets agreed with the Borrower and where the Borrower defaults in payment of the loans (or any of them) each Lender agrees that we may, as security trustee on your behalf, enforce the security against the Borrower. In that circumstance, you agree that we will act as security trustee on each Lender’s behalf in respect of any liability to the Lenders under the loans.
8.2 As your representative and, where applicable, as your security trustee, we are entitled to take such action as we deem fit regarding enforcement of the security, crystallisation of any charge, or otherwise to make decisions in relation to the exercise of rights under the loan or Security documentation, without consulting with you or giving notice to you. Where we enforce the security, we will account to each Lender for the net recoveries. It is possible in this situation that the monies received and any insurance proceeds, if applicable, may not cover the debt owed to the Lenders, in which case a Lender will be entitled to receive only its proportionate share of the monies and proceeds received in the manner set out in paragraph 2 of PART I, so the existence of the security shall not be considered as giving a guarantee that the debt will be repaid in full.
8.3 We shall not be liable to you for any loss or damage caused by us in exercising our discretion under the loan or Security Documentation, or delay in acting, or otherwise for our acts and omissions as your representative and/or security trustee or arising out of the exercise of (or failure to exercise or delay in exercising) any rights under such documentation, but this shall not exclude any liability caused by our fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
9. Default by the borrower
9.1 Where the loan is to be a secured loan, if the Borrower fails to make a payment when due or defaults in meeting any obligations of the loans, you agree that, subject to clause 2.1 xi of this PART II, we may enforce the security on your behalf.
9.2 You agree that if the Borrower misses a payment or payments on a loan we will take the administrative steps set out in paragraphs 9.3 and 9.4 of this PART II on your behalf. In certain circumstances, we may act outside and/or ahead of the following process to pursue missed payments or loans (whether or not in formal default) where we consider this to be in the best interests of Lenders.
9.3 If the Borrower defaults on their reporting obligations or misses a payment or only partially pays the amount due to you and the other Lenders, we (ourselves or through an agent acting on our behalf) will contact the Borrower to inform them that they must remedy the situation. If they do not remedy, and at our sole discretion, we may notify the Borrower that they have up to 14 days to rectify the situation before we will deem the Borrower to be in full breach of the terms of the project.
9.4 If we are still unable to collect the repayment, at our sole discretion, we may issue a breach notice to the Borrower and will take such other steps as may be appropriate to recover assets. For any amounts, not recoverable ArchOver, on behalf of the Lender, will seek recourse against any applicable insurance policy. Where other assets or contract assignments exist as assets, we will work to dispose of these assets for the highest value possible. Once funds are received, we will account to you net of costs for your proportionate share of such recovered monies.
9.5 We will keep you informed of the progress of any debt recovery.
10. No Transfer of Loans
Without our consent, you may not transfer a loan to any other person. Where consent is given, we will require an incoming Lender to enter into a deed of adherence or similar agreement whereby it accepts the same terms of the agreements entered into by the original Lender.
11. Lender Protection
11.1 In the following terms the phrases set out below shall have the following meanings:
i. Applicable Lender: means a Lender to a Borrower in respect of which a Representative default has, or is alleged to have, arisen.
ii. Finance Documents: means the Facility Agreement and Security Documentation.
iii. Lender Majority: means the Lenders whose loan amounts represent in aggregate at the applicable time at least 75% of the total loans advanced to a particular Borrower.
iv. Representative Default: means If any Lender becomes aware of any failure by the representative or security trustee to:
(a) account to all or a substantial majority (being not less than the Lender Majority) of the Lenders for any sums received from the Borrower for 3 consecutive months;
(b) fail to undertake reasonable commercial steps to collect payment from the Borrower for a continuous period of at least 60 days; or
(c) if in addition to a) and b) above any winding up petition is threatened or filed against the representative or security trustee.
11.2 Each Lender irrevocably authorises us in our capacity as representative and/or security trustee on its behalf to perform such duties and to exercise such rights and powers under the Finance Documents as are specifically delegated to us by the terms of the Finance Documents and by these Terms, together with such rights and powers as are reasonably incidental to them.
11.3 In the exercise of any right or power and as to any matter not expressly provided for by any Finance Document or these Terms, we may act or refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of a Lender (or any of them), as we see fit, and shall be fully protected in so doing.
11.4 The relationship between us as the representative and each Lender under the Finance Documents and these Terms is that of administrative representative and facilitator only, and the relationship between us as the security trustee and each Lender is as provided in the Security Documentation. Nothing in these Terms shall constitute us fiduciary or agent for any contracting party or any other person. We may act under the Finance Documents and these Terms through our personnel and agents. Neither we nor any of our officers, agents or employees shall be responsible to any Lender for:
(a) the execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or sufficiency of the Finance Documents, these Terms or any other document in connection with it or the transactions envisaged by such documents, or
(b) the collectability of amounts payable under the Finance Documents or these Terms, or
(c) the accuracy of any statements, whether written or oral, made in or in connection with these Terms or the project memorandum or any other document in connection with the Finance Documents and these Terms.
11.5 We shall use reasonable endeavours to monitor observance by the Borrower of the terms of the Finance Documents, these Terms, or any other document in connection with any of them or any transaction envisaged by such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of any default unless we have received notice, marked for the attention of the individual or holder of the office, or any successor office, from a party to the Finance Documents describing the default and stating that the notice is a 'notice of default'.
11.6 To the fullest extent permitted by law, we nor any of our respective officers, employees or agents shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted under, or any decision made, or in connection with, this the Finance Documents, these Terms or any transaction contemplated by such documents.
11.7 We may:
(a) rely on any communication or document believed by it to be genuine and correct, and
(b) engage, pay for and rely on legal or other professional advisers selected by us,
(c) and shall be protected in so relying.
11.8 Each Lender severally represents and warrants to us that it:
(a) has made its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower and its related entities in connection with its participation in the Finance Documents and any loan;
(b) has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by us in connection with the Finance Documents, these Terms and any transaction contemplated by them.
11.9 We shall not have any duty either initially or on a continuing basis to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect to the financial condition or affairs of the Borrower or any of its related entities, whether coming into its possession before the entry into of these Terms or at any time thereafter.
11.10 We need not disclose any information relating to the Borrower or any related entities if such disclosure would or might, in our opinion, constitute a breach of any law or any duty of secrecy or confidence.
11.11 Each Lender shall indemnify us on demand, to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without prejudice to the liability of the Borrower under the Finance Documents, these Terms or other documents, for any and all liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, us in any way relating to, or arising out of our acting as the representative or security trustee or performing their duties under the Finance Documents or these Terms, or for any action taken or omitted by us under the Finance Documents or these Terms. Such indemnification by each Lender shall be pro rata to the respective loan amount of each Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the foregoing resulting from our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
11.12 We may refrain from doing anything that would, or might in our opinion:
(a) be contrary to the law of any jurisdiction or any official directive; or
(b) render us liable to any person,
and we may do anything which in our opinion is necessary to comply with any such law or directive.
11.13 If any Lender becomes aware of any Representative Default it shall provide details of the same to us and shall have the right to require the representative and/or security trustee to promptly notify each Applicable Lender (within 3 Business Days of receipt of the Lender’s notification that we are required to notify each Applicable Lender) of the alleged Representative Default. On sending notice and details to each Applicable Lender of the alleged Representative Default, the representative and/or security trustee (as the case may be) shall have the right to provide an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the claim of Representative Default. If the representative and/or security trustee fails to send the said notice to each Applicable Lender within the said period of 3 Business Days, the Lender which notified the representative and security trustee pursuant to this clause shall have the right to notify each other Applicable Lender of the alleged Representative Default, giving details of the same.
