Prohibited activities

The following business sectors are not permitted regardless of risk tier or country. Reject any customer — individual or corporate — who is active in these areas.

• Adult entertainment (creating, distributing, or providing)

• Gambling (casinos, sports betting, etc.)

• Exotic animals trade

• Diamond industry

• Arms industry and dual-use goods

• Piracy or illegal streaming

• Counterfeit goods

• Unregulated pharmaceuticals and food supplements (e.g. nutraceuticals)

• Crypto-related:

  • Facilitating the exchange of anonymous cryptocurrencies

  • Unlicensed facilitation of security tokens

  • Binary options

  • Unlicensed FX brokers

• Unlicensed charities

• Third-party payments and multi-layered MBS arrangements

• Hawala