PART A: GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This
document/agreement/understanding is a computer-generated electronic
record published in terms of Rule 3 of the
Information
Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)
Rules, 2021 (amended from time to time)
read with Information
Technology Act, 2000 (amended from time to time) and does not
require any physical or digital
signatures.
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) constitute a legal
agreement between You and Razorpay Software Private Limited
(“Razorpay”
or “us”, or “we”
or “our””). The Terms, constituted of Part A:
General Terms and Conditions and Part B: Specific Terms and
Conditions,
govern Your access to and use of Razorpay services,
including payments, technology, software, analytics or any other
services, tools or
products offered or made available by Razorpay
and/or its Affiliates, and/or their Facility Providers,
(“Services”). The Services may be
offered or made
available to You via our website, mobile applications, software, APIs,
social media, or other access channels
(“Platform”).
“You”, “Yours”, “Yourself” or
“Merchant” refers to customers, who may be a
non-registered individual or corporate body,
who register for,
use, or access the Platform or Services. The Services provided by
Razorpay through the Platform are available and are
appropriate
only for use in India.
Please read these Terms carefully before
accessing the Platform or using the Services. By accessing the
Platform or using the Services,
You agree to be bound by these
Terms, including our Privacy Policy and any other policy applicable to
the Services received via the
Platform. If You do not agree to
these Terms or do not wish to be bound by these Terms, You must
immediately terminate the use of the
Services. Razorpay reserves
the right to amend or otherwise modify the Terms at any time by
posting an updated version on the website.
The updated Terms
shall take effect immediately upon posting. It is Your responsibility
to review these Terms periodically for
updates/amendments. Your
continued access of the Platform or use of the Services signifies Your
assent/ratification of the updated or
modified Terms. If You
object to these Terms or any subsequent modifications to these Terms
in any way, Your only recourse is to
immediately terminate the
use of the Services.
We may require You to agree to additional
terms in connection with specific Services, provided either by
Razorpay or its Affiliates, that
You may avail from time to time.
You agree to be bound by supplemental terms of any specific Service
that You access or use via our
Platform and/or are available by
hyperlink on our Platform. We may ask You to agree to those
supplemental terms by way of
‘acceptance’. Should You
choose to avail any specific Service, You may be required to complete
forms and provide additional
data/information. You hereby give
your consent for us to store, and use the data/information You provide
on the Platform during (i) the
initial sign up/registration
process and (ii) registration or onboarding for any specific Service
in future. You hereby further give Your
consent for us to
pre-fill forms for the registration or onboarding process of any
specific Service with such data/information provided.
You
acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right to verify, and
re-verify where applicable, the data/information You provide in
relation
to any specific Service. Your right to access and use any specific
Service is subject to successful completion, at our sole
discretion,
of registration or onboarding process for that specific Service. To
the extent these Terms are inconsistent with any
supplemental
terms for a specific Service, then those specific terms shall prevail
over these Terms. You further agree that any claims
relating to
any specific Services shall be brought solely against the Razorpay
Affiliate providing the specific Services.
Where You intend to
avail online as well as offline payment aggregation services, You
understand and agree that online Services will be
provided by
Razorpay Software Private Limited and offline Services will be
provided by Ezetap Mobile Solutions Private Limited
(Razorpay
POS), an Affiliate of Razorpay. You acknowledge and agree that the
provision of offline payment aggregation services by
Razorpay POS
will be governed by Part A: General Terms and Conditions along with
Part VII: Specific Terms for Offline Aggregation
Services and
Devices of Part B: Specific Terms and Conditions enumerated below. For
the avoidance of doubt, the reference to Razorpay
under Part A:
General Terms and Conditions shall include Razorpay POS as well.
1. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
1.1. We (and our licensors, as
applicable) remain the sole owner of all right, title and interest in
the Services, including the Platform and
the website
www.razorpay.com (“website”), including any intellectual
property rights which subsist in the Services (whether registered
or
not). Razorpay grants You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
limited right to access the Platform and make personal use of
the
website and the Services. You shall not remove, obscure, or alter any
proprietary rights notices (including trademark and copyright
notices),
which may be affixed to or contained within the Services. We reserve
all rights not granted under the Terms. We (and our
licensors, as
applicable) retains its rights in and to trademarks, trade names,
service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive
brand
features (“marks”) owned or used by us in the course of
our business. You do not have the right to use any of our marks
without
explicit consent from us. You shall not download, copy,
create a derivative work, modify, reverse engineer, reverse assemble,
transmit or
otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell,
assign, sub-license, grant a security interest in or otherwise
transfer any right in the
Services or marks. You further
acknowledge and agree that the Services may contain information that
is designated confidential by us
and You shall not disclose such
information without our prior written consent.
1.2. You grant a
royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, transferable and
sub-licensable license to Razorpay, its Affiliates and third
party
service providers, to use Your data, Your customer’s data,
information, content, trademarks, logos and any other
materials/information
You upload or make available to us or on the Platform (“Your
materials”). You agree that Razorpay may use Your
materials
to operate and improve the Platform, provide the Services, and fulfil
Razorpay’s rights and discharge its obligations under the
Terms.
You agree that Razorpay may use Your materials in its marketing and
promotional materials without requiring any incremental
consent
from You. You further agree that Razorpay may conduct analytics on
Your materials and that Razorpay shall retain ownership
of the
results or reports derived from such data which shall be in aggregated
and anonymised form for its business purposes in
accordance with
Applicable Laws. You shall indemnify and hold harmless Razorpay, its
Affiliates and its service providers on demand
against all claims
and losses arising out of or in connection with our use of Your
Materials in accordance with this clause.
2. USAGE OF THE WEBSITE AND USE OF SERVICES BY THE USER
2.1. You shall register to become a user of the Website only if You
are of the age of 18 or above and can enter into binding contracts
as
per Applicable Laws. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of Your passwords, login and account information. You are
responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of any login information and
secure access credentials associated with Your Razorpay
account.
You will be responsible for all use of the Platform and/ or Services
by You or anyone using Your password and login
information (with
or without our permission). You are responsible for all activities
that occur under Your account/in using Your secure
credentials
and Razorpay shall not be liable for any such change or action
performed by using Your secure credentials on the Website.
2.2.
You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information
about Yourself as and when prompted by the Platform. If You
provide
any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not updated or incomplete
(or becomes untrue, inaccurate or incomplete), or Razorpay
has
reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue,
inaccurate, not updated or incomplete, Razorpay shall have the right
to
immediately suspend or terminate Your account and/or refuse
any and all current or future use of the Platform or Services, or any
portion
thereof, in connection thereto.
2.3. By using the
Services and providing your contact information, you consent to
receiving information about, and offers for, various
products and
services from Razorpay, its Affiliates or third parties. These
communications may occur through various channels,
including but
not limited to telephone, SMS, email, WhatsApp, other messaging
services, or any other physical, electronic, or digital
means.
You agree that Razorpay may contact you electronically or by phone to
gauge your interest in specific products and services and
to
process your requests or applications. Additionally, you authorize
Razorpay, along with its partners, service providers, vendors, and
other
third parties, to contact you for purposes such as (i) presenting or
soliciting your interest in other products or services from third
parties,
or (ii) sending marketing materials, offers, or other information
through the Website or via other methods including telephone,
SMS,
email, WhatsApp, or other messaging services or digital means. You
consent to receiving these communications on the phone or
mobile
number you provided on the website and explicitly waive any
registration or preferences listed under the Do Not Disturb (DND)
or
National Customer Preference Register (NCPR) in accordance with
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) regulations.
2.4.
You agree and authorize Razorpay to share your information with its
partner banks, financial institutions, group companies,
Affiliates,
vendors, service providers, and other third parties as necessary to
provide the various products and services you select or to
offer
additional value-added services. You also consent to receiving
communications via email, telephone, and/or SMS from Razorpay or
these
third parties. If you request to opt out of receiving such
communications or marketing materials in the future, this request will
only
apply prospectively and will not affect data that has
already been shared by Razorpay with your prior consent.
2.5. By
accessing the Platform or using our Services, You acknowledge and
agree that we may display offers, promotions, and other
content
from our partners, Affiliates, and third parties to You or Your end
users. These offers and promotions may be tailored based on
the
information provided, including past information on our Platform or by
Your or end users use of our Services. We may leverage the
data,
including personal data, that You or Your end users submit to
personalize and optimize these offers, ensuring that they are
relevant
and valuable to You, and You explicitly consent to such
usage. This may include, but is not limited to, Your or Your end
user
preferences, interactions, and usage patterns on our
Platform. We do not guarantee the accuracy, quality, or suitability of
any offers
presented, and such offers may be subject to
additional terms and conditions. Your, or an end user’s,
engagement with these offers is
solely at Your discretion.
2.6.
You acknowledge and agree that for undertaking any payment and/or
financial transaction through the Platform, Razorpay may
undertake
due diligence measures and seek information required for KYC purposes,
which as a customer/merchant You are obliged to
give in
accordance with Applicable Laws. You acknowledge and agree that
Razorpay may undertake enhanced due diligence measures
(including
any documentation), to satisfy itself relating to due diligence
requirements in line with the requirements and obligations under
Applicable
Laws. You are solely responsible for understanding and complying with
all Applicable Laws, including but not limited to the
provisions
of the RBI Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment
Gateways, Payment and Settlement Systems Act,
2007, Prevention of
Money Laundering Act, 2002, KYC Guidelines, etc. issued by the RBI as
may be amended from time to time that
may be applicable to You in
connection with Your business and use of Platform or Services.
2.7.
You agree and covenant that before the commencement of any Service(s)
under these Terms, You shall provide the necessary
documents (as
determined in Razorpay's sole discretion or when required by Facility
Providers or governmental authorities or law
enforcement
agencies) (“KYC Documents”) to enable Razorpay to conduct
the due diligence in respect of You and Your business /
activities.
Razorpay shall have the right to share the KYC Documents (or the
information therein) and other related documents with the
Facility
Providers or governmental authorities or law enforcement agencies, as
required under the Applicable Laws. You expressly
consent
Razorpay to rely on the KYC Documents provided by You for providing
Services. You further acknowledge and agree that
Razorpay
reserves the right at all times to monitor, review, retain and/or
disclose any information in relation to the Service(s) as
necessary
pursuant to satisfy any Applicable Laws, legal process or governmental
request.
2.8. Razorpay shall have the right to demand from You,
any (i) additional KYC Documents and /or (ii) any KYC related or
other
documents of Your customers or invoices, in its sole
discretion and / or as per the Applicable Laws or pursuant to requests
from
governmental authorities, law enforcement agencies or
Facility Providers. Your failure to submit the KYC Documents when
requisitioned
shall entitle Razorpay to suspend the Services and/or stop settlement
of monies (as applicable) until You submit such KYC
Documents to
the sole satisfaction of Razorpay.
2.9. You agree that Razorpay
shall not be responsible for any delivery, after-sales service,
payment, invoicing or collection, customer
enquiries (not limited
to sales enquiries), technical support maintenance services and/or any
other obligations or services relating to or in
respect of Your
products or services. Such obligations shall be Your sole
responsibility. You shall indemnify Razorpay against any claim
arising
from such services or obligations and shall bear any and all expenses
and/or costs relating thereto.
2.10. Throughout Your use of the Services, You declare that You or
Your affiliates and/ or its Beneficial Owner are not a Politically
Exposed
Person. You shall forthwith inform us in writing if this declaration
becomes untrue during any period of Your use of the
Services.