11.14 Within 7 Business Days of the notice being sent by the representative/security trustee or Lender pursuant to paragraph 11.13 above, each Applicable Lender shall vote on whether (i) to direct the representative or security trustee to enforce the Security, or (ii) to take over (or appoint a third party to take over) administration of the payments due from the Borrower under these Terms and payable to each Applicable Lender, and/or (iii) to take over (or appoint a third party to take over) as security trustee under the security documents and subject to the terms and conditions of the Security Documentation. If a Lender Majority votes in favour of such proposal, the representative, security trustee and the Borrower shall be notified forthwith and the Applicable Lenders shall, by a simple majority, be free to determine how they will affect the obligations of representative and security trustee in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents. For the purpose of giving effect to this clause 11.14, any reference to the representative or security trustee shall be a reference to the Lenders (or applicable third party) where a decision has been made to replace the representative or security trustee pursuant to this clause.
11.15 Our removal as representative pursuant to clause 11.14 shall not operate to remove us as the representative under any other Facility Agreement and the removal of the security trustee as security trustee shall not operate to remove us as security trustee under any other Security Documentation.
11.16 Appointment of the security trustee:
(a) The security trustee declares that it holds the Secured Assets on trust for itself, the representative and each Lender on the terms of this Agreement, the Security Documents and any other terms separately agreed between them from time to time.
(b) Each Lender and the representative authorises the security trustee to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the security trustee under or in connection with the Finance Documents and these Terms, together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
11.17 Without prejudice to the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify the security trustee under the Facility Agreement or any Security Document, each of the Lenders hereby undertakes severally to indemnify and hold harmless the security trustee against all costs, charges, losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses and other sums (or actions in respect thereof) included value added tax thereon suffered or incurred by the security trustee or any person or delegate appointed by the security trustee to whom any power, trust, authority or discretion may be delegated, in connection with any Security Document and all costs, charges, losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses and other sums suffered or incurred by the security trustee or such person or delegate as a result of complying with the provisions of any Security Document, other than as a result of the fraud, gross negligence or wilful default of the security trustee;
11.18 The Lenders shall have no right to, and hereby undertake not to, take any action against any officer, agent, employee or delegate of the security trustee;
11.19 Notification of resignation of representative or security trustee
(a) We may resign as either the representative and/or the security trustee and appoint a successor on the terms separately agreed by us with them. Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring representative or the security trustee shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (and, where applicable, these Terms) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of the indemnities given in these Terms by the Lender and/or Borrower in respect of any matter arising before the date on which such resignation became effective. Any successor and each of the Lenders and Borrower shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if that successor had been an original party to these Terms.
(b) The outgoing representative or security trustee will provide the Borrower with written notification of any resignation and appointment of a successor and will provide notice details for each such successor.
12. Termination
12.1 We may terminate or suspend your status to lend at any time if:
(a) any of the warranties in paragraph 2 of this part II are breached at any time;
(b) you become bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) you become mentally incapacitated or are no longer, or we reasonably consider you are no longer, able to give us valid consent to act on your behalf;
(d) We suspect that you have committed fraud, been involved in money laundering or committed any criminal activity;
(e) You become a Borrower on the Platform and have any amount overdue;
(f) You breach any of these Terms.
12.2 A Lender may terminate its status as a Lender at any time on serving written notice with immediate effect provided it has no current loan contracts in place on the Platform at that time.
PART III Additional Terms for Borrowers
1. Becoming a Borrower
1.1 To be a Borrower you must:
i. Be a UK limited liability partnership, limited company or company limited by guarantee;
ii. Have a bank in the UK, Isle of Man, Jersey or Guernsey;
2. Provision of information and ongoing information
2.1 The Borrower shall provide all information required by us on its business, owners, and finances and otherwise to enable us to carry out the necessary checks and to enable our partners to assess the risk level of the project and loans.
2.2 The Borrower acknowledges and accepts that we will pass this information to our partners (including, where applicable, insurance brokers and insurers) and those partners may contact the Borrower in order to obtain for more information, carry out the necessary checks and verification and the Borrower consents to our and their doing so and, where applicable to the service, take steps to arrange for insurance.
2.3 The Borrower shall provide us with updates as detailed in the Facility Agreement on its business and the specified security.
2.4 The Borrower shall promptly (and in any event within 5 business days) notify us of any material changes to its business, finances and outlook, including any bad debts, customers ceasing to trade or loss of contracts.
3. Lending process
3.1 The lending process is as described in paragraph 1 PART I.
3.2 Once the Borrower accepts the loans and the loan conditions, by signing and submitting the Facility Agreement, this authorises us to start raising funds and obliges you to pay our fees and, if the project is successful, to borrow the funds and make the repayments. A Borrower may cancel a project at any time prior to the Facility Agreement being signed and submitted to us in accordance with this paragraph, but once the Facility Agreement has been signed by the Borrower, the fees are due to us regardless of whether the project is successfully funded on the Platform or the Borrower draws down the funds. Please note that there is no cooling off period for Borrowers.
3.3 Where the loans and loan conditions are accepted by the Borrower, the conditions precedent are met and the Facility Agreement and Security Documentation are signed by the Borrower, the Borrower will be allocated a Project Wallet and a Borrower Wallet in MangoPay ewallets system held by Barclays. Each Borrower will also have a further bank account into which its sales receipts are to be paid (“controlled account”), if applicable. This controlled account shall be given a name with reference to the Borrower but shall be held in the sole name of ArchOver and shall be operated by ArchOver. The funds raised via the Platform will be transferred to the Borrower’s designated bank account on the later of (i) our specified drawdown date, or (ii) two business days after filing any charge at Companies House.
3.4 The Lender and Borrower are bound by the MangoPay’s terms and conditions when using ‘Electronic Money’ issued by MangoPay S.A as a means of payment on www.archover.com or any application operated by ArchOver. These Terms can be found in Appendix 1.
3.5 If a Borrower’s project has not been funded within the specified fundraising period, we will remove the project from the Platform within 7 days of the expiry of the fundraising period.
3.6 The Facility Agreement will be between the Borrower, the Lenders and us, with us signing on the Lenders’ behalf. The Facility Agreement is 36h compliant and is a P2P agreement in accordance with article 36h of the Regulated Activities Order.
3.7 The Borrower must notify all its customers that all its sales invoices must be paid into the controlled account, if applicable. All monies paid into the controlled account will be retained by ArchOver as security for the loan. However, ArchOver may in its sole discretion, but without obligation, decide to release any part of the receipts to the Borrower. If ArchOver refuses to do so, it cannot be obligated by the Borrower to do so. If ArchOver does on occasion decide to so do, this shall be on and subject to such terms and conditions as ArchOver in its sole discretion deems fit and shall not operate to waive its right to retain subsequent or further receipts or to insist that all sales receipts are paid into the controlled account.
4. Warranties
4.1 In registering with the Platform and on an ongoing daily basis while it is a Borrower on the Platform, each Borrower warrants and represents as follows:
i. That it is a company, LLP or a partnership and that the loan or funding is required by it and will be used by it wholly for the purpose of its business;
ii. That it is authorised to enter into the transactions contemplated in the Terms;
iii. That it understands that there is no guarantee that sufficient funds will be received in respect of the project;
iv. That it is responsible for the fees incurred of our partners, such as insurance premium and personal director/shareholder credit checks;
v. That all information provided by it to the Platform and to us is true, accurate and complete in all respects and that it will update us immediately on any material change to its circumstances or if any of the information submitted is no longer accurate or current;
vi. That all the information provided by it to the Platform and to us concerns it as the Borrower and that the funds to be borrowed by it are for its own use, are not to be lent to a third party, and it is not acting on anyone else’s behalf;
vii. That it is not acting on the basis of any advice or representations made by us and that it has used its own judgment and taken independent professional advice as to the terms of the loan, its ability to repay and any security to be given by it;
viii. That where we are joint insured and loss payee under an insurance policy, we may deal with the insurance broker if the Borrower becomes insolvent, ceases or threatens to cease trading, and if any of the accounts receivable become bad debts, and receive insurance proceeds on each Lender’s behalf and account to each Lender for its proportion of the insurance proceeds, in accordance with our schedule;
ix. That it will keep confidential all information provided to or received or generated by it in connection with the service or otherwise concerning us or any Lender and will not use it except in connection with the service;
x. That it shall communicate with us in relation to the borrowing and loan and Security Documentation and shall not deal with any of the Lenders, save where it is notified that the Lenders (or a nominated third party) has stepped in pursuant to paragraph 2.1 xi of PART II;
xi. That no accounts receivable shall be sold or financing entered into while the project is live on our Platform, without our prior written consent;
xii. That all sums due in respect of all accounts receivable shall be paid into the controlled account.
