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Merchant prohibited from using Services for illegal or restricted products

High severity Explicit document language Common · 245 of 352 platforms
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The Merchant shall not use the Services for the payment of Merchant Products and/or Merchant Services where it is illegal to offer or provide these to or from the relevant country and/or which are stated in Adyen's Prohibited and Restricted Products and Services List.

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Adyen Terms
Entity
Adyen
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-056901
Document ID
CA-D-00664
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
374ccda91b8d245f2d326e6bada9a97665f325bbfa7dc18c4df7535e1d00b632
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 22:47 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Adyen
Document: Adyen Terms
Record ID: CA-P-056901
Captured: 2026-05-07 22:47:24 UTC
SHA-256: 374ccda91b8d245f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/adyen/adyen-terms/provision/CA-P-056901/merchant-prohibited-from-using-services-for-illegal-or-restricted-products/
Accessed: Aug. 3, 2026
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What does Adyen's Merchant prohibited from using Services for illegal or restricted products clause do?

The clause states: “The Merchant shall not use the Services for the payment of Merchant Products and/or Merchant Services where it is illegal to offer or provide these to or from the relevant country and/or which are stated in Adyen's Prohibited and Restricted Products and Services List.”

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ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 245 platforms. See the full comparison.

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