Prohibited Businesses
Last updated: 08 October 2021
Yoco may not be used to accept payments for the following businesses or transactions relating to:
Confirmed pyramid selling
MOTO/Internet/CNP prescription drugs
Illegal drugs and the sales of any substances designed to cause a similar effect, such as butyl nitrates, hallucinogens and BZP
MOTO/Internet/CNP tobacconists
Escort agencies/massage parlors/adult content
Timeshare
Independent financial advisers
Key entry telecom companies (companies who allow cardholders to key enter an account number to facilitate the billing of a long-distance or local telephone call/fax call
Other investment merchants e.g. merchants who sell products such as bonds and debentures giving sporting rights
Holiday clubs and their agents/sub-agents
Bureau de change
Commodity Investments
High-risk security investments such as:
Binary option trading
Contracts for difference (CFD)
Foreign exchange (Forex) currency options trading
Cryptocurrency options trading
Initial coin offerings (ICOs)
Please also refer to the Visa and MasterCard merchant rules and comply with their requirements. Access the rules for MasterCard at www.mastercard.com and for VISA at www.visa.com.