5. Conflict
5.1 If there is any conflict between the provisions of these Terms and the provisions of the Facility Agreement, the provisions of the Facility Agreement will take precedence to the extent necessary to resolve the conflict.
6. Fees and payment
6.1 In respect of any loan taken out and/or services provided, the Borrower shall pay the following fees:
i. A marketing and advertising fee to us in respect of the facilitation of the loans. This is a specified percentage of the total amount of each loan plus VAT at the standard rate. This fee is payable on successful funding of the project regardless of whether or not the loan is drawn down;
ii. The interest payable on the loans. This is a specified percentage of the loans interest payable. Interest is payable to the bank account set out in the Facility Agreement and will be collected monthly by direct debit;
iii. Our legal fees up to £2,500 plus VAT where you require amendments to our standard agreements. Any fees in addition to this will be agreed with you in advance;
iv. Where applicable, any insurance premium where insurance is required as a condition of the service.
7. Repayment obligations
7.1 The repayments instalments, dates and amounts will be as set out in the Facility Agreement.
7.2 You will repay to us the specified instalments (including interest as specified in paragraph 6 of this PART III) on the dates or at the times set out in the Facility Agreement.
7.3 You agree that all repayments are and will be made by you even if a loan or any part of it is assigned or transferred to another Lender at any time.
8. Security and missing payments
8.1 Where the Facility Agreement states that the loans are to be secured, we will be entitled to enforce the security if the Borrower defaults in any repayment or reporting obligation to the Lenders. This means that we may exercise our rights as a secured creditor, including realisation and appropriation of assets where permissible and appropriate, for the benefit of Lenders.
8.2 Each Borrower agrees that we shall be entitled to enforce the security on any default and to take such action as we see fit to recover monies due to us and the Lenders and to realise secured assets and accordingly each Borrower indemnifies us and the Lenders against all costs, expenses, claims, losses and damages incurred by us in connection with any action taken to enforce the security.
8.3 Each Borrower agrees that where the Facility Agreement states that the loan is to be secured, the Security Documentation applies to all borrowing made by a Borrower via our Platform.
8.4 If at any time a Borrower thinks it is possible that it will miss a repayment, it should notify us as soon as possible. Further, before exercising our rights under – and without prejudice to our rights under - paragraph 8.2, we may (in our sole discretion) allow you a period of up to 14 days to remedy the default. If the repayment is still not made as agreed by us or if the Borrower does not contact us, we will be entitled to terminate the Facility Agreement with the Borrower, pursuant to paragraph 9 of this PART III.
9. Termination
9.1 We shall be entitled to terminate the loans between us, a Lender and the Borrower and/or enforce any security if:
i. Any of the warranties given by you in paragraph 4 of this PART III are breached or untrue;
ii. The Borrower defaults on any repayment due under the Facility Agreement;
iii. The Borrower breaches any term of the Facility Agreement or Security Documentation or any of the Terms;
iv. There is a change of ownership or control of the Borrower, unless specifically discussed and agreed in writing with ArchOver prior to the event;
v. any other trigger event specified in the Facility Agreement or Security Documentation occurs;
vi. We learn or suspect that the Borrower has been involved in fraud, money laundering or any other criminal activity.
9.2 On the occurrence of any of the events listed in paragraph 9.1 of this PART III, the loan shall be repayable by the Borrower immediately in full together with all interest outstanding and we shall be entitled to enforce any security given, and, where applicable, notify the insurer of a claim.
9.3 If a Borrower does not have any loans outstanding on the Platform and wishes to terminate its status as Borrower, it shall be entitled to do so by notifying us in writing. We shall then release any security held by us, if any, in our capacity as security trustee.
Appendix 1 – Terms & Conditions of MangoPay
MANGOPAY FRAMEWORK CONTRACT FOR ISSUING, MANAGING, MAKING ELECTRONIC MONEY AVAILABLE
General Conditions of Use of Electronic Money
The client of the Site, a legal or physical person registered in the Business and Companies Registry (or a national business registry or any other equivalent professional organisation) in a Member State of the European Union or in a State that is part of the European Economic Area, or in a third-party country imposing equivalent obligations in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, acting exclusively on their own behalf for professional purposes (commercial, industrial, artisanal or independent),
hereinafter, referred to as the “User” or “Professional User”,
or
The client of the Site, a legal or physical person resigning in a Member State of the European Union or in a State that is part of the European Economic Area, or in a third-party country imposing equivalent obligations in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, acting exclusively on their own behalf for non-professional purposes,
hereinafter, referred to as the “User” or “Consumer User”, party of the first part,
and
MANGOPAY SA a société anonyme [joint-stock company] governed by Luxembourg law, with capital of
12.700.00 euros, the registered office of which is located at 2 Avenue Amélie, L-1125 Luxembourg and registered in the Luxembourg Business and Companies Registry under number B173459, authorised to exercise their activity in the European Economic Area as an independent establishment, in the capacity of an electronic money institution authorised by the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier [Oversight Commission of the Financial Sector], 283 route d’Arlon L-1150 Luxembourg, www.cssf.lu,
hereinafter, referred to as the “Issuer”, party of the second part,
hereinafter, referred to separately as a “Party” and together as the “Parties”.
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Note The User is asked to carefully read this Framework Contract provided to them by the Distributor before accepting it. They are asked to download a Hard Copy of it, according to the procedure offered by the Distributor. By default, communication with the Issuer is always carried out via the Distributor, according to the terms established in the General Conditions of the Site, except when a distinct communication method is established in the Contract. |
For the purposes hereof, the terms hereinbelow are defined as follows:
“Authentication”: indicates the procedures defined by the Distributor in order to identify the User or the validity of a Payment Order. These procedures include using the Personalised Security Data and the Identification Data.
“Strong Authentication”: indicates the Authentication procedures defined by the Distributor and that respond to the requirements of European Directive 2015/2366 of 25 November 2015. This Strong Authentication specifically includes elements that allow for establishing a dynamic link between the Operation, the amount and the Beneficiary.
“Banks”: indicate credit institutions in charge of holding funds collected by the Issuer on behalf of the corresponding to the Electronic Money in circulation. The institutions today are Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and ING Luxembourg. The Issuer has the possibility of selecting any other authorised credit institution in a Member State of the European Union or a party under the European Economic Area agreement.
“Beneficiary”: indicates the legal or physical person acing on their behalf, designated by the User from among the clients of the Site, for the benefit of which Electronic Money is transferred in the framework of a Payment Operation. Any Beneficiary may become a User under the meanings hereof upon acceptance of the Framework Contract, subject to the Issuer's acceptance. In certain cases, the Beneficiary may become a Distributor pursuant to Specific Conditions.
“Card”: indicates the debit card, payment card or credit card used by the User to transfer the funds to the Issuer in return for the issuance of Electronic money. This card must be within one of the following networks: Visa, MasterCard, CB, AmEx.
“Account”: indicates an internal reference allowing the Issuer to identify in its books the different operations of acquiring, using and reimbursing Electronic Money carried out in the name of this User and to determine, at any time, the amount in euros of the Electronic Money available held by this latter. The Account may in no way be associated with a deposit account, a current account or a payment account.
“General Conditions of the Site”: indicates the general conditions of use of the Site entered into between the User acting in the capacity of client of the Site and the Distributor, specifically governing access to the Site.
