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High-Risk Business Activities
Updated over 3 months ago

Wind considers certain business activities to be high-risk. Entities engaged in these activities may undergo Wind's Enhanced Due Diligence, be ineligible to use Wind's services or face limitations.

The list of high-risk business activities is the following:

  • Money Services (i.e., check cashing, gift cards, ATMs, remittances)

  • Lending / Banking

  • Operate Foreign Exchange / Virtual Currencies Brokerage / OTC

  • Hold Client Funds (i.e., escrow)

  • Investment Services

  • Safe Deposit Box Rentals

  • Marijuana or Related Services

  • Third-Party Payment Processing

  • Adult Entertainment

  • Weapons, Firearms, and Explosives

  • Gambling

  • All of the above

Wind strictly prohibits the following kinds of business activity:

  1. Illegal or Unethical Activities:

    1. Unlawful or abusive activity

    2. Fraud

    3. Counterfeit or unauthorized goods

    4. Drugs and drug paraphernalia (including pseudo pharmaceuticals)

    5. Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs

  2. Financial and Risk-related Activities:

    1. Investment or credit services

    2. Check cashing

    3. Bail bonds

    4. Collections agencies

    5. Undisclosed money services

    6. Undisclosed money transmission

    7. Any business posing elevated financial risk or legal liability

  3. Intellectual Property Violations:

    1. Intellectual property infringement

  4. Predatory or Misleading Practices:

    1. Unfair, predatory, or deceptive practices

    2. Multi-level marketing

  5. High-Risk Industries:

    1. Gambling

    2. Adult content and services

    3. Digital asset exchange

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