Prohibited activities

Adoption agency (With profit)

All merchants who make a profit from lending sureties to the legal system, and who act as guarantors for individuals facing legal proceedings.

Any activity related to child pornography and zoophilia.

Non-approved advice centers

Any company whose products or services are exclusively intended to encourage the use of illegal drugs.

Firearms sales on the Internet

All controlled drug sales. To carry out these activities, it is necessary to obtain: a GBPP Visa license, registration with the MasterCard Programme

Contact lenses

Any business selling tobacco and cigars, as well as tobacco accessories. To carry out these activities, it is necessary to obtain: a GBPP Visa license, registration with the MasterCard Programme

Inbound and Outbound Direct Marketing MCC 5966/5967

Any activity related to travel organization services. To carry out these activities, it is necessary to obtain: a GBPP Visa license, registration with the MasterCard Programme

Bodyguard and private investigator services

Any activity related to the production, sale and rental of cell jammers or similar devices designed to block communications and create zones of silence.

Hypnosis, fortune-telling and clairvoyance

Merchants who sell and repair computer hardware and programming software for personal and professional use, provide computer assistance, install packages or rent servers.

All computer programming activities, data management, and integrated systems design services

All legal services that directly or indirectly promote illegal activities.

Charitable institutions that are not audited by a reputable auditing firm and that only canvass by MOTORBIKE

Animals, animal parts, blood or fluids whose marketing is prohibited; noxious weeds; prohibited seeds and plants; animals, plants or other organisms (including derivatives) in danger of extinction or whose trade is otherwise regulated by law.

Dog breeding, dog boarding

Email lists and products specifically created and used to send unsolicited communications.

Any organization marketing illegal driving aids

Material covered by the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property or Otherwise Restricted by Law from Sale, Transfer; artifacts, cave formations (speleothems, stalactites and stalagmites) and grave-related objects that are protected under the law.

Any organization marketing pyrotechnic devices and hazardous materials

Offensive products, crime Photos or crime scene objects, such as personal effects, associated with criminals or criminal acts.

Any organization marketing "miracle" products

Devices intended to receive cable and satellite signals free of charge, cable descramblers and black boxes, access cards, access card programmers and fraudsters, illegal tools or products for modifying cellular telephones, and other equipment deemed illegal by the Federal Communications commission (FCC) or other competent regulatory body in the country whose goods are offered for sale.

Any organization marketing illegal products and proceeds of trafficking

Organs or other body parts; body fluids; stem cells; embryos.

Any organization marketing hacking and cracking services or products

Including, but not limited to, identity cards, passports, diplomas, titles of nobility and uniforms, unless sold by an authorized government agency or by a supplier accredited by an authorized government agency. This includes business models where application submissions are made on the customer's behalf in services such as passport applications, health insurance forms, etc.

Any organization marketing devices or techniques for unlocking means of protection

Replicas or imitations of designers or other branded products; items without celebrity endorsement that would normally require such association; fake autographs; currency; stamps; tickets; other potentially unauthorized merchandise.

Any organization marketing or managing copyrighted media and software

Illegal Internet gaming, provision of gaming and Internet gaming services that are not properly licensed for the given type of service.

Any organization carrying out commercial canvassing to offer administrative services with a view to simplifying the entry of legal or official files.

All services related to or promoting Escort services.

Any organization offering services related to binary, forex and cryptocurrencies

Any marketing of nutraceuticals or food control substances

Marketing activities in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they personally generate, but also for sales from other salespeople they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a multi-level hierarchy of compensation. Includes cases where several levels of workers earn money from each other without actually selling any product.

Companies providing direct marketing services related to travel and tourism, such as travel agencies, tour operators, etc.

Auction house

Merchants who provide purchasing services to individuals and businesses on a fee basis, as an intermediary in the purchasing process.

Web development

Merchants who provide bulletin board access or online services via computers. A bulletin board system, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to log on and log out of the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as downloading and uploading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users, either by e-mail or post. In public forums.

Any organization offering direct marketing solutions

Collection agencies, debt refinancing merchants, transaction processing by service providers under contract with card issuers or acquirers. Prohibited unless bank or reputable financial institution.

Ticketing agencies

This activity may be accepted with full validation of the merchant and his site. A transaction history of 3 to 6 months will be required for companies in business for 1 year or more. Any CBD product containing more than 0.2% THC is prohibited.

Any organization marketing precious metals and stones

Merchants providing a platform specifically used for sharing or exchanging any type of electronic files.

Any organization offering payday loans

This restriction includes all related activities.

Any organization offering parking ticket sales and parking management services

This restriction includes all related activities.