“you agree that you will only exercise this chargeback right if: (a) We have breached this Agreement; or (b) There was an unauthorized use of your Pay-in Method, meaning that you did not execute or authorize the payment.”
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By contractually limiting chargeback use to two specific conditions, Wise restricts customers from pursuing chargebacks for reasons outside those two circumstances.
Customers are contractually prohibited from exercising a chargeback except where Wise has breached the Agreement or where the payment was made without the customer's execution or authorization.
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"you agree that you will only exercise this chargeback right if: (a) We have breached this Agreement; or (b) There was an unauthorized use of your Pay-in Method, meaning that you did not execute or authorize the payment.Excerpt from Wise's US Customer Agreement
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By contractually limiting chargeback use to two specific conditions, Wise restricts customers from pursuing chargebacks for reasons outside those two circumstances.
Customers are contractually prohibited from exercising a chargeback except where Wise has breached the Agreement or where the payment was made without the customer's execution or authorization.
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