"Affiliates" means, in relation to an entity, any person or entity Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such entity. An entity is deemed included within the meaning of “Affiliate” even if it qualifies as such after these Terms have been agreed to by a Client;
"Authorised Person" means any person authorised by you to give us instructions in relation to the Global Account and/or Payment Services – Global Account and/or to conclude Orders on your behalf. A Business Introducer shall be an Authorised Person unless you have agreed otherwise;
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a public or bank holiday in England;
"Business Introducer" means the person with which we have entered into a Business Introducer Agreement. This person markets and promotes the Services, and unless you have agreed otherwise will act as an Authorised Person;
"Client" means the person who is contracting with us for the provision of the Services;
"Close Out" means any action we may take to close out, cover or reduce our exposure in relation to the relevant Contract including any action we reasonably consider appropriate in the circumstances;
"Commercial Agreement" means the agreement between you (or your Business Introducer, if applicable) and us setting out the commercial terms for the provision of one or more of the Services. In the event that you have been introduced to us by a Business Introducer, then the Commercial Agreement shall be the commercial agreement between us and the Business Introducer;
"Confidential Information" means confidential information of the other party concerning the other party’s business, plans, customers, clients, technology, services and products and other information held in confidence by the other party including all information in tangible or intangible form that is marked or designated as confidential or that, under the circumstances of its disclosure, should be considered confidential. Our Confidential Information will include, but not be limited to, the SwipeIntl Technology, and your Confidential Information will include, but not be limited to End Customer data and Personal Data. Information will not be deemed Confidential Information if such information: (i) is known to the receiving party prior to receipt from the disclosing party directly or indirectly from a source other than one having an obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party; (ii) becomes known (independently of disclosure by the disclosing party) to the receiving party directly or indirectly from a source other than one having an obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party; (iii) becomes publicly known or otherwise ceases to be secret or confidential, except through a breach of these Terms of Use by the receiving party; or (iv) is independently developed by the receiving party. The receiving party may disclose Confidential Information pursuant to the requirements of a governmental agency or by operation of law, provided that it gives the disclosing party reasonable prior written notice sufficient to permit the disclosing party to contest such disclosure and it is not itself unlawful to give such notice;
“Consumer” means (a) an individual who, in contracts for payment services to which the PSRs 2017 apply, is acting for purposes other than a trade, business or profession; (b) an enterprise which, at the time at which the contract for payment services is entered into, is an enterprise as defined in Article 1 and Article 2(1) and (3) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6th May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise; and (c) a body whose annual income is less than £1 million and is (i) in England and Wales, a charity as defined by section 1(1) of the Charities Act 2011; (ii) in Scotland, a charity as defined by section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005; or (iii) in Northern Ireland, a charity as defined by section 1(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;
"Contracts" means any one or more of the agreements between you and us for the sale, purchase, and delivery of currency;
"Control" of an entity means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether by contract or otherwise, and in any event and without limitation of the foregoing, any entity owning more than 20% of the voting securities of a second entity shall be deemed to control that second entity.
Derivative forms of the term “Control” (e.g. Controlling and Controlled by) have corresponding meanings;
"Data Controller" has the meaning set out in the Data Protection Legislation (or, in respect of the GDPR, means the same as "controller" in Article 4 of GDPR).
"Data Processor" has the meaning set out in the Data Protection Legislation (or, in respect of the GDPR, means the same as "processor" in Article 4 of GDPR);
"Data Protection Legislation" means (in each case as such are updated, amended or replaced from time to time): (a) the UK Data Protection Act 1998 (as amended or replaced from time to time), (b) from its effective date (25 May 2018), the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation) (the "GDPR"), and any laws or regulations ratifying, implementing, adopting, supplementing or replacing GDPR (including the UK Data Protection Act 2018), in each case, to the extent in force; and (c) any other relevant data protection legislation in any jurisdiction which is applicable to the Services, including but not limited to the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
"Data Subject" means an individual who is the subject of Personal Data;
"Delivery Date" means the date on which we will deliver currency that has been purchased by you, provided you have fully paid for the purchased funds and complied with these Terms of Use. The Delivery Date must be a Business Day;
"DP Regulator" means any governmental or regulatory body or authority with responsibility for monitoring or enforcing compliance with the Data Protection Legislation;
"Durable Medium" means a medium which allows you to store information in a way accessible for future reference for a period of time adequate for the purposes of the information and which allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored; "End Customer" means any person other than us who contracts with you, including without limitation any client you engage in connection with the Platform Services;
"Fees" shall mean the charges payable by you to us for the Services as set out in these Terms of Use and our Commercial Agreement with you, or payable by the Business Introducer to us pursuant to our Commercial Agreement with the Business Introducer, if applicable;
"FCA" means the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom whose address is 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS, United Kingdom; further information on the FCA can be obtained on the FCA’s website at www.fca.org.uk;
"Foreign Exchange Services" means the foreign exchange services provided by SwipeIntl including quoting and execution of foreign exchange contracts to sell and buy currency;
"Global Account" means the electronic money account you open and maintain with SwipeIntl, also referred to from time to time as Primary Account and/or Named Account;
"Group Companies" means in relation to a company those companies which are subsidiaries, holding companies or subsidiaries of any holding company of such company, where the terms "subsidiary" and "holding company" bear the meaning given to them in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
"Insolvency Event" means in relation to either party: If such party becomes insolvent or a bankruptcy petition is presented against any such person or any steps are taken to appoint an administrator, judicial factor or similar officer to any such party or to commence the winding up or dissolution of any such party or to otherwise apply to the court for a moratorium or make a proposal to creditors for a voluntary arrangement or any such party grants a trust deed for creditors or takes any action with a view to the readjustment, rescheduling forgiveness or deferral of any part of any such party’s indebtedness or any such person enters into any arrangement, compromise or composition with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or any class of them (except for the purposes of a solvent reconstruction or amalgamation), or a receiver, receiver and manager, or other controller, administrator or similar officer to be appointed with respect to, or takes control of, the assets or undertakings of any such party;
"Losses" means all losses, liabilities, fines, charges, damages, actions, costs and expenses, professional fees (including legal fees actually incurred) and disbursements and costs of investigation, litigation, settlement, judgment, interest and penalties;
"Margin" means collateral paid by you to us, including additional margin and increased margin; "Order" means the accepted commercial terms of a Contract (which will incorporate these Terms of Use);
“Payer” means a third party that sends funds to us on your and/or your End Customer’s behalf.
"Payment Platform" means the SwipeIntl online Payment Platform that provides the functionality and connectivity via the API or SwipeIntl Direct;
"Payment Services – Global Account" means the emoney and payment services provided by SwipeIntl to you including the receipt and holding of funds in the Global Account and execution of payment services or transactions on your behalf;
"Personal Data" has the meaning given to it by the Data Protection Legislation;
"Platform Services" means the access to information and market data via the Payment Platform provided by us to amongst other things, facilitate the booking and management of payments, track trades and report on balances and transactions on your Global Account;
"Regulations" means the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 and the Payment Services Regulations 2017 as (as amended and replaced from time to time);
"Services" means the Payment Services – Global Account, Foreign Exchange Service, EUR Collection Service, GBP Collection Service, SWIFT Collection Service, and Platform Services provided by SwipeIntl to you as described in these Terms of Use;
"Settlement Date and Time" means the date and time specified within the Contract, by which funds must be received by or available to SwipeIntl;
"UK Business Hours" means Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm;
"Terms of Use" means these terms and conditions including the schedules and any other terms and conditions referred to herein, the Privacy Policy, all as amended from time to time;
"You" or "your" means you, the person who is contracting with us for the provision of the Services.