Capitalised terms used here but not defined shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the KYC Guidelines issued by the RBI,
as
amended from time to time.
2.11. The usage of the Platform may
also require You to provide consent for providing Your Personal
Information (“PI”) (including but
not limited to any
personal data or sensitive personal data as defined under Applicable
Laws) or to authorize Razorpay to derive Your
data/information
from any source or public registry or portal, as may be necessary to
complete Your profile or Your application on the
Platform,
conduct due diligence on You, undertake KYC checks by itself or any
other third party and/or to provide You Services through
this
Platform. You explicitly authorise Razorpay to rely on such
information and You represent and warrant that such information
shall
be and shall remain true and accurate. Razorpay shall
adhere to best industry practices including information security, data
protection and
privacy law while processing such applications.
However, Razorpay shall not be liable to You against any liability or
claims which may
arise out of such transactions as any such PI is
being collected, used, processed and shared with Your explicit
consent.
2.12. You agree not to use the Platform and/or Services
for any purpose that is unlawful, illegal or forbidden by these Terms,
or any local
laws that might apply to You. We may, at our sole
discretion, at any time and without advance notice or liability,
suspend, terminate or
restrict Your access to all or any
component of the Platform and/or Services.
2.13. You are
prohibited from posting or transmitting to or through this Platform:
(i) any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory,
obscene,
pornographic or other material or content that would violate rights of
publicity and/or privacy or that would violate any law or
that
harms minors in any way; (ii) any commercial material or content
(including, but not limited to, solicitation of funds, advertising,
or
marketing of any good or services); (iii) any material or
content that infringes, misappropriates or violates any copyright,
trademark,
patent right or other proprietary right of any third
party; (iv) contains software viruses or any other computer code,
files or programs
designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer resource; (v) threatens the unity,
integrity, defense, security or
sovereignty of India, friendly
relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to
the commission of any cognizable
offence or prevents
investigation of any offence or is insulting to any other nation; (vi)
impersonates another person; or (vii) is illegal in
any other
way. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any
violation of the foregoing restrictions, or any other harm
resulting
from Your posting of content to this Platform.
2.14. You
represent and and warrant that:
(a) You are duly incorporated or
established under the laws of Your jurisdiction and have all requisite
power and authority to own and
operate Your business.
(b)
You have the full legal capacity and power to enter into, exercise
Your rights under, and perform Your obligations under these
Terms.
(c)
The execution, delivery and performance of these Terms has been
authorized by all necessary corporate and organizational actions
including
but not limited to board resolution and/or power of attorney and/or
letter of authority to bind Your business and Your
company/firm/organization.
(d)
You have duly accepted these Terms, which form a legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its clauses.
(e)
You do not, and shall not, engage in any activity related to virtual
currency, cryptocurrency and other crypto products (like non-
fungible
tokens or NFTs), prohibited investments for commercial gain or credits
that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical
or
digital goods or services or otherwise exit the virtual world. Any
breach of this provision shall be subject to immediate suspension
or
termination of Your access to or use of the Platform or any or
all Services, at Razorpay's sole discretion. You shall indemnify
Razorpay
from any losses arising from Your breach of this
provision.
2.15. You further represent, warrant, and covenant
that:
(a) Your use of the Platform and Services and sale of Your
products/services are solely for Your own bona fide business
activities which
are in compliance with the Applicable Laws and
also the instructions issued from time to time by the Razorpay and its
Facility Providers.
(b) Your use of the Services corresponds to
those activities under the categories You have expressly registered
for at the time of entering
into these Terms and as set out in
Your onboarding form on the Razorpay dashboard or as otherwise
approved in writing by Razorpay.
(c) You shall not resell or
assign the Services, in whole or in part, or otherwise allow the use
of the Services by any third parties,
including Your
affiliates.
(d) Your use of Services does not facilitate any
activity which is unlawful, illegal, unauthorised, is carried on with
the intent to defraud,
or is likely to result in Your unjust
enrichment and/or unlawful gain.
(e) Your use of Services does
not facilitate the offer, sale or purchase of prohibited products
and/or services specified under these Terms.
2.16. You hold
express informed consent of Your customers to share customers’
information, including personal data, with Razorpay and
its
affiliates (i) in connection with provision of Services to You and
other users of the Platform or Services, (ii) for the purposes of
sharing
such information with governmental authorities as and when demanded
under Applicable Laws, (iii) for the purpose of
transaction
tracking and fraud prevention, or (iv) pursuant to regulatory
authorities' orders and/or notices including but not limited to
notices
under Section 91 of CrPC.
2.17. You acknowledge that the Services are of complex nature and
require the intervention of the Facility Providers. You acknowledge
and
agree that Razorpay shall only be liable for acts or omissions which
are solely and directly attributable to Razorpay.
2.18. In order
to avail the Services, You shall take all necessary steps to
facilitate the integration of Razorpay's solutions with Your
platform.
It is hereby clarified that any Server to Server (S2S) integration, if
done, shall be solely for the purpose of availing the Services
and
intended to be used or accessed only by You.
2.19. You shall
assist Razorpay in furnishing to its auditors, the Facility Providers,
governmental authorities, or law enforcement
agencies, forthwith
upon request from time to time, KYC Documents, relevant books, the
original copy / copies of proof of transactions,
invoices or
other records, including pertaining to any order placed by Your
customers. You shall retain records relating to transactions
for
a period of 10 (ten) years from the relevant date of the order placed
on Your site. Razorpay and the Facility Providers, and/or
governmental
agencies and/or law enforcement agencies shall be entitled to audit
and inspect the records and other data relating to the
customer's
orders at any time whatsoever and without any prior notice. You shall
ensure cooperation with Razorpay, its auditors, Facility
Providers,
governmental authorities, or law enforcement agencies for any audit,
inspection or pursuant to any other request.
2.20. You shall not
(whether online or otherwise): (i) describe Yourself as an agent or
representative of Razorpay or the Facility
Provider; (ii)
represent that You have any rights to offer any products or services
offered by Razorpay or the Facility Provider; and (iii)
make any
representations to Your customer or any third party or give any
warranties which may require Razorpay or Facility Provider to
undertake
to or be liable for, whether directly or indirectly, any obligation
and/or responsibility to Your customer or any third party.
2.21.
When a customer purchases goods or services from You, You may, in Your
sole discretion, impose any convenience fee on the
customer. Any
responsibility or losses incurred by Razorpay as a result of the
charge of any such convenience fee by You to Your
customers shall
be borne by You. You shall also indemnify Razorpay for such liability
or losses.
3. PAYMENT
3.1. Applicable fees for the provision of
Services shall be levied by Razorpay from time to time. You agree that
the fees shall be charged
according to the manner, rates and
frequency determined by Razorpay. Razorpay reserves the right to
update the amount of the fees
charged at its sole discretion.
Razorpay fees allow access to the entire suite of payments products,
dashboard and custom reports, and
includes MDR charges, if any,
for payment instruments as prescribed under applicable guidelines. For
clarity, Razorpay fees include
zero MDR for Rupay Debit Cards and
UPI transactions.
3.2. Fees are exclusive of applicable taxes and
Razorpay will charge such applicable taxes on the fees from time to
time. You agree that
any statutory variations in applicable taxes
during the subsistence of these Terms shall be borne by You.
3.3.
We will raise monthly invoices in respect of fees charged for Services
provided during such month. Invoices are available on the
dashboard
on a monthly basis. Any dispute in respect of an invoice must be
communicated by You to us via a notice no later than ten
(10)
days from the date of the invoice. Razorpay shall use good faith
efforts to reconcile any reasonably disputed amounts.
3.4. You
shall be responsible to do reconciliation on a daily basis for all the
transactions processed. In case of discrepancies, You shall
report
to Razorpay regarding such discrepancy within three (3) days upon the
receipt of the funds. Razorpay shall not be liable for any
reconciliation
issue if the same is highlighted by You to Razorpay after such
time.
3.5. For fees deducted upfront before provision of the
specific Service, it is agreed that if You deposit applicable taxes
under Section
194H of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (in respect of
invoices received by You) and furnish to Razorpay Form 16-A in respect
of such taxes
paid, then Razorpay shall reimburse to You, on a
quarterly basis, the amount in respect of such taxes paid. In all
other cases, with respect
to invoices received by You, at the
time of payment of the Fees, You will withhold applicable taxes under
Section 194H of the Income
Tax Act, 1961 (in case LTDC is
provided as per the LTDC issued). You shall deposit the withheld taxes
with the government treasury,
file the statutorily mandated
returns and furnish the requisite tax deduction certificate (Form
16-A) to Razorpay within one hundred and
eighty (180) days so as
to enable Razorpay to obtain full credit for the taxes deducted at
source.
3.5 A. If You operate as an e-commerce operator,
facilitating the sale of goods or provisions of services of a resident
e-commerce
participant, You shall evaluate and comply with the
requirements of TDS under Section 19.40 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
You, as an
e-commerce operator, will withhold tax under Section
19.40 of the Act and deposit the same within the applicable timelines,
including
carrying out all the necessary compliances as
prescribed under the Income Tax Act, 1961. As the payment service
provider, Razorpay
would not be obligated to deduct tax under
Section 19.40 and the same will be Your responsibility as the
e-commerce operator. For the
purposes of this clause 3.5A,
"e-commerce operator" and "e-commerce participant"
shall have the meaning assigned to them in section
19.40 of the
Income Tax Act, 1961.
3.6. You shall be solely responsible for
updating Your GST registration number on the Razorpay dashboard before
Razorpay generates
the invoice and shall also submit the GST
certificate as part of KYC. Razorpay will raise a GST tax invoice and
report the transactions in
the GST returns based on the
information provided by You. The GST returns will be filed as per the
statutory timelines, to enable You to
avail appropriate input tax
credit. Razorpay shall not be responsible for any mistake and or
misrepresentation by You in updating the
GST number and other
particulars as per the GST certificate. Further, any liability raised
on Razorpay by the GST authorities due to
incorrect information
provided by You or deliberate withholding of any statutory information
by You shall be recovered by Razorpay
from You.
3.6A In
order for Razorpay to issue a proper B2B tax invoice under the GST law
and to ensure GST input credit is available to You,
Razorpay
shall record Your correct GSTIN. Towards this, You are advised to
verify Your GSTIN and registered address captured within
the
account maintained with Razorpay at periodical intervals and correct
the same wherever necessary. In the event, correct GSTIN is not
updated in Your account maintained with Razorpay, then You shall be
solely responsible in respect thereof and Razorpay shall not be
liable
to accommodate any request for revision of invoice and / or amendment
to GST reporting.
4. PRIVACY POLICY
By using the website, You hereby consent
to the use of Your information as we have outlined in our Privacy
Policy.
5. THIRD PARTY LINKS / OFFERS
The Platform contains links
to other websites over which we have no control. We encourage You to
review the terms and privacy
policies of those other websites so
You can understand Your use of the websites and how they collect, use
and share Your information.
Razorpay is not responsible for the
terms and conditions, privacy policies or practices of other websites
to which You choose to link
from the Platform. You further
acknowledge and agree that Razorpay shall not be responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, for any
damage or loss caused or
alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on
any such content, goods or services available
on or through any
such site or resource. Your interaction with any third party accessed
through the website is at Your own risk, and
Razorpay will have
no liability with respect to the acts, omissions, errors,
representations, warranties, breaches or negligence of any such
third
parties or for any personal injuries, death, property damage, or other
damages or expenses resulting from Your interactions with the
third
parties.
