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Stripe can directly reduce funds it holds or owes to the user to collect amounts owed, without requiring separate payment from the user.
Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to list only items (i) and (ii) of a potentially longer list of setoff sources. Additional sources, if present in the full agreement, are not captured here. The canonical claim reflects only what is explicitly quoted.
The reader's Reserve funds or funds Stripe owes to the reader may be reduced by Stripe or its Affiliate to satisfy outstanding amounts, to the extent Law permits.
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"Stripe or its Affiliate may, to the extent Law permits, deduct, recoup or setoff these amounts from any of the following: (i) if established and applicable, a Reserve of any User Entity; (ii) funds payable by a Stripe Entity to a User Entity...Excerpt from Stripe's Terms of Service
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Stripe can directly reduce funds it holds or owes to the user to collect amounts owed, without requiring separate payment from the user.
The reader's Reserve funds or funds Stripe owes to the reader may be reduced by Stripe or its Affiliate to satisfy outstanding amounts, to the extent Law permits.
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