“Framework Contract”: indicates these General Conditions of Use of the Electronic Money, including the Registration Form and the Price Conditions, governing the use of the Services as well as managing the Account by the Issuer.
“Price Conditions”: indicates the financial terms agreed to between the User and the Distributor, including the fees under this Framework Contract. This document includes all the fees paid for acquiring, using and managing the Electronic Money as established in the General Conditions of the Site.
“Distributor”: indicates the entity, duly authorised by the Issuer, who uses the site, whose contact information is indicated in the General Conditions of the Site. The Distributor prepares, facilitates and advises clients, for the purposes of the Framework Contract through the use of its Site. It accompanies clients during their entire relationship with the Issuer in the framework of carrying out their Payment and Reimbursement Operations. For this purpose, the Distributor makes customer service available to all clients dedicated to Payment Operations carried out an application hereof. The Distributor does not collect funds with the exception of the fees agreed to in the Price Conditions.
“Personalised Security Data”: indicates the personal data provided by the Distributor to the User for the purposes of Authentication. It includes the Identification Data, as well as potentially any other data related to the Authentication procedure or Strong Authentication.
“Identification Data”: indicates the unique identifier and the password of the User, that allows them to access their Personal Online Area.
“Personal Data”: indicates any information related to the physical person who is the User, or a physical person related to the legal person who is the User (specifically a corporate executive, a beneficial owner, or an Authorised Person), under the meaning in European Regulation 2016/679 related to protecting personal data.
“Issuer”: indicates MANGOPAY SA, issuer of Electronic Money, authorised in Luxembourg by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier under reference number 3812 and authorised to carry out its activity in all Member States of the European Union. The Issuer appears on the list of electronic money institutions available at http://supervisedentities.cssf.lu/index.html?language=fr#Home
“Personal Online Area”: indicates the environment dedicated to the User, accessible on the Distributor’s Site, allowing them to use the Services
“Registration Form”: indicates the form to be filled out by anyone wishing to register for Services, accessible on the Site at registration or made available by the Distributor.
“Identifier”: indicates the data necessary to identify the User by the Issuer for carrying out a Payment Operation including a user login (valid email address)
“Business Day”: indicates a calendar day with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays in mainland France and Luxembourg and any other day designated as such by the Issuer.
“Electronic Money”: indicates the monetary value available representing an amount due the User from the Issuer. Electronic Money is issued by the Issuer in exchange for the User providing corresponding funds in euros (€) and constituting a Payment Method accepted exclusively by the Beneficiaries. The Issuer keeps it in electronic form on their server by registering it in the Account open for this purpose.
“Payment Method”: indicates the payment methods other than the Card, listed on the Site, the option of which is offered by the Issuer that allows the User to provide them the funds in exchange for the issuance of Electronic Money.
“Payment Operation”: indicates the transfer of Electronic Money to the Beneficiary indicated on the Site by a User.
“Order”: indicates the instructions given by the User to the Issuer in compliance with the procedure established in the Framework Contract to carry out a Payment Operation and/or a Reimbursement.
“Payment Page”: indicates the page secured by Payline, the monetary provider of the Issuer. Only this address is to be considered valid by the User. The User is asked to systematically verify the address at the top of the page.
“Person in Question”: indicates the physical person who is the User or any person related to the User (specifically a corporate executive or a beneficial owner), whose Personal Data is processed in the framework of the performance of this Framework Contract.
“Reimbursement”: indicates the transfer by the Issuer upon the User’s Order, of non-cash funds corresponding to all or part of the Electronic Money available held by them less the potential fees due.
“Services”: Indicates the services of issuing, managing and making Electronic Money available, provided by the Issuer to the User as described in Article 5 herein.
“Distributor Customer Service”: indicates the customer service whose contact information is indicated on the Site, from which the User may obtain information regarding the Framework Contract.
“Site”: indicates the website used by the Distributor whose purpose is to sell goods or services to Users or to collect funds from them, or to put Beneficiaries in contact with Users. The Site included the API with the Brand's colours to allow the User to have a payment method available issued and managed by the Issuer to transfer the funds to the indicated Beneficiary.
“Hard Copy”: indicates any instrument allowing the User to store information addressed to them personally in order to be able to refer to it later during a time period adapted for the purposes for which the information is provided and allowing them to identically reproduce the information stored. It is generally offered in the form of a PDF file.
“User”: indicates any physical or legal person acting on their behalf holding Electronic Money recorded in an Account opened in their name, in order to carry out Payment Operations.
The Framework Contract has the purpose of defining the conditions in which the Issuer provides to the User a payment method exclusively accepted by the Beneficiaries in the framework of their relationship established via the Site, in return for the fees described in Article 9 hereof.
The Payment Method proposed must be systematically prepaid by the User and is not subject to any advance, credit or discount. It is based on Electronic Money issued by the Issuer.
The Issuer authorises the Distributor to propose to clients of the Site this payment method, to facilitate entering into this contract and to accompany the Users during their entire relationship with the Issuer.
Only the Framework Contract is valid between the Parties in the event of a dispute.
3. REGISTRATION FOR THE SERVICES
The Framework Contract is entered into remotely, according to the terms established by the Distributor under the General Conditions of the Site. To enter into the Framework Contract Online, the client must have the necessary equipment (materials and software), for which they alone are responsible, compatible with this method of entering into a contract.
By default, acceptance of the Framework Contract is carried out remotely via the Site and is entered into by electronic signature. The client has the possibility of requesting to sign the Contract by hand. For this purpose, they must print this Contract, sign it, and return it by electronic or postal mail to the Distributor Customer Service, the contact information of which is indicated in the General Conditions of the Site.
In the event of a handwritten signature, the date of entering into the Framework Contract is the date indicated on it and if there is no date, it will be the date that the Framework Contract is received by the Distributor.
Electronic signing of the Framework Contract is carried out via the Site. The date of entering into the Framework Contract corresponds to the date on which the client has finalised the e-signing process as indicated on the Site.
The Framework Contract entered into with the Parties electronically has the same legal status as a Framework Contract on paper.
The Framework Contract includes:
- the General Conditions of Use of Electronic Money;
- the Registration Form available on the Site;
- the Price Conditions indicated by the Distributor.
These General Conditions of Use of Electronic Money, as well as the Price Conditions, are made available to the User on the Site and downloadable as a Hard Copy according to the methods indicated on the Site. At any time during the contractual relationship, the User may, upon request, receive these documents in paper format.
The Issuer will maintain access to the contractual documents for a term of five (5) years from the end of the contractual relationship. The Issuer will end this service at the end of the above-mentioned five- (5) year period.
4.1. Necessary and Prior Conditions for User Registration
Any legally capable physical person at least eighteen (18) years of age and any legal person, residing and/or registered in a Member States of the European Union or in a State that is part of the European Economic Area agreement or in a third-party country imposing equivalent obligations in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, may send a request to open an Account subject to the physical person being referenced on the Site in the capacity of consumer or in the capacity of professional. A legal person may only be referenced as a professional.
The User acknowledges from the time of issuing their registration request to the Distributor and during the entire term of the Framework Contract:
- that they are at least 18 (eighteen) years of age and legally capable;
- that they are acting on their own behalf;
- that all the information provided upon their registration are true, exact and up-to-date.
4.2. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE AND OPENING AN ACCOUNT
4.2.1. Information and Proof
Any interested party must provide to the Distributor the information and documents listed hereinbelow, for the Registration Form, in the event that this information and these documents are not already in possession of the Distributor.
The interested party undertakes to provide the information and documents corresponding to their status either as a professional or as a consumer.
For the User, who is a physical person and consumer:
o their last name, first name, email address, date and place of birth, nationality and country of residence;
o a copy of the User's valid official identity document (e.g., identity card, driver’s license, and for citizens of countries outside of the European Union, a passport).
For the Professional User:
- for physical persons:
o their last name, first name, email address, date of birth, nationality and country of residence.
o an original or a copy of the official registration extract dated within three months that indicates registration as a retailer or in the national business registry or any other professional organisation that the User is a member of.
o a copy of the User's valid official identity document (e.g., identity card, driver’s license, and for citizens of countries outside of the European Union, a passport).