6. OUR PARTNERS
This Platform also offers You access to
information primarily about certain financial products/services
including, but not restricted, to
loan facility, credit cards
facility, investment services such as current accounts offered by our
lending partners. The terms and conditions
for the same can be
accessed here.
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
To the maximum extent permitted
by Applicable Laws, the Platform and the Services are provided on an
“as is” basis. You acknowledge
that Razorpay does not
warrant that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted or error free or fit
for Your specific business purposes.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8.1. Razorpay (including its
officers, directors, employees, representatives, affiliates, and
providers) will not be responsible or liable for
(a) any injury,
death, loss, claim, act of God, accident, delay, or any direct,
special, exemplary, punitive, indirect, incidental or
consequential
damages of any kind (including without limitation lost profits or lost
savings), whether based in contract, tort, strict
liability or
otherwise, that arise out of or is in any way connected with (i) any
failure or delay (including without limitation the use of or
inability
to use any component of the Platform), or (ii) any use of the Platform
or Services or content therein, or (iii) the performance or
non-performance
by us or any Facility Provider, even if we have been advised of the
possibility of damages to such parties or any other
party, or
(iv) any damages to or viruses that may infect Your computer equipment
or other property as the result of Your access to the
Platform or
Services or Your use of any content therein.
8.2. Notwithstanding
anything under these Terms, Razorpay's aggregate liability and that of
its affiliates, officers, employees and agents
relating to the
Service(s), will not exceed an amount equal to one (1) month fees paid
by You for the specific Service(s) giving rise to the
liability.
Razorpay's liability under or in connection with Terms will be
proportionately reduced to the extent any loss or damage is
contributed
to by You or Your third party providers.
9. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Razorpay (and
its officers, affiliates, group company, directors, agents and
employees) harmless from
any and against all claims, whether or
not brought by third parties, causes of action, demands, recoveries,
losses, damages, fines,
penalties or other costs or expenses of
any kind or nature, including reasonable attorneys' fees, or arising
out of or related to Your breach
of these Terms, Your violation
of any Applicable Laws or the rights of a third party, or Your use of
the Platform or any disputes between
You and any third party. The
covenants of indemnity set forth herein shall survive and continue
even after the termination of Your use of
the Services.
10. CARD ASSOCIATION RULES
10.1. "Card Payment Network Rules" refer to the written rules, regulations, releases, guidelines,
processes, interpretations and other
requirements (whether
contractual or otherwise) imposed and adopted by the card payment
networks. These card payment networks have
infrastructure and
processes to enable transaction authorisation. The card payment
networks require You to comply with all applicable
guidelines,
rules, and regulations formulated by them.
10.2. The card payment
networks reserve the right to amend their guidelines, rules and
regulations from time to time. We may be
required to amend,
modify or change these Terms pursuant to amendments to the Card
Payment Network Rules and such amendments, if
any, shall be
deemed to be binding on You with immediate effect.
10.3. You agree to fully comply with all programs, guidelines,
requirements that may be published and/or mandated by the card
payment
networks. Notwithstanding our assistance in understanding
the Card Payment Network Rules, You expressly acknowledge and agree
that
You are assuming the risk of compliance with all provisions
of the Card Payment Network Rules, regardless of whether You are
aware
of or have access to those provisions. For illustration
purposes - MasterCard, Visa, Diners, RuPay and American Express make
excerpts
of their respective rules available on their internet
sites.
10.4. In the event that Your non-compliance of Card
Payment Network Rules, results in any fines, penalties or other
amounts being
levied on or demanded of us by a card payment
network, then without prejudice to our other rights hereunder, You
shall forthwith
reimburse us in an amount equal to the fines,
penalties or other amount so levied or demanded or spent by us in any
manner in relation to
such fines, penalties and levies. If You
fail to comply with Your obligations towards the card payment
networks, Razorpay may suspend
settlement or suspend/terminate
the Services forthwith.
11. WAIVER
Razorpay shall not be deemed to have waived any
right or provision of this Agreement unless such waiver is made in
writing. A waiver
of any term or condition of this Agreement
shall not be deemed a waiver of any other term or condition, nor shall
it be a continuing
waiver.
12. FORCE MAJEURE
If performance of Services/Platform by
Razorpay is prevented, restricted, delayed or interfered with by
reason of labour disputes, strikes,
acts of God, epidemic,
pandemic, floods, lightning, severe weather, shortages of materials,
rationing, inducement of any virus, malware,
trojan or other
disruptive mechanisms, any event of hacking or illegal usage of the
Platform, utility or communication failures,
earthquakes, war,
revolution, acts of terrorism, civil commotion, acts of public
enemies, blockade, embargo or any law, order,
proclamation,
regulation, ordinance, demand or requirement having legal effect of
any government, regulatory or any judicial authority
or
representative of any such government, or any other act whatsoever,
whether similar or dissimilar to those referred to in this clause,
which
are beyond the reasonable control of Razorpay, then Razorpay shall be
excused and discharged from such performance to the
extent of and
during the period of such force majeure event, and such
non-performance shall, in no manner whosoever, amount to a
breach
by Razorpay of its obligations herein or incur any legal liability on
Razorpay.
13. ANTI BRIBERY AND SANCTIONS LAWS
You agree to comply
with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws which
prohibit officials, representatives, agents or any
other person
associated with or acting on behalf of You from giving, offering,
promising to offer, receiving/ accepting or acting in any
other
manner so as to induce a payment, gift, hospitality or anything else
of value (either directly or indirectly) whether from within the
country
or from abroad to government officials, public servants, regulatory
bodies, judicial authorities, persons in positions of authority,
elected
or contesting electoral candidates, political parties or office
bearers thereof or any other third party or person in order to obtain
an
improper commercial/ business advantage of any kind.
Government officials include any government employee, candidate for
public
office, an employee of government- owned or
government–controlled companies, public international
organisations and political parties.
You also agree not to give,
offer, pay, promise or authorise to give or pay, directly, indirectly
or through any other person, of anything of
value to anybody for
the purpose of inducing or rewarding any favourable action or
influencing any decision in Your favour.
14. ADDITIONAL TERMS
14.1. You shall not assign or
otherwise transfer Your rights or obligations under these Terms.
Razorpay may assign its rights and duties
under these Terms
without any such assignment being considered a change to the Terms and
without any notice to You. If we fail to act
on Your breach or
anyone else's breach on any occasion, we are not waiving our right to
act with respect to future or similar breaches.
14.2. Razorpay
may, at its reasonable discretion and in compliance with Applicable
Laws, blacklist Your end users to manage fraud and
risk.
Blacklisted users may be restricted from transactions, and removal of
blacklisting may occur based on updated risk assessments.
You
acknowledge and agree that Razorpay may take such measures to protect
the integrity of the payment ecosystem. Razorpay is not
obligated
to provide prior notice or reasons for these actions. You agree to be
solely responsible for providing any notification to Your
end
users.
14.2. Additional terms applicable to the Services provided
by Razorpay or its Affiliates are as under:
(a) The laws of
India, without regard to its conflict of laws, rules, will govern
these Terms, as well as Your and our observance of the
same. If
You take any legal action relating to Your use of the Platform or
these Terms, You agree to file such action only in the courts
located
in Bangalore, India. In any such action that We may initiate, the
prevailing party will be entitled to recover all legal expenses
incurred
in connection with the legal action, including but not limited to
costs, both taxable and non-taxable, and reasonable attorney fees.
You
acknowledge that You have read and have understood these Terms, and
that these Terms have the same force and effect as a signed
agreement.
This clause shall survive termination of the Terms.
(b) Without
prejudice to any other rights or remedies Razorpay may have, You
hereby agree and confirm that Razorpay shall have the
right to
set-off by whatever means the whole or any part of Your liability to
Razorpay under these Terms (or any other agreement
between You
and Razorpay or its affiliates) against any funds, sums or other
amounts credited to, or owing to, You under these Terms (or
any
other agreement between You and Razorpay or its affiliates). You agree
that Razorpay may exercise the right of set-off at any time,
without any prior notice to You. In the event such set-off does not
fully reimburse Razorpay for the liability owed, You shall pay
Razorpay
a sum equal to any shortfall thereof.
(c) You shall not (whether
on-line or otherwise): (i) describe Yourself as an agent or
representative of Razorpay or any Facility Provider;
(ii)
represent that You have any rights to offer any products or services
offered by Razorpay or the Facility Provider; and (iii) make any
representations
to Your customer or any third party or give any warranties which may
require Razorpay or Facility Provider to undertake
to or be
liable for, whether directly or indirectly, any obligation and/or
responsibility to customer or any third party. (d) Razorpay
reserves
the right to make changes to the website, related policies and
agreements, these Terms and the Privacy Policy at any time as it
deems
fit and proper, including but not limited to comply with changes in
law or regulation, correct inaccuracies, omissions, errors or
ambiguities,
reflect changes in the process flow, scope and nature of the Services
and ancillary services, company reorganization, market
practice
or customer requirements.
14.3. You agree that the fees for any
Services under these Terms shall be charged according to the manner,
rates and frequency
determined by Razorpay. Razorpay reserves the
right to update the amount of the fees including for Services for
which no charge has
been levied previously in accordance with
this clause. You agree that You shall be liable to pay any additional
fees as determined by
Razorpay in the event:
(a) You avail
certain value-added services available on the dashboard irrespective
of whether they have been available free of charge
previously.
(b)
You avail any new Services not mentioned in these Terms. You agree
that Your use of any Service or a value-added service shall be
construed
as a consent to any additional fees which may be levied by Razorpay on
such additional Service or value-added service.
14.4. An end user
may avail dynamic currency conversion ("DCC") services which
may be made available by Razorpay to an end user,
as applicable.
The transaction amount payable by the end user towards the purchase of
goods or services from a merchant shall be
inclusive of charges
for such DCC services availed by the end user. An end user may reach
out to dcc_invoice@razorpay.com, by
providing the payment ID and
end user contact number, to get invoices for DCC transactions.
15. ADVERTISING
Some of the Services may be supported by
advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotional
material. These
advertisements may be targeted to the content of
information stored on the Services, queries made through the Services
or other
information. The manner, mode and extent of advertising
by Razorpay are subject to change without any specific notice to You.
In
consideration for Razorpay granting You access to and use of
the Services, You agree that Razorpay may place such advertisements
on
the Services through website, print media, electronic media,
social media, advertising platforms, etc.
16. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
16.1. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, Razorpay shall have the right to immediately
suspend Services and settlement of any
monies or payments to You,
without any liability to You, in the event of the following:
(a)
You breach any clause of these Terms.
(b) You facilitate any
transaction which is unlawful or in contravention with
‘Prohibited Products and Services' listed below in clause 17
of
Part A: General Terms and Conditions.
(c) Razorpay receives
instructions from Facility Providers or governmental authorities or
law enforcement agencies to either suspend the
Services, or part
thereof, or directs to suspend the Services or part thereof regardless
of whether there is pending investigation/enquiry
into any
alleged illegal/unlawful activities.
(d) You use the Services for
any transactions which have a high-risk score as per Razorpay's
internal fraud assessment tools and other
policies.
(e)
Razorpay is of the opinion that there are suspicious circumstances
surrounding Your activities.
