Privacy Policy

The Cloud Money ("Cloudmoneys.com")

These Terms of Use, including the Schedules, govern your use of the services provided by Currencycloud and constitute the legal relationship between you and us. 

Capitalized terms in these Terms of Use are defined in the Schedule entitled “Definitions - Terms of Use” which is located at the end of these Terms of Use.

You are also advised to print or download and keep a copy of the Terms of Use (including the Definitions - Terms of Use and other terms and conditions referred to herein) for future reference.

BY USING ANY OF OUR SERVICES DESCRIBED IN THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY OF OUR SERVICES IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE. THESE TERMS OF USE ARE A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND US AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM CAREFULLY.

 

1. OVERVIEW

1.1 The Services. We operate a proprietary Payment Platform that automates the payment lifecycle from receipt of funds through currency conversion and payment. The Services include Payment Services – Global Account, Foreign Exchange Service, EUR Collection Service, GBP Collection Service, SWIFT Collection Service, Spark Service, and Platform Services. Cloud Money is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) under the Regulations for the issuing of electronic money and the provision of payment services with Firm Reference Number 900199. These Terms of Use govern your use of the Services including without limitation your access to the Payment Platform. Your use of the Services, including without limitation your access to the Payment Platform, is subject to and governed by these Terms of Use, our operating procedures, and our acceptable use policy. If you are entering into a Commercial Agreement directly with us, then in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Terms of Use and the Commercial Agreement, these Terms of Use shall prevail except in relation to any fees or charges payable under the Commercial Agreement.

1.2 Business Introducer. If you have been introduced to us by a Business Introducer, then the Business Introducer may provide the first level of customer service and perform other functions necessary and appropriate to support the provision of the Services, pursuant to a separate agreement between the Business Introducer and Cloud Money. You are not a third-party beneficiary of that separate agreement between the Business Introducer and Cloud Money.

2. USE OF THE PAYMENT PLATFORM AND THE SERVICES

2.1 Ownership and Use. The Cloud Money Group owns all rights, title and interest in the Payment

Platform and our proprietary technology, including our software (in source and object forms), algorithms, user interface designs, architecture, and documentation (both printed and electronic), network designs, know-how, and trade secrets, and including any modifications, improvements, and derivative work thereof (the “Cloud Money Technology”). Cloud Money has the right, at any time, to amend our operating procedures and acceptable use policy, effective immediately, where appropriate in our determination, subject to such changes not materially adversely affecting the Services we provide to you. These Terms of Use do not transfer from us to you any license or ownership rights in the Payment Platform or the Cloud Money Technology. You may only use the Payment Platform for the receipt of the Services and in a manner consistent with these Terms of Use, our operating procedures, and our acceptable use policy. You shall not interfere with, disrupt, or cause damage to users of the Services, the Payment Platform, or any of our equipment.

2.2 Security. It is your responsibility to ensure that the Payment Platform and the Global Account is only accessed by you or your Authorised Persons and that you, including your Authorised Persons, employees and agents, keep your login details, passwords, or other security features associated with your access safe and secure. If you have any knowledge or any suspicion that any of these security features have been stolen, misappropriated, improperly disclosed to a third party or used without authorisation or otherwise compromised you must contact Client Support immediately. We agree that we shall use industry standard practices to ensure that the Global Account is kept secure and will inform you promptly of any attempted hack or unauthorised access to the Global Account.

2.3 Suspension of Access. We are entitled to suspend your Global Account and/or your or Authorised Persons’ access to the Payment Platform and/or otherwise restrict functionality if you are in of trades over the phone to End Customers, and training End Customers on the use of the Platform Services.

 

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breach of these terms. In all such cases we will, to the extent permitted under applicable laws, provide you with reasonable notice in advance of taking these steps. However, we may suspend your Global Account and/or your or Authorised Persons’ access to the Payment Platform and/or otherwise restrict functionality without notice if you are using your Global Account or the Services in a manner that could cause us legal liability or disrupt other users’ ability to access and use the Services or if any of the events set out in Section 10.3 occur. Any suspension or restriction shall continue for such a period as we shall reasonably determine to be necessary.

