Permitted countries and services

      Permitted countries and services


        Article Summary

        When processing the request for establishing a payment gateway or terminal, the company and the offered goods or services are verified.

        Verification of identity

        ComGate Payments a.s. is a payment institution that provides services based on a license from the Czech National Bank and is subject to special regulation under Czech Act No. 370/2017 Coll., on payment services and Czech Act No. 253/2008 Coll., on certain measures to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Under the above laws and other regulations mentioned, we are obliged to verify the identity of the persons to whom we provide payment services. That is why, when concluding the contract, we will ask you to send a scan of your identity card and one other document.

        Permitted countries

        We provide payment service contracts to entities doing business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Entities from other countries are subject to individual assessment.

        High-risk areas


        The sector of payment services is regulated by the Czech National Bank, Ministry of Finance and by rules of the Visa and Mastercard payment associations. Below we list the risk areas that require a special approach and for which different terms and conditions apply.


        Segment
        Specific risk areas in the segment


        Travel agencies, flight tickets, admission tickets, accommodation

        Travel agencies (with insurance), travel agencies (without insurance)
        Sale of flight tickets, boat tickets
        Ticket sales, tickets for one-time events
        Accommodation

        COVID-19
        Products related to COVID-19
        Erotica, pornography, romantic relationships
        Erotic aids, incl. a small number of movies on media (not online for download), online dating
        Financial services, investment, real estate, gold and commodities

        Trade in high-risk commodities (oil and gas, gold and gold dust, diamonds and other raw materials).
        Consulting services - financial, betting, investment, etc.
        Financial institutions, securities traders, investment funds
        Sale of insurance
        Mediation of payment systems
        Goldsmithing and jewelry


        Gambling, betting, lotteries
        Casinos, games rooms, gambling, betting games, lotteries
        Cryptocurrencies and electronic money
        Recharging, purchase and exchange of anonymous electronic money (e.g. prepaid cards)
        Medicines, food supplements, nutritional advice

        Dietary supplements
        Pharmacies
        Products containing CBD
        Dietary and nutritional advice


        Addictive substances, alcohol, tobacco
        Alcohol
        Non-profit organizations, charities, collections, crowdfunding

        Non-profit organizations, charitable activities
        Crowdfunding, crowdfunding servers


        Storage, downloads, data services, SW licenses and credits
        Sales of software licenses, game and other digital licenses, codes and keys, all electronic products and services delivered to the customer immediately after payment, including online courses
        Other services

        Taxi services, courier services
        Used clothing store
        Divining services (astrology, horoscopes, numerology)
        Trade in toxic substances with an impact on the environment and their storage
        Payments for membership, subscription to membership in clubs, groups
        Discount servers

        High-risk areas are not prohibited but before concluding a contract, they must undergo special screening. The contract for payment services in these areas may differ from a standard contract.

        Do you have a pharmacy?
        To activate a payment gateway, you need to provide special certification for pharmacy activity and prove the existence of your physical shop.

        Do you have a travel agency?
        To activate a payment gateway, you need to provide special certification for travel agency activity, as well as bankruptcy insurance.

        Prohibited areas

        The list of prohibited areas is based on the rules of card associations and can be further supplemented. Card payment is not possible for the areas listed below.

        Segment
        Specific restricted areas in the segment
        Erotica and pornography
        Pornography, erotic webcams
        Dating with the offer of erotic services, companions, escort services
        Financial services, investment, real estate, gold and commodities
        Exchange offices
        Cryptocurrencies and electronic money
        Crypto assets (exchange platforms-exchange offices, electronic wallets), currency miners, initial coin offering, traders using completely anonymous cryptocurrencies as the subject of exchange
        Addictive substances, alcohol, tobacco

        Drug stores, drug portals, marijuana coffee shops
        Tobacco industry

        Other illegal activities
        All illegal activities according to the valid legislation of the Czech Republic, sale of goods and services that violate the legislation of the European Union
        Other services
        Telemarketing - Sales and offer of services via SMS and telephone contact
        Political parties, churches, sects
        Funding political parties including the extreme left and the extreme right, religious sects
        Storage, downloads, data services, SW licenses and credits

        Activities which are reasonably suspected of infringing on or allow the infringement on intellectual property rights and copyrights, such as illegal downloading of audiovisual works, public storage of computer games, music, etc.
        I-cloud portals, rental of remote servers, webhosting, providing free websites
        Sales and provision of telecommunications services, data services and the internet

        Weapons and ammunition

        Category A weapons (see Act No. 119/2002 Coll. on firearms and ammunition)
        Weapons, except for category A weapons (see Act No. 119/2002 Coll. on firearms and ammunition)

        Mediation of purchase, resale of goods
        Arranging the purchase of third-party products and resale, where the goods are supplied by another entity

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