(f) Razorpay is of the opinion that
there are pending, anticipated, or excessive disputes, refunds, or
reversals relating to Your use of
Services.
(g) Your
products/services infringe, or are suspected of infringing,
intellectual property rights, copyrightable works, patented
inventions,
trademarks and trade secrets, or You are suspected of
selling counterfeit and/or knock-off goods.
(h) You materially
change the type of the products/services provided to end customers and
as declared on the onboarding form, without
obtaining Razorpay's
prior written permission to use the Services for the new or changed
types of services/products, or it is discovered by
Razorpay that
You provided substantially misleading and/or false information about
Your products/services as part of the onboarding
activities.
(i)
Razorpay in its sole discretion determines that Your activities expose
Razorpay to risks which are unacceptable to Razorpay.
(j)
Razorpay in its sole discretion is required to do so due to regulatory
changes impacting the Services.
16.2. These Terms are effective upon the date You first access or use
the Platform or Services and continue until such access and use is
terminated
by You or Razorpay. Unless you have a separate offline agreement in
relation to use the Services, or any part thereof, these
Terms
will apply. We may terminate these Terms or close Your Razorpay
account at any time for any reason (including, without
limitation,
for any activity that may create harm or loss to the goodwill of
Razorpay). Where Applicable Laws require advance notice of
termination
to be provided, we will, prior to termination, provide You with the
required advance notice of termination.
16.3. Termination does
not immediately relieve You of obligations incurred by You under these
Terms. Upon termination, You agree to
stop using the Services.
Your continued or renewed use of the Services after termination serves
to renew Your consent to the Terms. In
addition, upon termination
You understand and agree that we will not be liable to You for
compensation, reimbursement, or damages
related to Your use of
the Services, or any termination or suspension of the Services or
deletion of Your information or account data; and
You will still
liable to us for any fees or fines, or other financial obligation
incurred by You or through Your use of the Services prior to
termination.
17. PROHIBITED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
1. Adult goods and
services which includes pornography and other sexually suggestive
materials (including literature, imagery and other
media); escort
or prostitution services; website access and/or website memberships of
pornography or illegal sites;
2. Alcohol which includes alcohol
or alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, wine, or champagne;
3.
Body parts which includes organs or other body parts;
4. Bulk
marketing tools which includes email lists, software, or other
products enabling unsolicited email messages (spam);
5. Cable
descramblers and black boxes which includes devices intended to obtain
cable and satellite signals for free;
6. Child pornography which
includes pornographic materials involving minors;
7. Copyright
unlocking devices which includes mod chips or other devices designed
to circumvent copyright protection;
8. Copyrighted media which
includes unauthorized copies of books, music, movies, and other
licensed or protected materials;
9. Copyrighted software which
includes unauthorized copies of software, video games and other
licensed or protected materials,
including OEM or bundled
software;
10. Counterfeit and unauthorized goods which includes
replicas or imitations of designer goods; items without a celebrity
endorsement
that would normally require such an association; fake
autographs, counterfeit stamps, and other potentially unauthorized
goods;
11. Drugs and drug paraphernalia which includes illegal
drugs and drug accessories, including herbal drugs like salvia and
magic
mushrooms;
12. Drug test circumvention aids which
includes drug cleansing shakes, urine test additives, and related
items;
13. Endangered species which includes plants, animals or
other organisms (including product derivatives) in danger of
extinction;
14. Gaming/gambling which includes lottery tickets,
sports bets, memberships/ enrolment in online gambling sites, and
related content;
15. Government IDs or documents which includes
fake IDs, passports, diplomas, and noble titles;
16. Hacking and
cracking materials which includes manuals, how-to guides, information,
or equipment enabling illegal access to
software, servers,
website, or other protected property;
17. Illegal goods which
includes materials, products, or information promoting illegal goods
or enabling illegal acts;
18. Miracle cures which includes
unsubstantiated cures, remedies or other items marketed as quick
health fixes;
19. Offensive goods which include literature,
products or other materials that: (a) defame or slander any person or
groups of people based
on race, ethnicity, national origin,
religion, sex, or other factors; (b) encourage or incite violent acts;
or (c) promote intolerance or hatred.
20. Offensive goods, crime
which includes crime scene photos or items, such as personal
belongings, associated with criminals;
21. Pyrotechnic devices,
combustibles, corrosives and hazardous materials which includes
explosives and related goods; toxic,
flammable, and radioactive
materials and substances;
22. Regulated goods which includes air
bags; batteries containing mercury; Freon or similar
substances/refrigerants; chemical/industrial
solvents; government
uniforms; car titles; license plates; police badges and law
enforcement equipment; lock-picking devices; pesticides;
postage
meters; recalled items; slot machines; surveillance equipment; goods
regulated by government or other agency specifications;
23.
Securities which includes government bonds or related financial
products;
24. Tobacco and cigarettes which includes cigarettes,
cigars, chewing tobacco, and related products;
25. Traffic devices which includes radar detectors/jammers, license
plate covers, traffic signal changers, and related products;
26.
Weapons which includes firearms, ammunition, knives, brass knuckles,
gun parts, and other armaments;
27. Wholesale currency which
includes discounted currencies or currency exchanges;
28. Live
animals or hides/skins/teeth, nails and other parts etc. of
animals;
29. Multi-level marketing collection fees;
30.
Matrix sites or sites using a matrix scheme approach;
31.
Offering work-at-home approach and/or work-at-home information; with
an intention to deceive;
32. Drop-shipped merchandise;
33.
Any product or service which is not in compliance with all applicable
laws and regulations whether federal, state, local or
international,
including the laws of India;
34. Provision of any services that
have the potential of casting the payment gateway facilitators in a
poor light and/or that may be prone
to buy and deny attitude of
the cardholders when billed (e.g. adult material/mature content/escort
services/friend finders) and thus
leading to chargeback and fraud
losses;
35. Businesses or website that operate within the scope
of laws which are not absolutely clear or are ambiguous in nature
(e.g. web-based
telephony, Website supplying medicines or
controlled substances, website that promise online match-making);
36.
Businesses outrightly banned by law (e.g. betting and gambling/
publications or content that is likely to be interpreted by the
authorities
as leading to moral turpitude or decadence or incite caste/communal
tensions, lotteries/sweepstakes & games of chance;
37. If You
deal in intangible goods/ services (eg. software
download/health/beauty products), and businesses involved in
pyramid
marketing schemes or get-rich-quick schemes and any other
product or service, which in the sole opinion of either the partner
bank or the
acquiring bank, is detrimental to the image and
interests of either of them/both of them, as communicated by either of
them/both of them
to You from time to time. This shall be without
prejudice to any other terms and conditions mentioned in these
Terms;
38. Mailing lists;
39. Virtual currency,
cryptocurrency and other crypto products (like non-fungible tokens or
NFTs), prohibited investments for
commercial gain or credits that
can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital goods or
services or otherwise exit the
virtual world;
40. Money
laundering services;
41. Database providers (for
tele-callers);
42. Bidding/auction houses;
43. Activities
prohibited by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India;
44. Any
other activities prohibited by Applicable Laws;
45. Entities
operating as chit funds/ nidhi companies (except government or public
sector unit (PSU) entities);
46. Unregulated/ unlicensed money
service business (MSB) or money and value transfer services (MVTS)
like exchange houses,
remittance agents or individuals running
such businesses in jurisdictions that require license for such
businesses.
The above list is subject to updates / changes by
Razorpay based on instructions received from Facility Providers.
18. DEFINITIONS:
18.1. “Affiliate” shall mean
any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with Razorpay,
whereby
“control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control”)
means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct, or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by
contract, or otherwise.
18.2. “Applicable Laws ”
shall mean (i) any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, circular,
decree, directive, judgment, decision or other
similar mandate of
any applicable central, national, state or local
governmental/regulatory authority having competent jurisdiction and
force
of law over, or applicable to You, us or the subject matter in
question, as may be amended from time to time, and (ii) shall
without
limitation include any notification, circular, directive
or other similar instruction issued by the 'Financial Sector
Regulators' including but
not limited to the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) and/or rules, regulations, roles, responsibilities and
processes as defined by NPCI on their
website www.npci.org.in.
18.3.
“Chargeback” shall mean the reversal (such reversal being
requested by a Facility Provider pursuant to a request from the
Facility
Provider's customer) of the debit of the Transaction Amount that was
charged by You, where the reversal is approved by the Facility
Provider
following examination of the Transaction related documents and
information furnished by You, consequently resulting in
Razorpay
being charged the Transaction Amount and charges, penalties or fines
associated with processing the Chargeback.
18.4.
“Chargeback Amount” shall mean the aggregate amount that
the Facility Provider charges Razorpay pursuant to a Chargeback.
18.5.
“Chargeback Documents” has the meaning ascribed to the
term in clause 2.1 of Part I: Specific Terms for Online Payment
Aggregation
Services.
18.6. “Chargeback Request” means a claim
for Chargeback by the Facility Provider's customer.
18.7.
“Claims” means any claim asserted against the Merchant,
that is paid or payable to a third party pursuant to an order of a
court of
law, judicial and quasi-judicial authorities.
18.8.
“Customer” means the Merchant's customer who will be
making payments to the Merchant in consideration for goods/services
availed
of by the customer from the Merchant.
18.9. “Device”
means the point of sale (POS) or mobile point of sale (mPOS) devices
on which the Razorpay POS Software is enabled.
18.10.
“Escrow Account” is an account held by Razorpay with an
Escrow Bank for the purpose of receiving the Transaction Amount and
effecting
settlements to You.
18.11. “Escrow Bank” means a bank
that is authorised by the RBI, to operate an Escrow Account under the
Payment Aggregation
Guidelines.
18.12. “Escrow Bank
Working Days” means days on which the Escrow Bank is operational
to undertake settlements.
18.13. “Facility Providers”
shall means banks, financial institutions, NPCI, technology service
providers, or other third parties facilitating
the provisions of
Services or any part thereof, including but not limited to (a)
acquiring banks, (b) banks issuing credit cards, debit cards,
prepaid
instruments and accounts, and (c) card payment networks.
18.14.
“Fee Credit ” has the meaning ascribed to the term in
clause 1.5 of Part I: Specific Terms for Online Payment Aggregation
Services.
18.15.
“KYC Guidelines” means KYC norms as set out in the Master
Direction - Know Your Customer, 2016 notified by Reserve Bank
of
India through circular no. Master Direction
DBR.AML.BC.No.81/14.01.001/2015-16, to the extent applicable to the
Services and as
may be determined by Razorpay or the Facility
Providers. KYC means know-your-customer.
18.16.
“NPCI” means the National Payments Corporation of India
constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Payment and
Settlement
Systems Act, 2007.
18.17. “OFAC”
means the Office of Foreign Assets Control constituted under the law
of the United States of America.
18.18. “Payment Aggregator
Guidelines” means the RBI circular
DPSS.CO.PD.No.1810/02.14.008/2019-20 dated March 17, 2020,
including
any amendments, clarifications, FAQs, etc. which may be issued from
time to time.
18.19. “Payment Instrument” includes
credit card, debit card, bank account, prepaid payment instrument or
any other instrument issued
under Applicable Law, used by a
customer to pay the Transaction Amount.
18.20. “Permissible
Deductions” means (a) fees charged by Razorpay; (b) Chargeback
Amount including fines and penalties; and (c) any
other sum due
and payable by You to Razorpay.
