If you have questions about prohibited and restricted businesses, you can contact us. Use of Stripe's services for any dealings, engagement, or sale of goods or services either directly or indirectly with the following are prohibited:. Persons located in, resident in, or a citizen of, or products or services originating from jurisdictions that Stripe has determined for various reasons, including legal, contractual, and commercial reasons, to be prohibited, including, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.
Persons Stripe has determined for various reasons, including legal, contractual, and commercial reasons, to be prohibited, such as those individuals or entities named to a restricted person or party list of, or otherwise restricted by, the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, or United Nations, including the sanctions maintained by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control or the Denied Persons List or Entity List maintained by the US Department of Commerce.
Export, re-export, sell, or supply accounting services; trust and corporate formation services; management consulting services; architecture services; engineering services; quantum computing services; information technology IT consultancy and design services; and IT-support services and cloud-based services for enterprise management software and design and manufacturing software to any person located in Russia. Deal in any goods prohibited by law for export to or import from Russia for example, luxury goods, sensitive goods included in the Common High Priority Items List, enterprise management software and design software.
The types of businesses listed here are representative of prohibited categories, but this is not an exhaustive list. Businesses in these categories require additional due diligence by Stripe in order to confirm our ability to support them. When you create your Stripe account, you will be asked to provide additional information such as proof of relevant licenses or more details about your business model to confirm your eligibility to use Stripe.
Due to card network rules, requirements of financial partners, and our own compliance and legal obligations, if your business falls into one of the categories below, Stripe might not be able to grant approval for your business to use our products. If we do provide approval, note that the approval is specific to each service offer, and it may be modified or revoked by Stripe at any time per the terms of the Stripe Services Agreement. Read more about restricted businesses in our FAQ s. The types of businesses listed below are representative of our restricted businesses but not exhaustive.
