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⚠️ Disclosure of High-Risk Business Activities

During onboarding, businesses are required to disclose any high-risk activities to Bridge. This helps ensure regulatory compliance and proper risk assessment.

🚩 Examples of High-Risk Business Activities

The following activities are considered high-risk and must be disclosed:
  • Money Services (i.e., check cashing, gift cards, ATMs, remittances)
  • Lending or Banking
  • Operate Foreign Exchange, Virtual Currencies Brokerage, or OTC
  • Hold Client Funds (i.e., escrow)
  • Third-Party Payment Processing

🚫 Prohibited Business Activities

Please note the following business activities are explicitly against the Bridge Terms of Service (ToS)
  • Unlawful or abusive activity
  • Unfair, predatory or deceptive practices
  • Fraud
  • Games of chance
  • Gambling 
  • Sweepstakes
  • Lotteries
  • Weapons
  • Precious metals
  • Jewelry
  • Watches
  • Luxury goods
  • Unlawful prediction markets
  • Intellectual property infringement
  • Check cashing
  • Bail bonds
  • Collections agencies
  • Safe Deposit Box Rentals
  • Counterfeit or unauthorized goods
  • Cannabis
  • Cannabis related products and services
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Tobacco products
  • Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
  • Adult content and services
  • Multi-level marketing
  • Mixing
  • Investment or credit services (provided by Users to third parties via Bridge)
  • Digital asset exchange services (provided by Users to third parties via Bridge)
  • Money services (provided by Users to third parties via Bridge)
  • Money transmission services (provided by Users to third parties via Bridge)
  • Any business that Bridge believes poses elevated financial risk, legal liability, or violate Payment Services Provider rules, card network rules or bank policies
For more details on our KYB process, please reference our Bridge Business Onboarding (KYB) Guide.