NOVEBA TERMS OF BUSINESS
1. About us
1.1 Our legal name is Noveba Limited (“Noveba”). Our registered office is at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom and our company registration number is 11610200.
1.2 Noveba is authorised as an E-Money Institution (EMI) by the Financial Conduct Authority since 16.08.2019.
Status: Authorised Electronic Money Institution (Reference number: 900924)
(Reference: https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=0010X00004JBGVaQAP)
This is a firm that has FCA permission to issue electronic money (e-money) and provide payment services. This firm has requirements or restrictions placed on the financial services activities that it can operate. Requirements or restrictions can include suspensions. See the requirements applying to the firm.
1.3 You may contact us at any time by writing to us at the above address or sending an email to our Support Team (support@noveba.com). Contact details may be found on the FAQ section of our website.
2. Regulated activities
2.1 Noveba is authorised to provide the following e-money and payment services:
Regulators:
This table shows the former and current regulators of this firm, in the UK and in other European Economic Area (EEA).
Regulator Name: Financial Conduct Authority
Effective From: 16/08/2019
Permission:
Noveba has permission to provide certain regulated products and services.
a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
f) Money remittance
h) Issuing Electronic Money
– Other services such as:
(a) the provision of payment services;
(b) the provision of operational and closely related ancillary services, including—
(i) ensuring the execution of payment transactions;
(ii) foreign exchange services;
(iii) safe-keeping activities; and
(iv) the storage and processing of data;
(c) the operation of payment systems; and
(d) business activities other than the issuance of electronic money, subject to any relevant European Union or national law.
3. Codes of conduct
3.1 Noveba is subject to the legislative requirements within the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 and Payment Service Regulations 2017.
4. Fees and charges
4.1 Noveba charges its customers fees and charges in connection with the products and services provided by it. Information on Fees and Charges can be found in our Fees section of the website. Fees and charges may be amended from time to time by Noveba.
5. Data Protection Notice
5.1 The personal information requested from you is required for account opening checks. We will gather and process your personal data in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
6. Complaints
6.1 You may make a complaint by any of the following methods:
• In writing, whether by letter, or email, or
• verbally.
6.2 Your complaint will be fully investigated by Noveba. An acknowledgment letter will be sent to you upon receipt of your complaint and we will provide you with regular written updates. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome or if the complaint is not resolved within 35 business days, you are entitled to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service, Exchange Tower, London, E14 9SR as outlined within our Complaints Procedure.
7. Changes to Terms of Business
7.1 Where there are any material changes to these Terms of Business we will give you notice of any proposed change by any combination of an e-mail, posting a notice on our Website or through the Noveba App.
7.2 The Terms of Business is effective from March 1, 2024.
Appendices:
A. List of Prohibited Businesses
B. List of Prohibited Jurisdictions
C. List of Restricted transactions / activities that pose a high risk and require special permission/confirmation.
APPENDIX A
Jurisdictions / Territories with restrictions of service provision:
UPDATED: February 27, 2024
Customers and/or Transactions that have a direct and clear link by entity / asset ownership, UBO, business ties and obligations or any other form of strong relationship to the following jurisdictions, have the following service supply status:
Country / Territory | Client Account opening and maintaining | Transactions (incoming / outgoing / exchange) | Notes: |
Abkhazia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Afghanistan | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Andorra | ALLOWED* | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Anguilla | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Antigua and Barbuda | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Azerbaijan | PROHIBITED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis, excluding Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh region. |
Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh region | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Aruba | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Azores | PROHIBITED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Bahamas | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Bahrain | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Barbados | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Belarus | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Belize | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Bermuda | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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British Virgin Islands | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Brunei | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Burundi | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Cayman Islands | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Central African Republic | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Cook Islands | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Costa Rica | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Cuba | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Djibouti | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Dominica | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Ecuador | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Egypt | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Eritrea | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Ethiopia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Gaza Strip | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Gibraltar | ALLOWED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Grenada | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Guatemala | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Guernsey, Sark, Alderney | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Guinea | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Haiti | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Iran | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Iraq | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Island of Saint Helen | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Isle of Man | PROHIBITED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Ivory Coast (Cфte D'Ivoire) | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Jamaica | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Jersey | PROHIBITED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Kenya | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Kuwait | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Lebanon | PROHIBITED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Liberia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Libya | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Liechtenstein | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Macau | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Madeira | ALLOWED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Maldives | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Mali | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Marshall Islands | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Mauritius | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Moldova (including Transistria) | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Monaco | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Montserrat | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Myanmar (ex-Burma) | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Nauru | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Netherlands Antilles | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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New Caledonia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Niue | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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North Korea | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Northern Cyprus | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Pakistan | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Panama | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Russian Federation | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Russian Federation – Crimea Region | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | ALLOWED** | PROHIBITED | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis and a EEA residency |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Samoa | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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San Marino | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Seychelles | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Sierra Leone | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Somalia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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South Ossetia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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South Sudan | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Sudan | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Syria | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Tahiti | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Tonga | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Tunisia | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Turks and Caicos Islands | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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U.S. Virgin Islands | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Ukraine | ALLOWED** | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis, (excluding territories with occupied / war status and those falling under sanctions regime) ** subject to EDD on a case by case basis and a EEA residency |
Ukraine – Donetsk & Luhansk region territories | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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United Arab Emirates | PROHIBITED | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
United States of America – | ALLOWED* | ALLOWED* | * subject to EDD on a case by case basis |
Uruguay | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Vanuatu | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Venezuela | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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West Bank | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Yemen | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Zimbabwe | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED |
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Army / Naval or any other forms of military bases or armed forces’ locations | PROHIBITED | PROHIBITED | Applicable worldwide, regardless of the controlling country / organisation |
The list above is subject to regular change / update.
