Legal

A list of industries and merchant categories your card cannot be used for.

• Adult Entertainment (Unregulated)
• Anonymous Ownership Structures
• Art & Antiquities
• Auction Houses
• Automotive Sales & Leasing
• Cash-Intensive Restaurants & Bars
• Construction & Engineering
• Counterfeit Goods & Piracy
• Cryptocurrency Exchanges (Licensed)
• Cryptocurrency Services (All, including Exchanges & Wallets)
• Cryptocurrency Wallet Providers (Licensed)
• Cybercrime & Fraudulent Schemes
• Dark Web Marketplaces
• Drug Trafficking & Cartels
• Financial Services (Non-Banking)
• Food & Beverage (Non-Cash Intensive)
• Gaming & Gambling (Regulated)
• Gaming & Gambling (Unregulated)
• Healthcare (Cash Intensive)
• High-Risk Geographies (Per Country Risk Assessment)
• High-Risk Investment Schemes
• High-Value Cash Businesses
• Human Trafficking & Smuggling
• Illegal Gambling Operations
• Insurance (Non-Life)
• Investment Firms & Hedge Funds
• Jewelry & Precious Metals
• Legal Cannabis (Regulated)
• Luxury Goods Retail
• Manufacturing (Cash Intensive)
• Money Remittance Services (Regulated)
• Money Service Businesses (MSBs)
• Nightclubs & Entertainment Venues
• Non-Profit Organizations (High Cash Inflows)
• Oil & Gas (High-Risk Jurisdictions)
• Pawn Shops & Second-Hand Dealers
• Pharmaceutical (Controlled Substances)
• Pharmaceuticals (Non-Controlled Substances)
• Political Organizations & Lobbying Firms
• Precious Stones & Mining
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)
• Public Sector & Government Agencies
• Real Estate (Residential)
• Sanctioned Countries & Entities
• Shell Companies
• Terrorist Financing Entities
• Unlicensed Loan Providers
• Unlicensed Money Transmitters
• Unlicensed Payday Lending
• Unregistered Charities & NGOs
• Unregulated Offshore Banking
• Utilities (Electricity, Water, Gas)
• Weapons & Arms Dealers
• Wildlife Trafficking & Illegal Logging