- for legal persons:
o their business name, business form, capital, address of the registered office, description of the activity, the identity of the business associates and officers, as well as the list of the beneficial owners such as defined by regulation;
o a Kbis extract or equivalent document dated within three months proving their registration at the Business and Companies Registry of a Member States of the European Union or a State that is part of the European Economic Area agreement or a third-party country imposing equivalent obligations in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and their bylaws. This document must include the business name, legal form, address of the registered office and the identity of the business associates and officers mentioned in Sections 1° and 2° of Article R.123-54 of the Code of Commerce or their equivalent in foreign law;
o a copy of the bylaws and potential decisions specifically certified true legal copy from the legal representative;
o a copy of the identity card or passport of the legal representative and, as the case may be, the beneficial owner(s);
o The statement from the beneficial owners of the legal person holding more than 25% of rights in the event that the interested party has not declared their beneficial owners in the national registry, or if it is not subject to this obligation.
The User may also be requested to provide the bank details from an open account in the name of the person mentioned in Sections 1° to 6° bis of Article L.561-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code in a Member State of the European Union or a State that is part of the European Economic Area agreement or a third-party country imposing equivalent obligations in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism
It is expressly established that the Issuer maintains the possibility of requesting before opening an account and at any time during the term of the Framework Contract, additional documents related to the User, the beneficial owners, or a specific Payment Operation.
4.2.2. Restriction of the Account
By the Issuer’s free assessment, use of an Account may be restricted without the Issuer having to justify their decision to the User in question. The functioning of the Account will specifically be restricted when the User has not provided all of the information and documents required by the Issuer, such as listed hereinabove. These restrictions are indicated to the User by the Distributor.
4.2.3. Finalisation of Registration
After entering into the Framework Contract, the User must provide all of the information and proof that are requested by the Distributor. By giving their consent to the terms of the Framework Contract, the User accepts that the Distributor will transfer to the Issuer their request for registration as a User and all the proof documents received by it.
The Issuer alone has the power to accept the registration of an interested party as a User for an Account in their name. This acceptance will be indicated to the User by the Distributor by any means under the terms established on the Site.
The Issuer, without motivation, or right to an indemnity in favour of the User, may refuse a request to open an Account. This refusal will be indicated to the User by the Distributor by any means under the terms established on the Site.
5.1. Purchasing Electronic Money
Acquiring Electronic Money may be done, by Card (or any other Payment Method accepted by the Issuer), once or several times.
When such an operation is requested, the User will be identified on the Site by indicating their username (valid email address) and their password or via their Facebook account.
The funds transfer request will be indicated on the Payment Page dedicated for this purpose. The Issuer may request using a one-time code sent to the User’s mobile telephone by the institution that issued the Card. If this is the case, it is the Issuer’s right to refuse any payment following their free assessment without this decision giving rise to any indemnification. The funds transfer operation is carried out by the institution that issued the Card. Any dispute for such a transfer must be indicated to this institution. The Issuer is not authorised to cancel such a transfer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the User may obtain Reimbursement for the Electronic Money Pursuant to Article 5.4.
Electronic Money arriving in the User’s name may be based on the effective receipt of the funds collected less the fees agreed to under the Price Conditions.
In the event that the transfer of funds is cancelled by the Card issuer following it being contested, no matter the reason stated, the Issuer upon receiving information may suspend or cancel any Payment Operation, close the Account in question, debit at any time the Account of the amount of Electronic Money corresponding to the funds of the cancelled transfer and proceed to recovery of the amounts due by the User by any means.
5.2. FUNCTIONING OF THE ACCOUNT
Electronic Money is stored for an indeterminate term in the User’s Account by the Issuer under the agreed- to Price Conditions.
The Account is credited by acquiring Electronic Money in exchange for funds ordered by the User directly from the Issuer via their Card (or any other Payment Method accepted by the Issuer) less the corresponding fees is established in the Price Conditions. This Account is debited on the Order of the Electronic Money User in the amount of the Payment or Reimbursement Operation carried out including the related fees as established in the Price Conditions. The Issuer is authorised at any time to debit this Account in the amount of the Electronic Money corresponding to the fees due and payable established in the Price Conditions.
The amount of Electronic Money available in the Account is immediately adjusted based on:
- the fees due and payable, by the Account User, the payment of which is carried out in Electronic Money;
- the Orders transmitted (or being transmitted) to the Issuer regarding Electronic Money stored in the Account;
- funds received by the Issuer in payment for acquiring Electronic Money in the Account;
- and any cancellation regarding any of the above-mentioned operations in application hereof.
5.3. USE OF ELECTRONIC MONEY TO CARRY OUT A PAYMENT OPERATION
Before issuing an Order, the User must ensure that they have a sufficient amount of Electronic Money available to cover the amount of the Payment Operation and the related fees as established in the Price Conditions.
If necessary, they must acquire sufficient Electronic Money in compliance with Article 5.1 before the Order may be validly transferred to the Issuer to carry it out. Electronic Money may only be held by the User subject to the effective issuance of corresponding funds. Electronic Money in no way may be issued for credit. Additionally, when the amount of Electronic Money available on the date the Order is carried out by the Issuer is below the amount of the Payment Operation (including fees), the Order will automatically be refused by the Issuer. The information about this refusal will be made available to the User on the Site. This Refusal may give rise to additional fees according to the Price Conditions.
The methods for transmitting an Order by the User are the following:
When the User wishes to carry out a Payment Operation, they will indicate their identification in their Personal Online Area by indicating their Identification Data and, if need be, by following a Strong Authentication procedure if indicated to them. They will fill out the proper form on the Payment Page and, if need be, indicate the proof documents requested by the Issuer. The form must indicate the following elements: the amount in euros (€) of the Payment Operation, the elements allowing for identification of the Beneficiary, the date the Order is executed and any other required information.
The User irrevocably consents to the Payment Order by clicking on the “validation” button (“Date of Receipt”). The receipt of the Payment Order is confirmed in the User’s Personal Online Area or by email. No Order may be withdrawn by the User after the date upon which it is deemed to irrevocably have been received, which is from the Date of Receipt.
In certain cases, the User may fill out a single form containing an order to transfer funds such as established in Article 5.1 and an Order allowing Payment Operations to be carried out in line with the preceding paragraph.
Carrying Out the Order:
The amount of the Payment Operation will be deducted from the Electronic Money available in the Account to be credited in favour of the Beneficiary following the User’s instructions. Additionally, the Beneficiary may open an Account pursuant to Article 4.2 to receive the Electronic Money if they are not already a User. The funds corresponding to the Electronic Money used, if it be the case, may be directly transferred to a bank account or payment account open in the name of the Beneficiary upon receiving the information of this account by the Issuer. For this purpose, the Beneficiary must provide the IBAN number and the SWIFT code of their bank account or payment account as well as the address. This account must be open in a banking or payment institution established in a Member State of the European Union or a State that is part of the European Economic Area agreement or a third-party country imposing equivalent obligations in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
It is expressly agreed that the Orders are executed at the latest at the end of the Business Day following the Date of Receipt of the Order by the Issuer (and on the agreed-to execution date for standing or timely transfers) if the Beneficiary has an Account. If necessary, the Date of Receipt may be delayed until an Account is opened or until the day the Issuer has gathered the information of the bank account or payment account of the Beneficiary receiving the funds.
Any Payment Order received after 4:00 p.m. by the Service Provider will be deemed to have been received the following Business Day. If the Date of Receipt is not a Business Day, the Order will be deemed to have been received the following Business Day.
5.4. TRANSMISSION AND EXECUTION OF A REIMBURSEMENT ORDER
When a Reimbursement Order is requested, the User will be identified on the Site by indicating their Identification Data or connecting via their Facebook account. They will fill out the proper form on the Payment Page and, if need be, indicate the proof documents requested by the Issuer. The User must indicate on the form the following elements: the amount of the Reimbursement, the date the Order is to be executed and any other required information.