18.21. “Refund” means
processing of Your request to Razorpay, for returning the Transaction
Amount (or part thereof) to the Payment
Instrument which was used
for effecting the payment of the Transaction Amount.
18.22.
“RBI” shall mean the Reserve Bank of India.
18.23.
“Terminal ID (TID)” shall mean an unique number assigned
to a Merchant that is set up in the Razorpay system. TIDs may also
be
associated with any Device at the discretion of Razorpay and the
Merchant. Any Device can be deactivated at any time at the request
of
the Merchant.
18.24. “Transaction” means an order or
request placed by the customer with You (or a third-party vendor
availing of Your services) for
purchasing goods/services from
You, which results in a debit to the customer's Payment Instrument.
18.25.
“Transaction Amount” means the amount paid by the Customer
in connection with Transaction.
PART B: SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS
PART I - SPECIFIC TERMS
FOR ONLINE PAYMENT AGGREGATION
SERVICES
1. PAYMENT PROCESSING
1.1. Subject to Part A: General
Terms and Conditions in conjunction with Part I: Specific Terms for
Online Payment Aggregation
Services, Razorpay shall facilitate
collection of online payments for products/services sold by You. You
agree that where any settlement
amount is less than Rupee 1,
Razorpay shall endeavour to, but is not obligated to You, make such
settlement.
1.2. Subject to Clause 2 and 3 of Part I: Specific
Terms for Online Payment Aggregation Services, Specific Terms for
Online Payment
Aggregation Services, Razorpay shall settle the
Transaction Amount (net of Permissible Deductions) into your account
as per agreed
timelines in compliance with the PA/PG guidelines.
The Merchant acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing is subject to
credit to /
receipt of funds by Razorpay in the Escrow Account
from acquiring banks or gateways.
1.3. If Razorpay settles the
Transaction Amount under Part A: General Terms and Conditions or Part
B: Specific Terms and Conditions,
at an earlier time than agreed
above, Razorpay shall have an absolute right to recover the
Transaction Amount forthwith if the same is
not received in the
Escrow Account within three (3) Escrow Bank Working Days following the
date of the Transaction for any reason
whatsoever.
1.4.
Razorpay shall have an absolute right to place limits on the
Transaction value.
1.5. You may choose to purchase Fee Credits
from Razorpay in respect of the Services being rendered under Part I:
Specific Terms for
Online Payment Aggregation Services. It is
agreed that in respect of each Transaction, Razorpay shall be entitled
to deduct an amount
equivalent to Razorpay fees along with
applicable taxes from the Fee Credit. You agree that if sufficient
funds are not available in the
Fee Credits, then Razorpay shall
be entitled to deduct Razorpay fees along with applicable taxes from
the Transaction Amount. “Fee
Credits” are the credits
using which You may receive the full settlement amount without any fee
deduction. For example, if You have a
Fee Credit of INR 100 then
all the Transactions will be settled in full and the fees for these
payments will be deducted from the Fee
Credit of INR 100.
1.6.
You agree that Razorpay shall be entitled, at its sole discretion, to
recover any amounts from You that are charged to Razorpay
and/or
debited by Facility Providers from accounts maintained by You or any
reason attributable to the provision of Services to You by
way of
deduction from (i) the Transaction Amount to be settled to You and /or
(ii) any of Your other funds held by Razorpay in the
course of
providing the Services. In the event such set-off or recovery does not
fully reimburse Razorpay for the liability owed, You
shall pay
Razorpay a sum equal to any shortfall thereof.
1.7. You hereby
acknowledge and agree that in case of reversal of Transaction Amount
to Razorpay's Escrow Account due to any reason,
including but not
limited to your bank (where your settlement account resides) rejecting
acceptance of the Transaction Amount for any
reason whatsoever,
Razorpay may refund the monies to the source account from which it was
received.
1.8. Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Terms,
You acknowledge, agree and affirm that in the event Razorpay in its
absolute
discretion determines that, for reasons including but
not limited to internal decisions or regulatory mandates, it is not
feasible or suitable
to settle the funds held in the Razorpay's
Escrow Account to you, Razorpay reserves the right to withhold such
settlement and after
giving prior notice to you, shall refund the
said amount back to the source account from which it was received.
1.9.
Merchant hereby consents and confirms that, where any bank as a
payment aggregator/payment facilitator takes Razorpay services
for
processing settlement of funds for such Merchant, acting as
Razorpay’s partner bank, the Merchant authorizes Razorpay to
make
settlements to such partner bank or any third party, whereby
Merchant gives its instructions to such effect either directly to
Razorpay or to
such partner bank which is made available to
Razorpay by such partner bank. Additionally, the Merchant understands
and agrees that
Razorpay may carry out KYC procedure for the said
Merchant through any permissible means.
2. CHARGEBACKS
2.1. If a Facility Provider communicates to
Razorpay the receipt of a Chargeback Request, You will be notified of
the Chargeback. You
agree that liability for Chargeback, whether
domestic or international, under the Terms solely rests with You. You
further agree that it is
Your sole discretion whether to avail
non-3D secure services or not and additional terms for the same will
apply as set out in the
Merchant dashboard. Subject to
availability of funds, Razorpay upon receipt of a Chargeback Request
shall forthwith deduct Chargeback
Amount from the Transaction
Amounts, which may be used, based on the decision of the Facility
Provider, either to a) process
Chargeback in favour of the
customer or b) credit to You. For the avoidance of doubt, Razorpay
shall be entitled to deduct the
Chargeback Amount upon receiving
a Chargeback claim. You shall be entitled to furnish to Razorpay
documents and information
(“Chargeback Documents”)
pertaining to the Transaction associated with the Chargeback Request
in order to substantiate (i) the
completion of the aforesaid
Transaction; and /or; (ii) delivery of goods/services sought by the
customer pursuant to the said Transaction.
You shall furnish the
Chargeback Documents within three (3) calendar days (or such other
period specified by the Facility Provider) of
receiving
notification of the Chargeback Request.
2.2. You agree that (i)
if You are unable to furnish Chargeback Documents; and /or; (ii) the
Facility Provider is not satisfied with the
Chargeback Documents
furnished by You, then the Facility Provider shall be entitled to
order Razorpay to effect a reversal of the debit
of the
Chargeback Amount associated with the Chargeback such that the said
Chargeback Amount is credited to the customer's Payment
Instrument.
2.3.
Notwithstanding anything in these Terms, if the Facility Providers
charge the Chargeback Amount from Razorpay then You agree
and
acknowledge that Razorpay is entitled to recover such Chargeback
Amount from You by way of deduction from (i) the Transaction
Amounts
to be settled to You and (ii) any of Your other funds held by Razorpay
in the course of providing the Services. Provided
however, if the available Transaction Amounts or other funds are
insufficient for deduction of the Chargeback Amount, then Razorpay
is
entitled to issue a debit note seeking reimbursement of the
Chargeback Amount. You shall reimburse the Chargeback Amount within
seven
(7) days of receipt of the debit note.
2.4. On the issuance of
notice of termination under the Terms, Razorpay reserves the right to
withhold from each settlement made during
the notice period, a
sum computed based on a Stipulated Percentage (defined hereinbelow)
for a period of one hundred and twenty (120)
days
(“Withholding Term”) from the date of termination of these
Terms. The sums so withheld shall be utilized towards settlement of
Chargebacks.
After processing such Chargebacks, Razorpay shall transfer the
unutilized amounts, if any, to You forthwith upon
completion of
the Withholding Term. The ‘Stipulated Percentage' is the
proportion of the Chargeback Amounts out of the total
Transaction
Amounts settled during the subsistence of these Terms.
2.5.
Notwithstanding anything in the Terms, if the amount withheld pursuant
to clause 2.4 above is insufficient to settle Chargebacks
Amounts
received during the Withholding Term, then Razorpay is entitled to
issue a debit note seeking reimbursement of the
Chargeback
Amount. You shall reimburse the Chargeback Amount within seven (7)
days of receipt of the debit note.
2.6. The following applies for
Chargebacks associated with EMI products which are supported by
Facility Providers. For any loan
cancellation requests, You need
to respond to Razorpay within seven (7) working days with a suitable
response. If loan is to be cancelled,
then the same needs to be
informed to Razorpay and if cancellation request is to be declined
then You need to provide proof of delivery
and justification. For
loans which would get cancelled on the basis of Your confirmation, the
amount would be recovered from the daily
settlement.
3. REFUNDS
3.1. You agree and acknowledge that subject to
availability of funds received in the Escrow Account, You are entitled
to effect Refunds
at Your sole discretion.
3.2. You further
agree and acknowledge that initiation of Refunds is at Your discretion
and Razorpay shall process a Refund only upon
initiation of the
same on the Platform.
3.3. All Refunds initiated by You shall be
routed to the same payment method through which the Transaction was
processed.
3.4. You agree that Razorpay fees shall always be
applicable and payable by You on each Transaction irrespective of
whether You have
refunded the same to Your customer either
through normal channels of refunds or through the instant refund
service of Razorpay affiliate
(if availed).
3.5. You
acknowledge and agree that for payments that are late authorized but
not captured by You, Razorpay may initiate auto-refund to
the
customer within five (5) days.
4. FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS
4.1. Subject to clause 2.1 and
2.2 of this Part I: Specific Terms for Online Payment Aggregation
Services, if Razorpay is intimated, by a
Facility Provider, that
a customer has reported an unauthorised debit of the customer's
Payment Instrument (“Fraudulent Transaction”),
then
in addition to its rights under clause 16 of Part A: General Terms and
Conditions, Razorpay shall be entitled to suspend settlements
to
You during the pendency of inquiries, investigations and resolution
thereof by the Facility Providers.
4.2. If the amount in respect
of the Fraudulent Transaction has already been settled to You pursuant
to these Terms, any dispute arising in
relation to the said
Fraudulent Transaction, following settlement, shall be resolved in
accordance with the RBI's notification
DBR.No.Leg.BC.78/09.07.005/2017-18,
dated July 6, 2017 read with RBI's notification DBOD. LEG. BC
86/09.07.007/2001-02 dated
April 8, 2002 and other notifications,
circulars and guidelines issued by the RBI in this regard from time to
time.
4.3. Subject to clause 4.2 above, if the Fraudulent
Transaction results in a Chargeback, then such Chargeback shall be
resolved in
accordance with the provisions set out in the
Terms.
4.4. You acknowledge that Razorpay shall not be
responsible for any liability arising in respect of Fraudulent
Transactions whether it is
an international or a domestic
transaction.
4.5. You shall be liable in the event of breach of
the fraud amount thresholds as provided under the NPCI guideline on
‘Fraud liability
guidelines on UPI transactions' NPCI/2022-
23/RMD/001. You hereby understand and agree that the decision of the
NPCI or the
concerned acquiring bank, as the case may be, shall
be final and binding.
5. GENERAL
5.1. In the event of any conflict between Part
A: General Terms and Conditions and Part B: Specific Terms and
Conditions, Part B:
Specific Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
To the maximum extent feasible, they shall be construed
harmoniously.
5.2. Capitalised terms used but not defined in this
Part I: Specific Terms for Online Payment Aggregation Services of Part
B shall have
the meaning ascribed to such terms in Part A:
General Terms and Conditions.
5.3. Clauses 2 and 4 of Part I:
Specific Terms for Online Payment Aggregation Services of Part B shall
survive the termination of the
Terms.
