Terms of Service
Terms of Use
Terms Effective As Of November 23, 2022
These Terms of Use (collectively the “Terms”) apply specifically to ecommerce and retail Merchants that utilize the Dello systems, products, and services to accept payments from Consumers of any type in the form of supported virtual currencies and receive commercial settlements in fiat or virtual currencies. By using any of the Dello services, including accessing this website, you acknowledge and accept these Terms and agree to be bound by them.
Dello Services
Dello is a virtual/cryptocurrency payment processor that facilitates the acceptance of payments by Merchants in exchange for goods and services, both tangible and intangible, in multiple markets throughout the world. Dello does not provide:
Exchange services
ATM services
Foreign exchange
Cash services in any form
Custody of crypto assets
Listing of crypto assets
Interaction with privacy tokens in any form
Crypto tumbler/mixer services in any form
Any service other than payment and remittance services
Dello facilitates the acceptance of crypto currencies that are supported by our liquidity partners and not specifically regulated/forbidden by regulatory authorities in jurisdictions that we have a presence in. Merchants and Consumers can not exchange fiat currency for digital currency OR buy/sell virtual currencies from Dello at any time.
By using the Services, you authorize Dello to act as an Agent, Seller, or Merchant of Record as governed by these Terms of Use and the Dello Consumer Terms of Use. Dello agrees to perform the services and remit payment to you as dictated by these Terms and the Dello Merchant Agreement.
Dello – Our Details
Dello
Dello is a registered MSB in Canada with details:
Name: 12844168 CANADA INC.
Registration Number: M21154137
Address: 6500 TRANSCANADA SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 400
POINTE-CLAIRE, QC, CANADA H9R0A5
Dello is a ecommerce merchant/retailer in the USA with details:
Name: 12844168 CANADA INC.
Corporate Number: 1284416-8
Address: 6500 TRANSCANADA SERVICE ROAD, SUITE 400
POINTE-CLAIRE, QC, CANADA H9R0A5
Activities and Regulation
Dello is subject to Canadian and U.S. laws, regulations, and guidelines. In addition, we embrace and strive towards best practices in related fields such as ecommerce guidelines, those administered by fiat currency payment schemes and regulatory agencies, and our own internal risk appetite. Specifically, Dello has reporting and identification guidelines under FINTRAC in Canada for activities undertaken by our Canadian entity. This includes client identification, monitoring, and reporting of any eligible transactions. In the US Dello acts as Merchant of Record when processing payments and as such is subject to best practices as an ecommerce retailer, note that there is no governing body or payment scheme governing the activities of ecommerce merchants accepting crypto currencies as a payment method. We strive to adhere to best practices identified in ecommerce in traditional finance.
Note that Dello only accepts businesses which are:
Legal
Are a going concern
Trade in legal products/services
Enforce their own identification and privacy measures
Additionally, Dello abides by our Privacy Policy, and global privacy legislation such as the GDPR with regard to data subjects and their personally identifying information. Please see our Privacy Policy for specific information regarding this.
Merchant Representations and Warranties
As a Merchant you warrant that:
You are authorized to accept these Terms on behalf of your entity, yourself, and the entity/group that will collectively be known as the “Merchant”
You will fulfill your obligations under these Terms and the Dello Merchant Agreement
You are not impaired or otherwise acting in a diminished capacity at the time of acceptance
Your company/sole proprietorship/entity is legally organized, in good standing, and able to enter into an agreement with Dello
You are entering into these Terms and your business relationship with Dello as a Merchant and not a Consumer
You acknowledge that any relationship with Consumers is governed by our Consumer Terms of Use and that you are aware of same
You will only use the services in a legal way that is in line with the letter and spirit of these Terms
You will only accept payments for products and services that have been expressly approved and underwritten by Dello
You will not sell, transfer, or otherwise provide a third party with access to your account or the Dello services without our express written permission
You will not utilize the services for the purposes of currency exchange, virtual or fiat, or to facilitate the sale of crypto currencies
You have provided us with truthful and accurate information
Rules of the Road – Merchant Accounts
Account Opening
Dello is a registered MSB in Canada and has obligation to identify our clients in line with the PCMLTFA in Canada. As such, we require the following information at minimum at account opening:
Documents related to your business including, but not limited to; incorporation records, articles and/or memorandums of association, supplier agreements, lease agreements, internal policy and procedure documents
Documents related to the ownership of your business including, but not limited to; identity documents for owners including government issue photo ID and/or utility bills, resumes, and organizational charts
Documents related to your financial performance and standing including, but not limited to; tax filings, bank statements, cryptocurrency wallet address(es), processing history for fiat currency payment methods
Documents related to your business operations such as; shipping records, supplier agreements and others
Account Maintenance
Dello may impose, at our sole discretion and with or without notice to you, limits and caps on your processing including transaction size limits, both minimum and maximum, daily processing volumes, velocity controls, automated crypto forensics and others.