The User irrevocably consents to the Payment Order by clicking on the “validation” button (“Date of Receipt”). The receipt of the Payment Order is confirmed in the User’s Personal Online Area or by email. No Order may be withdrawn by the User after the date upon which it is deemed to irrevocably have been received, which is from the Date of Receipt.
Reimbursement will be carried out by crediting the Card (or Payment Method) that the User used to acquire the Electronic Money. If it be the case, it will be carried out by funds transfer to the bank account or payment account of the Beneficiary the information of which has been provided to the Issuer (“Notification Date”). It is agreed to between the Parties that the Reimbursement will be carried out at the latest at the end of the Business Day following the receipt or notification depending on the case.
Any Reimbursement Order received after 4:00 p.m. by the Service Provider will be deemed to have been received the following Business Day. If the Date of Receipt is not a Business Day, the Order will be deemed to have been received the following Business Day.
No Order may be withdrawn by the User after the date upon which it is deemed to irrevocably have been received as indicated above.
The User, in their Personal Online Area, has a statement of the Operations carried out available to them. They are asked to attentively acknowledge the list of these operations. The User recognises that only the statement of the Payment Operation validated by the Issuer is deemed as recognition by the latter of the Electronic Money available in the Account on the day indicated on the statement. The User may, at any time on their personal page accessible on the Site, access an indication of the amount of Electronic Money available in the Account.
It is specified that for each Operation carried out on the Account, the User has the following information available to them: the reference number of the Operation, the identification of the Beneficiary, the amount of the Operation, the date the Order is received, and if it be the case, the fees related to executing this Operation.
The Issuer will provide the User upon request the monthly statements of the Account for the previous thirteen (13) months.
7. OBJECTION REGARDING PERSONALISED SECURITY DATA
The User must inform the Distributor of the loss or theft of their Personalised Security Data, of any misuse or unauthorised use of their Personal Online Area or their data as soon as they become aware of this and request that it be blocked. This declaration must be carried out:
- by making a telephone call to the Distributor Customer Service at the number indicated in the General Conditions of the Site; or
- directly by electronic message through the contact form accessible on the Site.
The Issuer, through the Distributor, shall immediately execute the request for blocking the identifier in question. The event will be recorded and date/time stamped. An objection number with date/time stamp will be provided to the User. Written confirmation of this objection will be sent by the Distributor to the User in question by electronic message. The Issuer will take administrative responsibility of the file and keep all proof relating to it for 18 (eighteen) months. Upon written request of the User and before this time frame expires, the Issuer will provide a copy of this objection.
Any request for objection must be confirmed immediately by the User in question, by a letter signed by the latter, provided or sent by registered mail, or email, to the Issuer at the postal address indicated hereinabove.
The Issuer and the Distributor will not be held responsible for the consequences of an objection sent by fax or email that does not come from the User.
A request for objection is deemed to be made on the date and time of the effective receipt of the request by the Distributor. In the event of theft or fraudulent use of the Identifier, the Issuer is authorised to request from the Distributor, a statement or copy of the complaint of the User and undertakes to respond to it as quickly as possible.
8.1. Provisions Common to All Users
For any claim relating to Payment or Reimbursement Operations carried out by the Issuer in the framework hereof, the User is asked to address the Distributor Customer Service at the address indicated for this purpose in the General Conditions of the Site.
If an Order is executed by the Issuer with errors attributed to this latter, this should be contested as soon as possible to the Service Provider, the Order will then be cancelled and the Account returned to the situation that it was in before receiving the Payment Order. Following that, the Order will be correctly reissued.
The fees indicated in the Price Conditions may be due in the event an Operation is unjustifiably contested.
8.2. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROFESSIONAL USER
The Professional User wishing to contest a Transfer Operation unauthorised by them or improperly executed must contact the Distributor Customer Service by telephone as soon as possible after they become aware of the anomaly and at the latest within eight (8) weeks following the transaction of the operation, it being their responsibility to contest it to the Issuer as soon as possible. Unless there are good reasons to suspect the User of fraud, the Issuer will reimburse the User in the amount of the Operation immediately following receiving the request to contest it, and in any case at the latest at the end of the next Business Day. The Issuer will return the Account to the state it was in before the unauthorised Payment Operation took place
In the event of the loss or theft of Personalised Security Data, unauthorised Operations carried out before they are contested are the User’s responsibility. Operations carried out after they are contested are borne by the Issuer unless in the event of fraud by the User.
8.3. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE CONSUMER USER
The Consumer User wishing to contest a Transfer Operation unauthorised by them or improperly executed must contact the Distributor Customer Service by telephone as soon as possible after they become aware of the anomaly and at the latest within thirteen (13) months following the date it is debited, it being their responsibility to contest it to the Issuer as soon as possible. Unless there are good reasons to suspect the User of fraud, the Issuer will reimburse the User in the amount of the Operation immediately following receiving the request to contest it, and in any case at the latest at the end of the next Business Day. The Issuer will return the Account to the state it was in before the unauthorised Payment Operation took place
In the event it is contested, responsibility for proof that the Operation was identified, duly recorded and accounted for, and that it was not affected by technical or other deficiencies is the responsibility of the Issuer.
In the event of an unauthorised Payment Operation following the loss or theft of Personalised Security Data, the User is responsible for the losses related to the use of Personalised Security Data before it is contested, up to a threshold of fifty (50) euros. Operations carried out after they are contested are borne by the Issuer unless in the event of fraud by the User. However, the User is not held responsible in the event:
- Of an unauthorised Payment Operation carried out without using Personalised Security Data;
- Of the loss or theft of Personalised Security Data that could not be detected by the User before the payment was made;
- Of losses due to actions or failures of an employee, agent or subsidiary of a PSP or an entity to which these activities were externalised.
The User is also not held responsible:
- if the unauthorised Payment Operation is carried out by diverting the Personalised Security Data, without the User’s knowledge;
- in the event of counterfeiting the Personalised Security Data, if, at the time of the unauthorised Payment Operation, the User is in possession of this Data.
The User will bear all the losses arising from unauthorised Operations if these losses result from fraudulent activity by them or if they intentionally seriously neglected the obligations to keep their Personalised Security Data secured and to contest operations in the event of loss, theft or diversion of their Data.
Barring fraudulent activities on behalf of the User, the latter will not bear any financial consequences if the unauthorised Operation was carried out without the Issuer requiring Strong Authentication of the User, in the event that regulations require it.
The services offered herein are invoiced by the Distributor in the name and on behalf of the Issuer in compliance with the Price Conditions.
Any commissions due by the User are automatically deducted from the Electronic Money Account by the Issuer. The User authorises the Issuer to compensate at any time, even after the Account is closed, any irrefutable credit, liquid and collectible that remains owed, of any nature whatsoever. Funds in the Electronic Money Account may be compensated for any amount due, collectible and unpaid of the User to the Issuer.
The Framework Contract is entered into for an indeterminate period. It enters into force from the time it is accepted by the User.
The User may at any time and by respecting an advance notice of thirty (30) calendar days, terminate the Framework Contract. The Issuer may at any time terminate the Framework Contract, by respecting an advance notice of two (2) months provided in Hard Copy format. In this case, the fees irrefutably owed for the Services are due by the User on a pro rata basis for the period elapsed at the termination date.
Beyond six (6) months, the Framework Contract may be terminated without costs. In other cases, termination costs may apply, in compliance with the Price Conditions.
For these purposes, each Party must notify the termination hereof to the other Party, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, to the postal or email address indicated in the General Conditions of the Site.
The User must indicate in the termination message their banking or payment account information allowing the Issuer to reimburse them the Electronic Money available. In the absence of this indication, it is the Issuer’s responsibility to follow the Reimbursement instructions involving reimbursement by crediting the Card that was used to acquire Electronic Money. The Issuer is released from any obligation upon confirmation to the User of the transfer to the account indicated or crediting the Card in the amount of Electronic Money available.
