The agreement establishes that where any conflict exists between the Stripe Services Agreement and the Connected Account Agreement regarding the user's use of Stripe Connect Services, the Connected Account Agreement takes precedence. The Stripe Services Agreement is incorporated by reference but is subordinate to this document on Connect-specific matters.
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This provision establishes the hierarchical relationship between the two governing documents, meaning that compliance teams must read both documents and identify any conflicts to determine which terms actually govern the user's rights and obligations in the Connect context.
Under this clause, the terms of the Connected Account Agreement take precedence over the Stripe Services Agreement on any matter related to Stripe Connect Services, meaning users operating through a Connect platform are governed primarily by this document on those matters.
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"To the extent that there is a conflict between the Stripe Services Agreement and this Connected Account Agreement related to User's use of the Stripe Connect Services, this Connected Account Agreement will prevail.Excerpt from Stripe's Connect Platform Agreement
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Document hierarchy provisions are standard in multi-agreement commercial arrangements and do not directly implicate specific regulatory frameworks, though the substantive terms of the prevailing document must still comply with applicable law.
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This provision establishes the hierarchical relationship between the two governing documents, meaning that compliance teams must read both documents and identify any conflicts to determine which terms actually govern the user's rights and obligations in the Connect context.
Under this clause, the terms of the Connected Account Agreement take precedence over the Stripe Services Agreement on any matter related to Stripe Connect Services, meaning users operating through a Connect platform are governed primarily by this document on those matters.
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