Mercury makes no promises that its platform will work reliably, securely, or without errors, and it disclaims any legal warranties about the quality or fitness of the service.
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For businesses relying on Mercury for critical financial operations, the disclaimer of any warranty of uninterrupted service means you have no contractual assurance of platform availability, even during business-critical periods.
Mercury's updated terms establish detailed rules for how recurring autopay works on invoices. Under the revised language, payers authorize recurring ACH debits through a separate addendum, Mercury will not retry failed payments (except once if caused by a Mercury system issue), and autopay authorization will automatically cancel after two consecutive failures in a series. You can prevent autopay cancellation by ensuring payers have sufficient funds, re-enrolling the payer, or requesting manual payment if the series fails twice.
View change record →The updated terms establish that when customers pay invoices you issue through Mercury Invoicing via ACH debit, Mercury will apply a hold period before crediting the funds to your account. The hold period is determined by Mercury in its sole discretion based on risk factors related to the transaction, payer, and payment history, and may range from 1 to 4 business days from the date the ACH debit is initiated. Mercury will display an estimated funds availability date for each incoming invoice payment in your Invoicing dashboard.
View change record →This provision means Mercury has no contractual obligation to guarantee platform uptime, security, or error-free operation, which is a meaningful consideration for businesses using the platform for time-sensitive financial transactions.
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"The Services and all Content are provided 'as is,' without warranty of any kind. Without limiting the foregoing, Mercury explicitly disclaims any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment or non-infringement, and any warranties arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade. Mercury makes no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis.— Excerpt from Mercury's Mercury Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Warranty disclaimers in financial services platform agreements interact with state commercial law and consumer protection frameworks. Under the Uniform Commercial Code, certain implied warranties may be disclaimed in commercial agreements, but state consumer protection laws may limit the enforceability of warranty disclaimers against individual account holders or small businesses. The FTC's unfair or deceptive acts or practices authority is relevant if the disclaimer creates materially misleading expectations about service reliability. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The disclaimer of warranties for availability and security is operationally significant for businesses using Mercury as a primary banking platform. The absence of any service level agreement or uptime commitment creates uncertainty for businesses with time-sensitive payment obligations. The security disclaimer is noteworthy given that the platform holds financial assets and processes sensitive financial transactions. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California and New York consumer protection statutes may limit the enforceability of warranty disclaimers against smaller businesses. The disclaimer's applicability to the underlying banking services provided by Mercury's partner banks may be constrained by those banks' own regulatory obligations regarding service standards. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise procurement teams assessing Mercury as a banking provider should note the absence of any contractual service level commitments and evaluate whether supplemental SLA agreements are available. The warranty disclaimer compounds the risk created by the liability cap, as users have neither a warranty of service quality nor meaningful contractual recovery if quality fails. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether reliance on a platform with a broad warranty disclaimer satisfies their own regulatory obligations for financial controls and business continuity. Regulated businesses such as investment advisers, broker-dealers, or healthcare entities may have independent obligations to maintain reliable financial infrastructure that a warranty disclaimer-only banking arrangement may not adequately support.
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For businesses relying on Mercury for critical financial operations, the disclaimer of any warranty of uninterrupted service means you have no contractual assurance of platform availability, even during business-critical periods.
This provision means Mercury has no contractual obligation to guarantee platform uptime, security, or error-free operation, which is a meaningful consideration for businesses using the platform for time-sensitive financial transactions.
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