5.4. You hereby consent for Razorpay to share Your
information/data, including activity related information and personal
information,
with its Affiliates, for (i) the Affiliates to
facilitate access to/market along with Razorpay, such products and
services as the Affiliates
may deem You eligible; and/or (ii) to
share such information with Facility Providers (such as banks, NBFCs)
associated with the
Affiliates, for such Facility Providers to
assess Your eligibility for the proposed products and services. To
revoke or modify such consent
please reach out to
support.razorpay.com.
5.5. You hereby agree and confirm that in
case You have opted for a loan/line of credit or any other similar
product through Razorpay's
affiliates/group companies, and its
Facility Providers/lending partners, You hereby acknowledge, confirm,
agree and provide
unconditional consent that Razorpay may
facilitate its affiliates/group companies which reserve the right to
recover the outstanding dues
from the positive balance as
maintained by You with Razorpay. Depending on the type of loan product
opted by You: (i) where NACH
mandate provided by You as the first
mode of repayment fails due to insufficient balance, recovery shall
happen from your positive
balance maintained with Razorpay,
provided You have not completed repayment to lending partner of
Razorpay affiliate/group
companies through any other mode; or
(ii) where your positive balance is first mode of repayment, recovery
shall happen from the same.
5.6. You hereby agree that Razorpay
may deduct amounts from Your settlement account in accordance with
instructions provided by
You to Razorpay. Razorpay may first
deduct its fees and other liabilities, including but not limited to
chargebacks, fines, and penalties
followed by other deductions,
based on the chronological order of the instructions received from
You.
6. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT AGGREGATOR GUIDELINES
6.1. You
represent and warrant that (i) You shall during the entire term of the
usage of the Services, implement, observe and comply with
applicable
requirements prescribed under Applicable Laws, including but not
limited to the provisions of the Payment Aggregator
Guidelines.
You shall further ensure that Your operations are in compliance with
the Payment Aggregator Guidelines and You shall not
undertake any
action in breach of the same (ii) You shall on Your website/web
app/mobile site/mobile app clearly indicate/display (a)
the
return and refund policy of Your products/services to Your customers,
including the timelines for processing such returns, refunds or
cancellations;
and (b) the general terms of use and conditions of use by Your
customers. You shall ensure that You deliver products and
services
in accordance with instructions of the customers. (iii) You shall at
no time hold, store, copy or keep any customer data relating
to a
customer's Payment Instrument and shall notify in writing to Razorpay
without any delay if You suspect or have become aware of a
possible
security breach related to any customer data. (iv) You shall not store
any data pertaining to the Payment Instrument / customer
Payment
Instrument credentials. On demand, You shall provide a written
confirmation, in a form and manner acceptable to Razorpay and
Facility
Providers, certifying compliance to this aspect.
6.2. You shall
set up a comprehensive customer grievance redressal mechanism which
provides the procedure for addressing complaints
received from
Your customer and You shall include the details of the person
designated by You for handling such customer complaints.
It is
clarified that such customer grievance redressal mechanism shall
provide the facility to the customers for registering their
complaints
over phone, email, or any other electronic means. You shall respond to
such grievances or complaints received from Your
customers within
a period of 5 (five) business days from the date of receiving such
grievance or complaint. You shall be solely
responsible for
sorting or handling any complaints received against You.
6.3. You
shall comply with or enter into an agreement with a third party
service provider of payment processing services for compliance
with
the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (“PCI
DSS”), as may be amended from time to time, and the Payment
Application-Data
Security Standard (“PA-DSS”), if applicable. You shall
also submit an annual report in writing to Razorpay signifying
proof
of compliance with the above. If You become aware that You will not be
or are likely not to be, in compliance with PCI DSS or PA
DSS for
any reason, You will promptly report in writing to Razorpay such
non-compliance or likely non-compliance.
6.5. You shall provide
Razorpay with evidence of compliances listed in this clause 6 at
Razorpay's request and provide, or make
available, to Razorpay
copies of any audit, scanning results or related documents relating to
such compliance. Notwithstanding the
above, Razorpay shall have
the right to conduct a security audit to check Your compliance with
this clause 6 and in such cases, You shall
extend full
cooperation to Razorpay and its representatives so as to enable them
to conduct the audit to their sole satisfaction.
6.6. You agree
to implement, maintain and enforce appropriate measures for the
security and privacy of customer data in accordance
with
Applicable Laws. You shall promptly report security incidents or
breaches involving customer data to
https://razorpay.com/grievances/.
7. SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS
7.1 Optimizer
For the
purpose of these services, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
“Optimizer Services” means a technology solution
developed by Razorpay which enables You to route Your payments
through
specific payment gateways based on Your business
conditions and preferences. This solution is a software layer on top
of Your payment
to route every payment request received for Your
unique id, based on the rules created by You on Optimizer's merchant
facing
dashboard.
(b) “Optimizer Transaction” means any transaction routed by You through the Optimizer
Services, which involves an order or request
placed by the
customer with You by paying the Optimizer Transaction Amount to You,
while using the services of any payment gateway
or payment aggregator.
(c) “Optimizer Transaction Amount” means the amount paid by the customer to You which is then
routed by You through the
Optimizer Services.
(d) You agree
that the Optimizer Services are being provided by Razorpay solely as a
software as a solution (SaaS) provider. The
Optimizer Services
are independent and separate from the other Services being provided to
You. It is clarified that, for these Optimizer
Services,
Razorpay's role will strictly be that of a SaaS provider and will not
be that of a payment service provider.
(e) You hereby consent
Razorpay to use or process any type of data shared by You for the
provision of the Optimizer Services.
(f) Razorpay shall have the
right to charge additional fees for provision of the Optimizer
Services.
(g) You shall for Your omission/commission indemnify
and hold Razorpay, its directors, managers, officers, employees and
agents
harmless from and against all losses arising from claims,
demands, actions or other proceedings as a result of disputes or
claims raised by
any payment gateway / payment aggregator in
relation to Optimizer Services.
7.2.
Value Added Services
(a) You may opt for certain value
added services available on the dashboard which will be subject to an
additional charge to be agreed
upon by the parties. Such charges
are to be paid on a monthly / quarterly / annual basis or other
frequency as may be agreed mutually.
You hereby consent that
payments towards such value added services shall be deducted from the
settlement amount payable from
Escrow Account under these
Terms.
(b) In addition to the above, You acknowledge that
Razorpay provides as a value added service certain customisable
templates for
website terms of use and conditions, return and
refund and shipping policy, privacy policy, etc. (together,
“Customisable Templates”)
which You may choose to use
to display on Your website / web app / mobile site / mobile app /
other digital app in order to comply with
Your obligations under
the Payment Aggregator Guidelines. You acknowledge and agree that: (a)
the Customisable Templates are
available during the onboarding
process to be used at Your sole discretion; (b) Razorpay provides the
Customisable Templates on an “as
is” basis; and (iii)
You represent and warrant (i) that it is Your sole responsibility to
verify the suitability of the Customisable Templates
for Your
products/services, (ii) that You have sought independent legal advice
prior to using the Customisable Templates, (iii) that You
absolve
Razorpay of any liability arising from the use of the Customisable
Templates, (iv) that You have read and modified the
Customisable
Templates as necessary before publishing on Your website / web app /
mobile site / mobile app. Notwithstanding anything
to the
contrary in these Terms, Razorpay expressly disclaims all liability in
respect of any actions or omissions based on any or all of the
Customisable
Templates. Razorpay does not necessarily endorse and is not
responsible for any third-party content that may be accessed
through
the Customisable Templates.
8. SPECIFIC TERMS FOR SNRR MERCHANTS
You agree that the
following terms shall only apply in case You hold a Special
Non-Resident Rupee Account (“SNRR Account”)
pursuant to the RBI ‘Master Direction - Deposits
and Accounts' dated January 1, 2016 and Circular on
‘Non-resident Rupee Accounts –
Review of Policy'
dated November 22, 2019 detailed hereinbelow.
8.1. Any person
resident outside India, having a business interest in India shall open
an SNRR Account with an authorised dealer for the
purpose of
putting through bona fide transactions in rupees, not involving any
violation of provisions of Applicable Laws. The business
interest,
apart from generic business interest, shall include the following INR
transactions, namely :-
(a) Investments made in India in
accordance with Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments)
Rules, 2019 dated October 17,
2019 and Foreign Exchange
Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 notified vide
notification no. FEMA 396/2019-RB dated
October 17, 2019, as
applicable, as amended from time to time;
(b) Import of goods and
services in accordance with Section 5 of the Foreign Exchange
Management Act 1999 (42 of 1999), read with
Notification No.
G.S.R. 381(E) dated May 3, 2000, viz., Foreign Exchange Management
(Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2000, as
amended from time
to time;
(c) Export of goods and services in accordance with
Section 7 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (42 of 1999),
read with
Notification No. G.S.R. 381(E) dated May 3, 2000, viz.,
Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules,
2000, as
amended from time to time, and further read with FEMA
Notification No.23(R)/2015-RB dated January 12, 2016, as amended from
time
to time;
(d) Trade credit transactions and lending
under External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) framework in accordance
with Foreign
Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending)
Regulations, 2018, as amended from time to time; and
(e) Business
related transactions outside International Financial Service Centre
(IFSC) by IFSC units at GIFT city like administrative
expenses in
INR outside IFSC, INR amount from sale of scrap, government incentives
in INR, etc. The account will be maintained with
a bank in India
(outside IFSC).
8.2. The SNRR Account shall carry the
nomenclature of the specific business for which it is in operation.
Indian banks may, at its
discretion, maintain a separate SNRR
Account for each category of transactions or a single SNRR Account for
a person resident outside
India engaged in multiple categories of
transactions provided it is able to identify/segregate and account
them category-wise.
8.3. You shall ensure that the operations in the SNRR Account shall
not result in the account holder making available foreign exchange
to
any person resident in India against reimbursement in rupees or in any
other manner.
8.4. The SNRR Account shall not bear any
interest.
8.5. The debits and credits in the SNRR Account shall
be specific/incidental to the business proposed to be done by the
account holder.
8.6. The tenure of the SNRR Account shall be
concurrent to the tenure of the contract / period of operation / the
business of the account
holder and in no case shall exceed seven
years. Approval of the RBI shall be obtained in cases requiring
renewal, provided the restriction
of seven years shall not be
applicable to SNRR accounts opened for the purposes stated at sub.
paragraphs i to v of paragraph 1 of
Schedule 4 of Regulation 5(4)
of Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016.
8.7.
All the operations in the SNRR Account shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the Act, rules and regulations made
thereunder.
8.8.
The balances in the SNRR Account shall be eligible for
repatriation.
8.9. You shall not transfer from any Non-Resident
Ordinary account (“NRO”) account to the SNRR
Account.
8.10. All transactions in the SNRR Account shall be
subject to payment of applicable taxes in India.
8.11. SNRR
Account may be designated as resident rupee account on the account
holder becoming a resident.
8.12. The amount due/ payable to
non-resident nominee from the account of a deceased account holder,
shall be credited to NRO account
of the nominee with an
authorised dealer/ authorised bank in India.
8.13. The
transactions in the SNRR Account shall be reported to the RBI in
accordance with the directions issued by it from time to time.
8.14.
You shall ensure that You have prior approval of RBI in case You have
entities incorporated in Pakistan and/or Bangladesh or You
are a
Pakistan or Bangladesh national.
9. SPECIFIC TERMS FOR GAMING MERCHANTS
These terms in this
section shall only apply if You are a gaming merchant.
