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Users cannot exit the Afterpay relationship or close their Account while a balance remains, meaning the contractual relationship and its obligations persist until the debt is cleared.
Interpretive note: The clause contains a second independent proposition — that Afterpay may limit additional transactions while a balance is owed — which was omitted from the canonical claim and recorded here.
A reader who owes any amount to Afterpay cannot close or deactivate their Account until that amount is paid in full.
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"If you owe any payment or amount to Afterpay, Afterpay will not close or deactivate your Account until that payment or amount due has been made, but we may limit your ability to make additional transactions...Excerpt from Afterpay's Terms of Service
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Users cannot exit the Afterpay relationship or close their Account while a balance remains, meaning the contractual relationship and its obligations persist until the debt is cleared.
A reader who owes any amount to Afterpay cannot close or deactivate their Account until that amount is paid in full.
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