Adyen may terminate the Merchant Agreement immediately and without prior notice, or suspend services in whole or in part, upon any of six stated conditions, including breach, Scheme Owner or Acquirer direction, suspected fraud, insolvency, and reasonable grounds to believe continued services would expose Adyen to regulatory, reputational, operational, or other risks.
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This provision authorizes immediate service suspension or termination without prior notice across a broad set of conditions, including the broadly stated ground that continued services would expose Adyen to 'regulatory, reputational, operational or other risks,' which is not further defined in the document. Termination under these provisions may result in immediate cessation of payment processing with no stated cure period.
Interpretive note: The scope of the 'reputational, operational or other risks' termination ground is not further defined in the document, and its application may depend on interpretation or enforcement context.
Under this clause, Adyen may suspend or terminate payment processing services immediately and without prior notice if any of six stated conditions are met, including the broadly framed condition that continued services would expose Adyen to regulatory, reputational, operational, or other risks.
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Compare across platforms →"Adyen shall have the right to terminate the Merchant Agreement with immediate effect and/or suspend the provision of the Services (in whole or in part) without prior notice in the following cases: (i) Merchant is in breach of any of the terms of the Merchant Agreement and the breach is incapable of remedy or not remedied within such period as specified by Adyen; (ii) Adyen is required to do so by a Scheme Owner or Acquirer; (iii) Adyen has reasonable grounds to suspect that Merchant has committed or is committing fraudulent activities or other criminal offenses; (iv) Merchant has applied for bankruptcy or been declared bankrupt or there is a serious and reasonable threat of such; (v) Merchant is unable to pay its debts as they fall due; (vi) Adyen has reasonable grounds to believe that continued provision of the Services would expose Adyen to regulatory, reputational, operational or other risks.Excerpt from Adyen's Terms
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This provision authorizes immediate service suspension or termination without prior notice across a broad set of conditions, including the broadly stated ground that continued services would expose Adyen to 'regulatory, reputational, operational or other risks,' which is not further defined in the document. Termination under these provisions may result in immediate cessation of payment processing with no stated cure period.
Under this clause, Adyen may suspend or terminate payment processing services immediately and without prior notice if any of six stated conditions are met, including the broadly framed condition that continued services would expose Adyen to regulatory, reputational, operational, or other risks.
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