9.1. You
represent and warrant to Razorpay that:
(a) You do not engage in
any activity that violates any Applicable Law pertaining to gaming,
gambling, betting or wagering.
(b) No services provided by You to
any customer (“Merchant Services”) are of a nature
that may be construed as a
competition/contest/game/sport/event
(online or offline) whose outcome is based merely or preponderantly or
predominantly on chance.
(c) The Merchant services are at all
times in compliance with all Applicable Laws including pertaining to
restriction or prohibition on
gambling, betting, wagering and
gaming activities.
(d) The provision of the Merchant Services to
customers in the states of Nagaland and Sikkim (if so provided) are in
accordance with the
Applicable Laws of these states and You have
obtained and hold all necessary and valid licenses and registrations
to provide the
Merchant Services in Nagaland and Sikkim.
(e)
No Merchant services including facilitation, hosting or providing a
platform for any competition/contest/game/sport/event (online or
offline)
for monies are rendered by it to (i) any customers in the states of
Telangana, Odisha and Assam or (ii) any customers who are
residents
of the states of Telangana, Odisha and Assam.
9.2. The
representations and warranties set out in clause 9.1. above shall be
repeated on each day during the term of these Terms.
9.3. You
hereby agree and undertake to provide at the time of commencing use of
the Services a written confirmation, in a form and
manner set out
below, certifying that the representations and warranties set out in
clause 9.1 above are true and correct. You agree that
we may
require you to provide a fresh confirmation on demand at any time
during Your use of the Services.
9.4. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Terms for gaming merchants , You shall indemnify and
hold Razorpay, its affiliates, and
each of their directors,
managers, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against all
losses (including any losses that are
special, incidental,
indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive in nature) arising from
claims, demands, actions or other proceedings as
a result of or
on account of (a) any of Your representations or warranties as set out
in Clause 9.1 above being breached or becoming
untrue or
incorrect, or (b) Your engagement in any activity that violates any
Applicable Law pertaining to gaming, gambling, betting or
wagering.
Form of Undertaking for gaming merchants
LETTER OF
UNDERTAKING
(On merchant's letter head)
Date:
To,
Razorpay Software Private Limited,
SJR
Cyber, 1st Floor,
22 Laskar-Hosur Road, Adugodi,
Bangalore
- 560030
Subject: Undertaking to comply, stay fully compliant from time to time, with
applicable laws, including but not limited to, gaming laws,
rules,
regulations, among others.
Sir/Madam,
M/s._________<please
add merchant's name> (‘Merchant', “We”) represent
and warrant to Razorpay Software Private Limited and its
affiliates
(‘Razorpay')that:
1.) We shall comply with all applicable
Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and/or rules and/or regulations and
Anti-Money Laundering
(AML) standards under the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act, 2002. In this regard, any notice received or
subsisting from any
governmental authorities shall immediately be
forwarded to Razorpay.
2.) No services provided by us and/or to
any of our customers (“Merchant Services”) are of a nature
that may be construed as a
competition/contest/game/sport/event
(online or offline) whose outcome is based merely or preponderantly or
predominantly on chance.
3.) The Merchant Services are at all
times in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations,
including pertaining to restriction
and/or prohibition on
gambling, betting, wagering and gaming activities. The Merchant
undertakes to stay compliant, from time to time,
in its due
course of engagement with Razorpay.
4.) The provision of the
Merchant Services to our customers in certain specific states of India
are in accordance with the applicable laws,
rules and regulations
of those states and the Merchant has obtained and holds all necessary
and valid licenses and/or permissions and/or
registrations to
that effect.
5.) No Merchant Services including facilitation,
hosting or providing a platform for any
competition/contest/game/sport/event (online or
offline) for
monies are rendered by us to (i) any customers in those states where
it is not permitted by any applicable laws or
governmental action
(‘Restricted States') (ii) any customers who are residents of
the Restricted States.
6.) The Merchant shall indemnify and hold
Razorpay, its Affiliates, and each of their directors, managers,
officers, employees and agents
harmless from and against all
losses arising from claims, demands, actions or other proceedings as a
result of or on account of any of the
representations or
warranties of the Merchant as set out above being breached or becoming
untrue or incorrect.
7.) This letter of undertaking shall be read
harmoniously with other agreements, if any, between Merchant and
Razorpay.
Yours sincerely,
For (Merchant's name)
Name of the
Authorised Signatory
Designation of the Authorised Signatory
PART II: SPECIFIC TERMS FOR E-MANDATE SERVICES
1.
Definitions:
1.1. “Bank Account” means a banking account maintained by
Your customer with a Destination Bank as per Applicable Law.
1.2.
“Collection Information” shall mean information or data
provided by You in a secured format specifying the amount to be
collected
and other details to identify the Bank Account and the
date on which the amount shall be collected.
1.3.
“Destination Bank” means a bank registered with NPCI as
per the Procedural Guidelines and which authenticates details of
Your
customer's Bank Account held with the Destination Bank and
approves the E-Mandate Registration Request in accordance with the
Procedural
Guidelines.
1.4. “E-Mandate Payments” shall mean
automated deductions of pre-determined payments specified from the
Bank Account (pursuant to
electronic mandates issued Your
customers) in accordance with the Procedural Guidelines.
1.5.
“E-Mandate Registration” means the approved and
authenticated E-Mandate Registration Request based on which E-Mandate
Payments can be effected.
1.6. “E-Mandate Registration
Request” means the request (in electronic or physical form) made
by Your customer for deduction of the
customer's Bank Account for
effecting an E-Mandate Payment to You.
1.7. “Escrow
Account” is an account held by Razorpay with an Escrowfor the
purpose of receiving the Transaction Amount and
effecting
settlements to You.
1.8. “Escrow Bank” means a bank
that is authorised by the RBI, to operate an Escrow Account under
Payment Aggregator Guidelines.
1.9. “Escrow Bank Working
Days” means days on which the Escrow Bank is operational to
undertake settlements.
1.10. “Procedural Guidelines”
means the guidelines governing inter alia the processes to be followed
and implemented by Sponsor
Banks, Destination Banks and
intermediaries for effecting E-Mandate Payments, issued by the NPCI
and shall include any revisions,
modifications and amendments
thereto.
1.11. “Sponsor Banks” mean the banks /
entities which are authorised to implement the E-Mandate Payments by
inter alia receiving API
calls from Razorpay for initiating
E-Mandate Payments, communicating the necessary E-Mandate Registration
information to NPCI,
authentication by the Destination Bank and
deduction of Bank Accounts, all in accordance with the Procedural
Guidelines.
2. You shall provide the necessary KYC Documents to
Razorpay as specified in this Part II: Specific Terms for E-Mandate
Services of
Part B (“Mandate Terms”), such that
Razorpay can share the KYC Documents (or the information therein) to
the Sponsor Bank for the
Sponsor Bank's decision on issuing a
registration to You to avail of services for e-mandate payments.
3.
You acknowledge that the onboarding and registration process is a
prerequisite under the Procedural Guidelines in order for You to
avail
of Services for e-mandate payments and the customers to be able to
start submitting E-Mandate Registration Requests. Razorpay
shall
not be liable to provide any Services under these Terms until the
Sponsor Bank has issued a registration in Your favour.
4.
Following completion of integration, Razorpay shall enable E-Mandate
registration requests by customers on Your website by making
available
the prescribed E-mandate Registration Request form issued by NPCI and
also put in place the necessary API protocols to
transmit
customer information to the Sponsor Banks in order to facilitate the
process of customer verification and authentication of
customer
and bank account details by the Destination Bank, following which the
NPCI shall confirm the E-mandate Registration request.
5. Being
an intermediary, Razorpay shall be responsible only for transmission
of the customer details to the Sponsor Bank and shall not
be
responsible for failure or refusal of the E-Mandate Registration
request by the Destination Bank or NPCI.
6. In the event any
query or clarification is sought by NPCI, RBI or any governmental
authority or Facility Provider in respect of any e-
mandate
payment transaction, You shall (forthwith upon communication of the
query or clarification by Razorpay to You) provide the
relevant
transaction and/or customer details, as required by RBI or any
governmental authority in India.
7. On successful approval of the
E-Mandate Registration Request, Razorpay shall on a periodic basis (as
per the E-Mandate Registration)
initiate E-Mandate Payment
requests with the Sponsor Bank and based on and pursuant to
authentication by NPCI and the Destination
Bank, receive the
funds in the Escrow Account.
8. The periodic payments will be
facilitated by Razorpay so long as the E-Mandate Registration is not
cancelled by the Customer,
Destination Bank or the Sponsor Bank.
Razorpay shall not be liable for the failure of a payment on account
of the decline of the approval
by Destination Bank or NPCI or on
account of cancellation of the E-Mandate Registration by the Sponsor
Bank, Destination Bank, Your
customer or NPCI.
9. Following
the receipt of funds in the Escrow Account, Razorpay shall, subject to
Razorpay's withholding rights under these Terms,
settle the funds
into Your designated account within the applicable settlement
period.
10. If Razorpay settles the funds, at an earlier time
than agreed above, Razorpay shall have an absolute right to recover
such funds
forthwith if the same is not received in the Escrow
Account within three (3) working days following the date on which such
funds were
supposed to be realized in the Escrow Account.
11.
In addition to rights under these Terms, if there are reasonable
grounds for Razorpay to suspect that a transaction to effect an E-
Mandate
Payment is done fraudulently or if the Sponsor Bank, NPCI or
Destination Bank suspecting so, communicate the same to
Razorpay,
then Razorpay shall be entitled to withhold settlements to You.
12.
Pursuant to clause 11 above, You shall, to the extent available,
provide information about such transactions to Razorpay, Sponsor
Bank,
NPCI or Destination Bank forthwith upon receiving a request from
Razorpay, Sponsor Bank, NPCI or Destination Bank
respectively.
13.
Razorpay shall be entitled to terminate these Services if the Sponsor
Bank or NPCI directs cancellation of Your registration. You
acknowledge
that Razorpay being merely an intermediary in the system for E-Mandate
Payment is bound to follow directions from the
Sponsor Bank, NPCI
or the Destination Bank in matters relating to fraudulent or
suspicious transactions.
14. Razorpay shall be entitled to
recover from You (by deducting amounts from Your funds held by
Razorpay in the course of providing
the Services, or if the funds
held are insufficient, by issuing a debit note to You), any amounts
(a) charged by Sponsor Bank to Razorpay
on account of refund and
disputed claims from Your customers; and (b) representing penalties,
fines or other charges (whatsoever name
referred to) levied by the Sponsor Bank, NPCI or any governmental
authority (in their sole discretion) on Razorpay on account of
fraudulent
transactions on Your website.
15. You agree that payments
effected, or funds debited from Your customer's Bank Account on the
following grounds shall not be the
responsibility of Razorpay and
no liability shall arise for Razorpay in respect of such claims from
Your customers:
(a) Your customer is disputing a transaction as
not done or authorized by him.
(b) The charge/debit on Your
customer's Bank Account has occurred because of hacking, phishing,
breach of security/ encryption of
Your customer's PI through Your
platform or any other third party platform other than that of
Razorpay.
(c) Your customer claiming refund of the amounts
deducted from his/her Bank Account on any ground whatsoever, including
Your
customer's dissatisfaction with Your sale of the goods
and/or services to the Customer.
16. Razorpay will not be liable
collect the amounts from Your customers and credit the same to You in
the following circumstances:
(a) If any of Your customers does
not have sufficient funds in the Bank Account for debiting the amount
mentioned in the Collection
Information.
