Compliance
Restricted jurisdictions & activities
We can't onboard businesses — or process payments — connected to the jurisdictions or activities below. This list is non-exhaustive and updated over time, and every account is subject to KYB review.
Restricted jurisdictions
A business cannot be incorporated or operating in any of these countries.
- 🇦🇫Afghanistan
- 🇧🇾Belarus
- 🇧🇮Burundi
- 🇨🇫Central African Republic
- 🇨🇩Congo - Kinshasa
- 🇨🇺Cuba
- 🇪🇷Eritrea
- 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
- 🇭🇹Haiti
- 🇮🇷Iran
- 🇮🇶Iraq
- 🇱🇧Lebanon
- 🇱🇷Liberia
- 🇱🇾Libya
- 🇲🇱Mali
- 🇲🇲Myanmar (Burma)
- 🇳🇮Nicaragua
- 🇰🇵North Korea
- 🇵🇸Palestinian Territories
- 🇷🇺Russia
- 🇷🇼Rwanda
- 🇸🇱Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇴Somalia
- 🇸🇸South Sudan
- 🇸🇩Sudan
- 🇸🇾Syria
- 🇺🇦Ukraine
- 🇻🇪Venezuela
- 🇾🇪Yemen
- 🇿🇼Zimbabwe
Restricted activities
Payment rules
- First-party payments — sending money to yourself, or between accounts of the same legal entity.
- Payments where the sender is an individual rather than a registered business.
Prohibited use & industries
- Cash disbursements and money-service / foreign-exchange businesses
- Gambling and unregulated betting
- Bail or bond payments
- Debt collection
- Weapons, ammunition, and explosives
- Pharmaceuticals and controlled substances
- Adult entertainment
- Counterfeit goods
- Dating services
- Deceptive or fraudulent financial services
This page is provided for general guidance and is not exhaustive. Eligibility for any business is determined during KYB review, and restrictions may change over time. Questions? Reach us at hello@batuay.com.