Consumer Validation
Depending on the product and service you offer you may be required to collect and validate Consumer information such as name, address, email address, phone number, IP address, device ID, cryptocurrency wallet address(es) and others. Additionally, you are required to comply with all requests by Dello for supporting information on a payment, or payments, including proof of service fulfillment, correspondence with the customer and any other material information relevant to that purchase and Consumer. Failure to provide information in a timely fashion on request may lead to suspension of your Merchant Account.
Restricted and Prohibited Use
Prohibited and Forbidden Uses
Dello does not knowingly engage with, support, or otherwise facilitate payments for any illegal or illicit purpose at any time. This list will be updated on a regular basis and, where an activity that you as a Merchant engage in becomes regulated or illegal Dello may suspend or terminate your access to the service at any time. Prohibited and forbidden uses of our services are determined by us in our sole discretion and any cessation, suspension or termination of service due to prohibited products or activities is final.
Illegal Activity: Services or products which are expressly prohibited in your jurisdiction OR in the jurisdiction of your Consumers.
DDoS, Doxxing, or Similar Services: We expressly forbid payments for services of this nature as they target infrastructure and systems of organizations or persons. Additionally, these actions may constitute crimes and may deprive the targets of the use of their infrastructure and/or place them at risk of physical harm.
Defamation, Libel, Harassment, Stalking, or “Spyware”: Products or services that violate the privacy of others or make statements which may be untrue and/or harmful are explicitly prohibited.
Fraud: Any action or service which operates under false pretence or false representation to enrich a Merchant at the expense of others.
Copyright Infringement, Replicas, Pirate Software: Any product or service which distributes software counter to licensing agreements, infringes on copyrights, or creates false/fraudulent replicas of replica and/or name brand products is explicitly prohibited.
Prohibited Business Types
The following products and industries are precluded from access to the Services in any ways
Illicit drugs including pharmaceuticals
Marijuana, psilocybin and other drugs except where licensed by the Federal government in your jurisdiction
Guns, ammunition, and other weapons
Chemicals including “research chemicals”, “peptides”, “bath salts” and other products of this nature
Illegal pornography
Child abuse material including products that sexualize minors
Multi level marketing
Financial services that require a license where the Merchant does not have the license required
Credit repair
Debt collection
Government grant assistance
Travel and work visa assistance
Peer to peer transactions
Binary options
Contracts for difference
Shell banks
Incorporation services
Restricted Business Types
The following business types are only accepted after the completion of enhanced due diligence and only with express written approval of Dello by an executive. Note that any businesses of the below types will be subject to probationary controls including processing caps, settlement restrictions and ongoing monitoring.
Charities
Low income housing development
Religious organizations
Money services businesses
Online financial services such as e-Wallets, prepaid credit cards, financial applications and others
Currency exchange
Licensed financial activities such as crypto exchanges
Lotteries and gaming
eSports
Fantasy sports
Legal services
Account Security – Your Obligations
You are solely responsible for the security of your account credentials. We recommend you choose a unique and strong password that you do not use for any other service. Additionally, we recommend that you change your password regularly and implement two factor authentication where possible.