2.4 Equipment. You must provide and/or obtain any equipment or telecommunications lines and links that may be necessary for you to use the Payment Platform, and you acknowledge that certain software and equipment used by you may not be capable of supporting certain features of the Payment Platform. For the avoidance of doubt, we are not responsible for providing you with any equipment or telecommunications lines and links that may be necessary for you to use the Payment Platform.

2.5 Principal Only. You hereby (i) confirm, represent and warrant to us at all times that you are acting either on your own Global Account or, where applicable, for the benefit of your End Customer, and not on behalf of any other person, and (ii) acknowledge that we shall not be a principal to any transaction or be responsible for or otherwise guarantee the performance of any transaction entered into by you with an End Customer.

2.6 End Customer Responsibilities. We shall not treat End Customers as our client for the purposes of providing the Services. You are solely responsible and liable for all acts and omissions of End Customers including without limitation (i) all dealing services provided to End Customers and the correct inputting of trade details including trades executed via another liquidity partner, (ii) End Customer limits default, spreads and permissions and the setting of trading limits, products, default spreads and user permissions for End Customers, (iii) all Know Your Customer ("KYC") and/or customer due diligence ("CDD") requirements relating to End Customers and the on-boarding of End Customers, (iv) all operational matters relating to End Customers including inputting any manual End Customer's payment details, chasing End Customers for payment details, any late arrival of funds, settlement with End Customers, and monitoring the open positions of End Customers, (v) all sales, marketing and account management in relation to End Customers, including the promotion and marketing of foreign exchange deliverable services and/or international payments services to End Customers, End Customer account management and execution

3.1 Personal Data. By asking us to provide you with the Services, you will be providing us with information which includes Personal Data. In relation to such Personal Data, we shall act as: (i) a Data Controller in respect of our use of such Personal Data to (a) conduct KYC, CDD and other checks as part of our process of accepting you as a Client (as detailed in Section 7.1), (b) comply with any legal and/or regulatory requirements to which we are subject from time to time, including but not limited to FCA requirements, (c) determine how best to provide the Services and our risks in doing so, and (d) prevent fraud or financial crime; and (ii) a Data Processor in respect of our use of Personal Data relating to You and where applicable End Customers in order to provide the Services, and where we so act the terms contained in our Data Processing Policy apply to such processing. By accepting these Terms of Use, you also agree to the terms of our Data Processing Policy. You should print and keep a copy of the Data Processing Policy together with these Terms of Use.

3.6 Responsibility for Data. You are solely responsible for the content, quality, accuracy and completeness of any Personal Data, any End Customer data, and any other data provided or transmitted by you or on your behalf via or in connection with the use of the Payment Platform and the Services.

3.7 Record Keeping. Each party shall maintain records of all processing operations under its responsibility that contain at least the minimum information required by the Data Protection Legislation and shall make such information available to any DP Regulator on request.

3.8 Complaints, Notices or Communications. If either party receives any complaint, notice or communication which relates directly or indirectly to the processing of Personal Data or to either party's compliance with the Data Protection Legislation, it shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify the other party and provide the other party with commercially reasonable co-operation and assistance in relation to any such complaint, notice or communication.

4. FEES AND AMOUNTS TO BE PAID

4.1 Fees. All fees for the Services shall be as set out in the Commercial Agreement and may be increased by us in accordance with the terms of the Commercial Agreement. In the event that you have been introduced to us by a Business Introducer, the Business Introducer, when acting as your Authorised Person, shall be liable to us for all fees and charges for the Services; provided, however, that (i) you are responsible for the payment of Margin and deposit amounts as described in Schedule 2, and (ii) any other fees for the Services shall be as set out in your agreement with the Business Introducer.