In the event of serious breach, fraud, or lack of payment on the part of the User, the Issuer reserves the right to suspend or terminate this Contract by sending an email along with a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt.
In the event a successor to the Issuer is nominated to issue Electronic Money distributed on the Site, it is the Distributor’s responsibility to gather the express written agreement of the User of this change, regarding the amount of Electronic Money available and to indicate to the Issuer the terms for transferring the funds corresponding to the Electronic Money available.
11. MODIFICATION OF THE FRAMEWORK CONTRACT
The Issuer reserves the right, at any time, to modify the Framework Contract. Any draft modification of the Framework Contract is to be provided to the User by the Distributor in Hard Copy format, at the latest two
(2) months before the date proposed for its entry into force. Any new service proposed by the Issuer is subject to a modification of the Framework Contract.
Any User may refuse the proposed modifications and must notify their refusal to the Distributor Customer Service by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt 2 months before the proposed modifications enter into force (post office stamp being proof thereof) to the address indicated in the General Conditions of the Site.
Lacking notification of refusal before the indicated date that they enter into force, the User will be deemed to have accepted the proposed modifications.
The relationship between the Parties after the date of entry into force will then be governed by the new version of the Framework Contract.
In the event the User refuses, this refusal will give rise, without fees, to the termination of the Framework Contract, as well as the Reimbursement of the units of Electronic Money belonging to them in a time frame of thirteen (13) months following the date the termination takes effect in order to cover anything contested in the future.
Any legislative or regulatory provisions that make modifications necessary to any part of the Framework Contract will be applicable from the date they enter into force, without advance notice. However, the User will be informed thereof.
The Issuer undertakes to ensure that the services are provided with respect to the applicable laws and regulations and best practices. Specifically, the Issuer shall do what is necessary to ensure the security and confidentiality of the User’s data, in compliance with the regulation in force.
The Issuer reserves the right to temporarily suspend access to the online Account for technical, security or maintenance reasons without these operations invoking any right to an indemnity of any kind. It undertakes to limit these types of interruptions to those that are strictly necessary.
However, the Issuer shall not be held responsible to the User for potential errors, omissions, interruptions or delays of operations carried out via the Site that result from unauthorised access by the latter. The Issuer shall not be held responsible for the theft, destruction or unauthorised disclosure of data that results from unauthorised access to the Site. Furthermore, the Issuer remains outside of the scope of the legal relationship between the User and the Beneficiary of the Payment Operation or between the User and the Site. The Issuer will not be held responsible for defaults, breaches or negligence between a User and a Beneficiary, or the Site and a User.
If the unique identifier or any other information necessary to carry out a Payment Operation provided by the User is inexact, the Issuer cannot be held responsible for the improper execution of said Service.
The Distributor alone is responsible for the security and confidentiality of the data exchanged in the framework of using the Site in compliance with the General Conditions of the Site, the Issuer being responsible for the security and confidentiality of the data that it exchanges with the User in the framework hereof for creating and managing their Account, as well as Payment Operations related to the Account.
13. LIMITS TO THE ISSUER’S LIABILITY
The Issuer is in no way involved in the legal and commercial relationships and potential disputes arising between the Beneficiary and the User or between the User and the Distributor. The Issuer exercises no oversight over the conformity, security, legality, characteristics and the appropriate character of the products subject to a Payment Operation. In this regard, it is the User’s responsibility to gather all useful information in order to carry out the purchase of a product or service, the collections of funds or any other operation required. Every operation carried out by the User gives rise to a contract created directly between themselves and the Beneficiary(ies) who are strangers to the Issuer. Consequently, the latter cannot be held responsible for the non-performance or improper performance of the obligations arising from it, or any potential damages caused to the User in this regard.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Contract, the Issuer’s liability in terms of a User is limited to reparations for direct damages as established by regulation.
The User acknowledges that the elements in their Personal Online Area on the Site do not infringe on the rights of a third party and are not contrary to the law, public order, or proper ethics. The User attests to the conformity, legality and appropriate character of the amount granted to the Beneficial Owner, of the purchase of the good by the Beneficial.
They undertake to not perform the Framework Contract in an illegal manner or under conditions that may damage, deactivate, overload or alter the Site; They undertake to not usurp the identity of another person or entity, falsify or divulge their identity, their age or create a false identity;
In the event of a breach of these obligations the Issuer reserves the right to take all appropriate measures to bring an end to these actions. It also has the right to suspend, erase and/or block access to the Account. Without prejudice to legal actions undertaken by third parties, the Issuer has the right to personally bring any legal action that seeks to repair the damages that it has personally been subject to due to the User’s breach of their obligations under this Contract.
15.1. Provisions Applicable to All Users
The User having been initiated under the meaning of Articles L.341-1 et seq. of the Monetary and Financial Code has a time frame of fourteen (14) calendar days to exercise their right of withdrawal, as the case may be subject to responding to the conditions of Article D. 341-1 of this Code, without having to justify the reason or bear the penalty.
This time frame for withdrawal begins from the day of their registration as a User.
15.2. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE CONSUMER USER
Under Article L. 222-7 of the Consumer Code, the consumer User has a right of withdrawal that may be exercised in a time frame of fourteen (14) days without having to justify the reason or bear the penalty. This withdrawal time frame begins either from the day of entering into the Framework Contract, or from the receipt of the contractual conditions and information, if this date is after that of the date the Framework Contract is entered into.
The Framework Contract may only be put into effect before the withdrawal deadline has expired upon the approval of the consumer User. The consumer User recognises that the use of Services after entering into the Framework Contract constitutes an express request on its part to begin performing the Framework Contract before the above-mentioned deadline has expired.
Exercising the right of withdrawal involves the Framework Contract coming to an end, and in the event performance thereof has begun, takes the form of termination and does not bring into question the services previously provided. In this event, the consumer User will only be responsible for a payment proportional to the Services effectively provided.
15.3. EXERCISING THE WITHDRAWAL RIGHT
The User must notify the Distributor Customer Service of their withdrawal request within the indicated time frame by telephone or by email and by sending confirmation to the address of the Distributor Customer Service. For this purpose, it may use the withdrawal slip made available to them by the Platform.
16. RULES REGARDING THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM
The Issuer is subject to all of the Luxembourg regulations regarding the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Pursuant to the provisions of Luxembourg law, relating to financial organisations participating in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities, the Issuer must obtain information from all Users regarding any operation or original business relationship, the subject and the destination of the operation or the opening of the Account. Furthermore, it must carry out all due diligence for identifying the User and, if it be the case, the beneficial owner of the Account and/or the Payment Operations related to them.
The User recognises that the Issuer may bring an end or postpone at any time the use of Personalised Security Data, access to an Account or the execution of an Operation or a Reimbursement in the absence of sufficient elements regarding their purpose or nature. They are informed that an operation carried out in the framework hereof may be subject to exercising the right of communication to the national financial intelligence unit.
The User, pursuant to regulations, may access all information thus communicated subject to this right of access not jeopardising the purpose regarding the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism if this data relates to the individual making the request.
No proceedings or civil liability action may be brought and no professional sanctions issued against the Issuer, their officers or agents if they have made declarations regarding suspicions in good faith to their national authority.
17. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
The Issuer collects and processes all Personal Data in compliance with the regulations in force applicable to the protection of this Data.
The Personal Data required during registration is necessary in the framework of the services provided in compliance herewith. If the obligatory Personal Data is not provided, the interested party may be refused access to the services.
The Person in Question is informed that the Personal Data is specifically collected for the following purposes: providing the services such as described herein; the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism; managing requests for information and claims; carrying out statistics. This data processing is specifically necessary for the performance of the Framework Contract as well as respecting the legal obligations that the data processor is subject to. The Issuer and the Distributor act as joint processors of this data.