If you believe that your account has been compromised and any transactions were not conducted by you it is your responsibility to notify us immediately. You acknowledge that you are responsible for all transactions conducted on your account. Dello accepts no liability, financial or otherwise, for any transactions that are conducted due to your inability or unwillingness to employ safe computing and access practices.
Transaction Records
Your transaction history is available within your account at any time. Should you require assistance accessing this please contact our Support team.
Account Suspension, Termination, Reactivation, and Investigation
Closing Your Account
Merchants may request to close their account at any time. Closing your account does not eliminate or absolve you of responsibility for fees, non-circumvention, non-disclosure or other obligations under this agreement.
Suspension or Termination Of Your Account By Dello
We may close your account at any time at our sole discretion with or without notice to you. If your account, and activity, is placed under review and investigation by our Risk or Compliance teams you are required to comply with requests under said investigation. Failure to comply with requests from our Compliance team will result in immediate suspension and/or termination of your account. Similarly, your account may be closed if you carry a negative balance and do not make efforts to rectify this. Additionally, abuse of our staff is not tolerated under any circumstance and will result in immediate termination of your account.
Use of the Dello’s Logo and Trademarks
As long as your have an active account with Dello and use the Dello services you may display our logo on your website and in your marketing material with our approval. Additionally, we may require that you post our logo and a link to our Consumer Terms and Conditions in order to accept and access the Services. Failure to display this may result in suspension or termination of your access to the Services.
Supported Currencies
Our supported currencies are updated regularly, currently we support Bitcoin and Bitcoin Lightening. Dello will not support privacy tokens, tokens that may be securities, ICOs, IEOs, or similar under any circumstance.
Unclaimed Balances
If your account is closed for any reason with a balance and you do not contact us OR respond to our attempts to contact you for a period of 365 days from the date of account closure your balance may be liquidated without further notice to you. Where your account has been dormant for a period of 730 days without a login attempt, transaction, correspondence with us OR reply to our correspondence and contact attempts to you your balance may be liquidated without further notice to you. In instances of liquidation of balances we will adjust your account to a zero balance, close your account if not already closed and add the funds to our revenues/treasury.
Refunds
Refunds should be conducted at the Merchant discretion where a Consumer submits a valid request for a refund. Where a Merchant fails to refund a Consumer and the Consumer contacts Dello our first action is always to refer the Consumer to the Merchant for further information. If a Consumer files a formal complaint or otherwise escalates a matter to Dello we may, at our sole discretion, refund the Consumer from the Merchant’s balance. The Merchant acknowledges and accepts this. Additionally, where a Consumer requests a refund of the amount in cryptocurrency after a purchase and the market has materially moved in such a way to engender loss for the Merchant the Merchant may in their sole discretion choose to refund the equivalent fiat value at the time of purchase. Dello takes no position of arbitrator or similar in these matters.
Complaints
Merchants are bound by the following:
Acknowledging the complaint, in writing, within 10 days of receipt from the Consumer
Providing a final response to the Consumer within 30 days of receipt
Providing a path for the Consumer to escalate the complaint if needed
Where a Dello Merchant submits a complaint to Dello we will:
Acknowledge the complaint, in writing, within 10 days of receipt from the Merchant
Provide a final response to the Merchant within 30 days of receipt
Provide a path for the Merchant to escalate the complaint if needed
Fiat Payment and Settlement
Dello settles fiat currency to Merchants on a regular schedule as outlined in the Merchant Agreement. All settlements are subject to minimums and carry fees such as those charged by our banking and payment processing partners. All fees relevant to settlement are debited from the Merchant settlement and reflected on statements. Where Dello acts as Merchant of Record all settlements are payments to the Merchant for goods sold to the Consumer by Dello.