Important:
Being a part of the global financial system, Noveba Limited relies on external financial/payment partners for performing certain operations (including transfers and accounts). It is Noveba’s obligation to adhere to partners’ policies and terms of business, thus, Noveba reserves the right to refuse its Clients certain actions and prohibit transactions as required by its partners terms and conditions.
APPENDIX B – PROHIBITED BUSINESSES / TRANSACTIONS
UPDATED: February 27, 2024
Noveba Limited will not provide account or payment services to entities operating or related to the following sectors / industries:
Type of Business |
Reason |
Anonymous or Numbered Accounts, unincorporated or unregistered entities, Shell Banking (“Shell bank” means a bank incorporated in a jurisdiction in which it has no physical presence and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group). |
Restricted / High-risk |
Cash and Check Handling: Check Cashing, Deposit Taking, Cash Transfer |
Restricted / High-risk |
Credit repair, Debt Restructuring, Debt recovery, Debt settlement, Debt Collections |
Restricted / High-risk |
Embassies, consulates and other governmental bodies |
Restricted / High-risk |
Tobacco, e-cigarettes and e-liquid |
Restricted / High-risk |
Operating a business that requires a license or special permit without obtaining such license (i.e. Unregulated Auction Houses) |
Restricted / High-risk |
Production of Adult or Violent content |
Restricted / High-risk |
Production or Distribution of Offensive Weapons: Ammunition, Firearms, Explosives, Complex Weapons (i.e. guided missiles), Poisons |
Restricted / High-risk |
Transactions involving Human Organs |
Restricted / High-risk |
Sanctioned individuals and entities |
Restricted |
Services of Psychic services, occult and pseudo-sciences, alternative medicine. |
Other |
Financial Pyramid or Ponzi Schemes |
Illegal |
Any industry known to be an illegal industry in its local jurisdiction or the UK |
Illegal |
Illegal Drugs and Narcotics |
Illegal |
Supply, Sale and Distribution of certain recreational drugs (Payments involving lawful recreational drugs/medicinal marijuana distributors) |
Legal in certain jurisdictions |
The sale or distribution of stolen goods (including digital and virtual goods), counterfeit goods and violation of intellectual property, or items that violates individual privacy (revenge porn) |
Illegal |
Selling, hosting, distributing, producing or promoting offensive materials, including materials that incites or promotes racial hatred or discrimination based on gender, race, religion, national origin, physical ability, sexual orientation, or age |
Illegal |
Alternative / informal / unregulated payment systems / money service businesses, e.g. Hawala, Chit, Poey Kuan, Hundi, Fei Chi ‘Ien” (including Informal Value Transfer Systems); |
High Risk / Illegal |
Virtual Currency Exchanges, Administrators or Miners and/or Cryptoasset Exchange Providers or Custodian Wallet Providers that are not licensed or regulated in an equivalent jurisdiction; Illegal, unregulated, unlicensed, or unauthorised gambling or gaming firms; |
Illegal |
Trafficking of cultural artefacts and/or wildlife or protected species |
Illegal |
Offenders of environmental regulations and perpetrators of environmental crime. |
Illegal |
Human Trafficking, modern slavery, unlicensed migration / employment agencies |
Illegal |
Unincorporated entities |
Not allowed |
Entities with complex ownership structures where the UBO is separated by over 3 layers of ownership and control |
Not allowed |
Legal entities that have complex ownership/management structures that have no apparent commercial rationale other than to obstruct CDD disclosure and discovery of the UBOs |
Prohibited |
APPENDIX C – HIGH RISK BUSINESSES / TRANSACTIONS
UPDATED: February 27, 2024
Provision of payment and account services related to the following industries and types of activities can be considered subject to separate EDD / KYB / KYCC / risk analysis and subject to banking provider’s approval Noveba Limited:
Type of Business |
Reason |
Licensed Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Platforms, including payments; |
High Risk / High volatility |
High Value Dealers (jewellery, art, auctions, automotive) |
High Risk |
Crowdfunding / crowdinvesting platforms |
High Risk |
Second-hand vehicle sales |
High Risk |
Extractive services, such as mining or crude oil/gas |
High Risk |
Cash intensive businesses (cash-and-carry, scrap metal, beauty industry) |
High Risk |
Professional sports |
High Risk |
Payroll operators, licensed HR consultants |
High Risk |
Tour Operators |
High Risk |
Charities, non-profit organisations, foundations, and cultural associations, including donation-based. |
High Risk |
Professional providers of Corporate Services, Tax Advisory, Citizenship by Investment, Legal advisors |
High Risk |
Legal entities that use nominee Directors / Secretaries / Shareholders |
High Risk |
Penny stocks or microcap securities; |
High Risk |
Payments involving general trading companies operating in Free Trade Zones (FTZ) |
High Risk |
Regulated Payment Service Providers / Money Service Business |
Regulated / High Risk |
Payments involving downstream processing for correspondent banks, MSBs, financial institutions, and Payment Service Providers that are not otherwise prohibited |
Regulated / High Risk |
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