The Personal Data shall not be transferred to any third party without the express consent of the Persons in Question. However, the Person in Question is informed that the Personal Data is transferred to the Issuer’s subcontractors for the above-stated purposes. Said subcontractors only act on instructions from the Issuer and exclusively on behalf of the latter.
The Person in Question may access the list of subcontractors by sending their request to the Distributor Customer Service. They are informed that the Issuer ensures that their subcontractors take all necessary measures in order to maintain the security and confidentiality of the Personal Data. In the event the Personal Data is violated (loss, breach, destruction, etc.) involving increased risk to the Person in Question, the latter will be informed thereof.
The Issuer reserves the right to disclose Personal Data at the request of a legal authority to be in compliance with any law or regulation in force, to protect or defend the rights of the Account Holder or the Person in Question, if circumstances require it or to protect the security of the Service Provider, the Services or the public.
Personal Data processed by the Issuer in the framework of the services provided in compliance herewith is kept for the period of time that is strictly necessary to attain the purposes mentioned hereinabove. Barring legal and regulatory provisions to the contrary, the Personal Data will not be kept beyond the effective date of termination of the Contract. It is specifically indicated that the Personal Data relating to identification is kept for a term of five years from the end of the contractual relationship, subject to applicable regulation in terms of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The Persons in Question have the following rights pertaining to their Personal Data, according to the conditions established by regulations: the right of access, right of rectification, the right of objection, the right of erasure, the right to restrict its processing and the right of portability. The Person in Question may at any time exercise these rights by addressing the Distributor Customer Service. The request must indicate their last name, first name, identifier, and include a photocopy of an identity document bearing their signature.
A response will be sent to the Person in Question in a time frame of one (1) month following receipt of the request. This deadline may be extended to two (2) months, given the complexity and the number of requests. In this case, the Person in Question will be informed of this extension and the reasons for postponement within a deadline of one (1) month from the receipt of the request.
The Person in Question will be informed if they have the right to file a claim with the competent authority for any request related to their Personal Data.
If the Person in Question provides the request in electronic format, the response will be provided in electronic format, unless they expressly request otherwise.
When the Personal Data relate to a Person in Question who is not a party to the Framework Contract has been transferred by the User, the latter will be responsible for communicating to the Person in Question the information of this Article.
Additional Information on the processing of Personal Data carried out in the framework hereof, the time frame that it is kept and the rights of the Person in Question are available in the Issuer’s confidentiality policy (accessible at the site www.mangopay.com).
The Issuer is bound by professional secrecy. However, the secrecy may be lifted, in compliance with the legislation in force, based on a legal, regulatory and prudential obligation, specifically at the request of supervisory authorities, the tax or customs administration, as well as those of a criminal judge or in the event of a legal request indicated to the Distributor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the User has the right to release the Distributor from professional secrecy by expressly indicating the authorities receiving the confidential information that relates to the User.
It is specified that professional secrecy may be lifted by regulation benefiting companies providing the Distributor important operational tasks within the framework hereof.
The Issuer retains all intellectual property rights that pertain to them for the Services offered to the User. None of these intellectual property rights will be transferred to the User under this Contract.
20. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYDEATH OF THE USER AND INACTIVE ACCOUNTS
The death of the User will bring an end to the Framework Contract, once this is made aware to the Issuer. Operations occurring from the time of death, except with the agreement of the individual who has rights or the attorney in charge of the estate, will be considered not having been authorised.
The Electronic Money Account will remain open for the time necessary to settle the estate and the Distributor/Issuer will ensure the transfer of the balance upon the agreement of the individual who has rights or the attorney in charge of the estate.
Any inactive Electronic Money Account may be the subject to an inactivity notification by email on behalf of the Distributor followed by a follow-up notification one (1) month later. The User’s Account is considered inactive if, at the end of a period of twelve (12) months, there have been no operations (with the exception of management fees being taken out) at the initiative of the User (or any representative) and that has not been specifically indicated to the Distributor in any form whatsoever.
In the absence of a response or use of the Electronic Money available in this time frame, the Account will be closed and maintained only for the purposes of carrying out Reimbursement of the Electronic Money. Management fees may be collected by the Issuer.
The Account will no longer give rise to any further use of the Electronic Money.
The Parties shall not be held responsible, or considered as being in breach hereof, in the event of a delay or non-performance, when the cause of which is related to an event of force majeure as defined by Article 1218 of the Civil Code.
22. INDEPENDENCE OF THE CONTRACTUAL STIPULATIONS
If one of the stipulations hereof is nullified or not applicable, it shall be deemed not having been written and it shall not lead to nullification of the other stipulations.
If one or more stipulations hereof becomes invalid or is declared as such pursuant to a law, regulation or following a definitive decision handed down by a competent jurisdiction, the other stipulations retain their force of obligation and their scope. The stipulations declared null and void will then be replaced by stipulations that are as close as possible to the meaning and the scope of the stipulations initially agreed to.
23. PROTECTION OF FUNDS COLLECTED
The User’s funds are deposited at the end of each Business Day in an account opened in a Bank and are held by the latter.
Under the terms of Article 24-10 (1) a) of the Law of 20 May 2011, published in Mémorial A n° 104 of 24 May 2011 of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Article 14 of the Law of 10 November 2009 published in Mémorial A n° 215 of 11 November 2009 of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, transposing the Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 16 September 2009, concerning access to the activity of electronic money institutions, the funds collected are protected and are not included in the pool of assets of the electronic money institution in the event of liquidation, bankruptcy or any other competitive situation that may arise for this latter.
The Framework Contract may not be subject to a total or partial transfer by the User in return for payment or free of charge. Thus, they are prohibited from transferring to any third party whatsoever the rights or obligations that it holds hereunder. In the event of breach of this prohibition, in addition to the immediate termination hereof, they may be held responsible by the Issuer.
25. AGREEMENT IN RELATION TO PROOF
All data will be included in unalterable, true and secured form on the technology database of the Issuer specifically relative to Payment Orders and confirmation received from the User, notifications sent, access, Withdrawal, Reimbursement so as to constitute proof between the Parties unless there is proof to the contrary.
The User is asked to address the Distributor Customer Service, as indicated on the Site regarding any claim.
Any claim other than that established in Article 8 relating to entering into, performing or terminating the Framework Contract and the services of issuing and managing Electronic Money must be indicated by email to the following address: legal@mangopay.com.
The User accepts that the Issuer will respond to their claims on Hard Copy format. The response will be issued as quickly as possible and at the latest within a time frame of fifteen (15) Business Days following the receipt of the claim by the Issuer. However, for reasons outside of its control, the Issuer may not be able to respond in this time frame of fifteen (15) days.
In this event, it will provide the User with the response specifying the reasons for this additional time period as well as the date on which it will send the definitive response. In any case, the User shall receive a definitive response at the latest in a time frame of thirty-five (35) Business Days following the receipt of the claim.
The User is informed that the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur financier) [Oversight Commission of the Financial Sector] is competent to settle disputes on an extrajudicial basis related to the performance of this Framework Contract. For more information on the CSSF and the conditions of such recourse, you may address the Distributor Customer Service or consult the website of the CSSF (http://www.cssf.lu). Mediation requests must be addressed to the Mediator of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), 283 route d’Arlon, L-1150 Luxembourg, (direction@cssf.lu) and this, without prejudice to other legal actions. However, the mediator may not be approached if the request is manifestly unfounded or abusive, if the dispute has previously been settled or is in the process of being settled by another mediator or by a court, if the request to the mediator is provided within a time frame of longer than one year from the time of the written claim to the professional, or if the dispute does not fall within the mediator’s scope of competence.
27. LANGUAGE - APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT JURISDICTION
With the exception of applying a law related to public order (which only applies in the strict limits of its purpose), is expressly stipulated that English is the language chosen and used by the Parties in their pre- contractual and contractual relationships and that the Framework Contract is subject to French law and any dispute between the Parties regarding the latter shall be submitted to the jurisdiction of the competent French courts.