It is the Merchant’s sole responsibility to ensure that Dello provides accurate and current settlement information. Additionally, it is the Merchant’s sole responsibility to ensure only authorized parties have access to the Merchant’s bank account. Dello accepts no liability for payments settled to incorrect bank accounts based on erroneous information provided by the Merchant. Similarly, we accept no liability for any issues that may occur with Merchant’s banking providers and partners.
Rolling Reserves
If your account and business type is deemed high risk OR your account has a high incidence of refunded and/or disputed transactions Dello may implement a holdback of up to 10% of your total sales to ensure funds are available to cover refunds and disputes. If a rolling reserve is implemented these terms will be outlined in our Merchant Agreement.
Fees
All fees are outlined in the Merchant Agreement between Dello and the Merchant. Where fees are changed Dello will provide 30 days notice in writing to the Merchant. Additionally, full itemization of all fees is reflected on Merchant statements. Lastly, Dello is not responsible for gas fees, bank fees, or other fees charged on processing by infrastructure or payment partners.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify Dello, its affiliated and related entities, and any of its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, costs, losses, liabilities, damages, expenses and judgments of any and every kind (including, without limitation, costs, expenses, and reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of, relating to, or incurred in connection with any claim, complaint, action, audit, investigation, inquiry, or other proceeding instituted by a person or entity that arises or relates to any actual or alleged breach of your representations, warranties, or obligations set forth in these Terms.
No Warranty
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, WE PROVIDE THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND YOUR USE OF THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE PROVIDE THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT). WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES (AND OUR WEBSITE): WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WILL BE AVAILABLE, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL CONTENT. WE DO NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED OR ADVERTISED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO NOR MONITOR ANY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
Limitation of Liability
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS, THEFT, DISAPPEARANCE, OR DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUES, LOST DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR UNAVAILABILITY OF THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION AND WHETHER OR NOT WE KNEW THAT SUCH DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN INCURRED. FOR CUSTOMERS CONTRACTING WITH DELLO. WHILE THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY DISCLAIMS LOST PROFITS AND OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES, DELLO DOES NOT OTHERWISE EXCLUDE ITS LIABILITY FOR ITS GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OR INJURY RESULTING FROM HACKING, TAMPERING, VIRUS TRANSMISSION OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE OF THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES, YOUR ACCOUNT, OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.
IN NO EVENT WILL OUR LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS EXCEED THE FEES EARNED BY US IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE ACCEPTANCE SERVICES DURING THE 6 MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM FOR LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Tax
Merchants are solely responsible for declaring, charging, and remitting taxes in their jurisdiction. Dello will comply with any valid process, subpoena, production order or similar from taxation authorities including disclosing account transaction history and settlement history.
Assignment
You may not transfer or assign your account or obligations to these Terms or any rights granted by these Terms. You agree and acknowledge that we may assign or transfer these Terms.
Severability
Should any provision of the Terms be determined to be invalid or unenforceable under any law, regulation, or court order, such determination will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of the Terms.
Waivers
A party’s failure to assert any right or provision in the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision, and no waiver of any term shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such or other term.
Notices
Notices must be in writing between the parties to the nominated contact details and person(s) in the Merchant Agreement. Notices that are not in writing and are not directed to the correct designated party are not valid under these terms or the Merchant Agreement.
Governing Law
Your relationship with Dello and governing law thereby is dictated by which entity you contract with us under. Primarily the governing law of our agreements and services is Quebec, Canada.
Updates
We may update our Terms and/or our Merchant Agreement at any time. Where possible we will endeavour to notify you of updates to the Merchant Agreement in writing to the contact you designate in our Merchant Agreement. Updates to these Terms may be made at any time, with or without notice to you, and you acknowledge this accept responsibility for checking these Terms on a regular and ongoing basis.
Force Majeure
Neither party will be liable for delays in processing or other non-performance caused by such events as fires, telecommunications, utility, or power failures, equipment failures, labour strife, riots, war, non-performance of our vendors or suppliers, acts of God, pandemics, or other causes over which the respective party has no reasonable control; provided that the party has procedures reasonably suited to avoid the effects of such acts.