(b) Razorpay is
prohibited from debiting the amounts from Your customers' account by
any governmental authority or Facility Provider.
(c) If Your
customer's account is closed or operations from such account are
barred by governmental authorities or Facility Providers.
(d) If
You do not provide complete and correct information
(e) Any of
Your Customers terminate the mandate.
(f) Razorpay has reason to
believe that a Collection Information has not been properly
authorized.
17. In the event of any conflict between the Part II:
Specific Terms for E-Mandate Services and the rest of the Terms, then
the former
shall prevail. To the maximum extent feasible, they
shall be construed harmoniously.
18. Capitalised terms used
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Part A:
General Terms and Conditions.
PART III: SPECIFIC TERMS FOR TOKENHQ SERVICES
1. You
understand and acknowledge that the TokenHQ is an end-to-end solution
for You to allow Your customers to continue using the
saved cards
feature in compliance with RBI's guidelines on tokenisation set out in
the Circular CO.DPSS.POLC.No.s-516/02-14-
003/2021-22 read with
DPSS.CO.PD No.1463/02.14.003/2018-19 dated January 8, 2019 and related
guidelines and clarifications issued
by the RBI (together
“Circular”). For the purposes of these Terms, the
Applicable Laws shall be deemed to include the Circular.
2. Where
Razorpay is acting as a technical service provider and You are the
token requestor, You acknowledge and agree that Razorpay
shall
have no liability towards You or any third party for Your acts or
omissions or Your failure to comply with Applicable Laws.
3.
Where Razorpay is acting as the token requestor on Your behalf, You
acknowledge and agree that Razorpay's role is limited to
requesting
for tokens on Your behalf upon receiving consent of Your customers.
Razorpay will integrate with available card networks
and issuing
banks (each a “Token Service Provider” or
“TSP”) and its APIs will have the flexibility to respond
back with token numbers
for Your use.
4. You acknowledge and
agree that in order to allow using the saved card feature, the
customer card details must be tokenized.
Accordingly, You shall,
except in the case of standard checkout:
(a) be solely
responsible for obtaining consent of the customer to tokenize (and
save) the customer's card. Such consent shall be explicit
and not
by way of a forced / default / automatic selection of checkbox, radio
button, etc.
(b) inform the customers of the purpose of obtaining
such consent and that the card will not be tokenized (and saved) if
the customer
does not provide explicit consent, and shall do all
things as required to tokenize (and save) the card details pursuant to
Applicable Laws.
(c) share such customer consent with Razorpay in
order for Razorpay to trigger the additional factor authentication
(AFA) with the
issuing bank which is required to register the
tokenisation request. You acknowledge and agree that if such customer
consent is not
shared during the payment flow then Razorpay shall
not tokenize (and save) the customer card details.
(d) provide
the customer an option to de-register the token and delete the
card.
5. You shall keep Razorpay fully indemnified at all times
from and against all losses, damages, penalties, etc., incurred by or
imposed on
Razorpay to the extent it arises from any breach by
You of Part III: Specific Terms for TokenHQ Services.
6. You
shall keep a log of all instances of obtaining customer consent under
Applicable Laws and of Your compliance with Part III:
Specific
Terms for TokenHQ Services and provide the same to Razorpay on a real
time basis or as requested from time to time. In
addition to any
right hereunder, Razorpay and Facility Providers have the right to
audit Your compliance with these terms and conditions
at any time
upon notice.
7. For the purposes of this service, token shall have the meaning as
set forth in the Circular.
8. You agree that You shall be solely
responsible for any hashed string storage undertaken by You.
9.
In the event of any conflict between the Part III: Specific Terms for
TokenHQ Services and the rest of the Terms, then the former shall
prevail.
To the maximum extent feasible, they shall be construed
harmoniously.
10. Capitalised terms used herein but not defined
shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Terms.
PART IV: SPECIFIC TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
1.
Subscription services provide You the platform to create and manage
subscription plans for Your customers with automated recurring
transactions.
With this product You can (i) create multiple subscription plans for
customers, (ii) automatically charge customers based on
a billing
cycle that You control, and (iii) get instant alerts on payment
activity as well as the status of subscriptions.
2. You
acknowledge and agree that these terms (i) shall apply for debit,
credit and prepaid instruments or other methods as notified from
time
to time (together “Card”) of customers, and (ii) does not
apply to once-only / one-time payments.
3. You acknowledge and
agree that:
a) The customer desirous of opting for e-mandate
facility on Card is required to undertake a one-time registration
process, with an
Additional Factor Authentication (AFA)
validation by the issuer bank and that an e-mandate on Card of
customers for recurring
transactions shall be registered only
after successful AFA validation.
b) Where the first transaction
is being performed along with the registration of e- mandate, then AFA
validation may be combined.
Subsequent recurring transactions
shall be performed only for those Card which have been successfully
registered and for which the first
transaction was successfully
authenticated and authorised.
c) On successful registration and
approval of the e-mandate request, Razorpay shall on a periodic basis
(as per the e-mandate) initiate
subsequent recurring payments
unless such e-mandate is modified or de-registered by the customer.
d)
Razorpay expressly disclaims all liability for any outages or failures
attributable to Facility Providers.
4. You further acknowledge
and agree that in order to process recurring transactions, customer
Card details will need to be
saved/secured/tokenized in
accordance with Applicable Laws. Accordingly, for custom checkout and
server-to-server integration You
shall:
a) solely be
responsible for obtaining informed consent from customers for the
purpose of processing of e-mandates, including
saving/securing/tokenizing
the customer's Card details, in accordance with Applicable Laws. Such
consent shall be explicit and not by
way of a forced / default /
automatic selection of checkbox, radio button, etc.
b) share
customer consent with Razorpay for Razorpay to trigger the AFA with
the issuing bank which is required to both save the Card
and
process the e-mandate registration. You acknowledge and agree that if
such customer consent is not shared during the payment flow,
then
Razorpay will not tokenize the card or process the e-mandate/
recurring transaction.
5. You agree that payments effected, or
funds debited from a customer's bank account on the following grounds
shall not be the
responsibility of Razorpay and no liability
shall arise for Razorpay in respect of such customer claims:
a)
Customer disputing a transaction as not done or authorized by
him/her.
b) The charge/debit on the customer's bank account has
occurred because of hacking, phishing, breach of security/ encryption
of the
customer's personal data through Your platform or any
other third-party platform other than that of Razorpay.
c)
Customer claiming refund of the amounts deducted from his/her bank
account on any ground whatsoever, including customer's
dissatisfaction
with Your sale of the goods and/or services to the customer.
6.
You agree that there are instances where Razorpay is only acting as a
technical service provider and You are the token requestor for
the
purposes of saving/ securing/ tokenizing the Card and You shall
accordingly be liable to pass the customer's informed consent for
saving
the Card and registering the e-mandate to Razorpay. You agree that
Razorpay shall have no liability towards You or any third
party
for Your acts or omissions or its failure to comply with Applicable
Laws.
7. You agree to keep Razorpay fully indemnified at all
times from and against all losses, damages, penalties, etc., incurred
by or imposed
on Razorpay to the extent it arises from any breach
by You of Part IV: Specific Terms for Subscription Services.
8.
You shall maintain records of its activities under these terms,
including where applicable keeping log of all instances of
obtaining
customer consent, and shall provide the same to
Razorpay on a real time basis or as requested from time to time. In
addition to any right
under Part IV: Specific Terms for
Subscription Services, Razorpay and Facility Providers have the right
to audit Your compliance
hereunder at any time upon notice.
9.
You agree that You shall be solely responsible for any hashed string
storage undertaken by You.
10. In the event of any conflict
between the Part IV: Specific Terms for Subscription Services and the
rest of the Terms, then the former
shall prevail. To the maximum extent feasible, they shall be construed
harmoniously.
11. Capitalised terms used herein but not defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Terms.
PART V: RAZORPAY PARTNER PROGRAM
The Razorpay partner
program is a referral program through which You can refer the Razorpay
services to Your clients or customers and
get rewarded. You may
become a partner by agreeing to the detailed Partner Terms and
Conditions and signing up as a partner.
PART VI: MAGIC CHECKOUT
Magic checkout is the checkout
technology platform developed by Razorpay for Your customers
registered with Razorpay which
enables the customer to seamlessly
save and use their information for placing orders with You
(“Magic Checkout Services”). You can
avail Magic
Checkout Services as per terms specified below:
1. Privacy and Data Protection Rights
1.1. Razorpay has adopted reasonable security practices and procedures
that are commensurate with the information assets being
protected,
and has implemented relevant technical, operational, managerial and
physical security control measures to protect the
information in
its possession from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration and destruction.
1.2. In the process of providing
Magic Checkout Services, You acknowledge and agree that Razorpay may
collect, store and use certain
information, including personal
data, from Your customers. Razorpay is committed to protect such
information and to take all reasonable
precautions for
maintaining confidentiality thereof. Additionally, for the purposes of
providing Magic Checkout Services, You hereby
understand and
agree that Razorpay shall have the right to collect, store and use of
customers' personal data, including but not limited to
name,
email address, phone number and address, as provided by the customers
and/or You to Razorpay from time to time directly or
indirectly
(or provided in past).
1.3. The information, as referred above,
may be used by Razorpay for: (i) providing Magic Checkout Services
(including for the
purposes of verification of the identity,
processing of payment, communication regarding the purchase and
monitoring of past behaviour
to identify fraudulent
transactions); (ii) administrative, marketing and customer support
purposes; and/or (iii) providing other Razorpay
services.
1.4.
You represent and warrant to Razorpay that:
(a) You shall use the
Magic Checkout Services solely for providing services/goods to Your
customers.
(b) You shall obtain all consents required under
Applicable Law from Your customers before sharing PII of the Customers
with
Razorpay.
1.5. Your usage/access of the Magic Checkout
Services shall constitute Your acceptance to the Terms and the Privacy
Policy. You
acknowledge and confirm that You shall obtain a valid
consent under the Applicable Law to share the personal data of the
customers
with Razorpay. In the event You withdraw Your
consent/acceptance to these terms (including withdrawing consent for
using of personal
data by Razorpay and/or defaults in its
representation and warranties), Razorpay may in its sole discretion
discontinue Your access, in
part or full, to the Services
(including but not limited to discontinuing the access to Magic
Checkout Services), associated features and/or
present and future
benefits. You also acknowledge that You shall immediately inform
Razorpay in the event that any customer
withdraws their
consent/acceptance to sharing of their personal data with Razorpay.
You shall indemnify and keep Razorpay, its
directors, officers,
employees, and affiliates indemnified at all times from any and all
claims, liabilities, losses, damages and the like
incurred by
Razorpay as a result of any breach of these terms, including Your
obligations hereunder.
2. RTO Protection
2.1. In case You are availing the RTO Protection as a service from
Razorpay for a consideration, You shall be entitled to claim
reimbursement
for, the return shipping fees incurred by You on such orders which
have been returned to You (“RTO Protection”)
provided
that each of the following conditions are met:
(a) You have
switched on/accepted the Magic Intelligence (the proprietary
technology solution developed by Razorpay which analyses,
identifies
orders placed by customers that may potentially result into
‘return to origin') feature at all times on Your dashboard.
(b)
The return of such orders have been solely due to the Magic
Intelligence feature failing to detect/identify such ‘return to
origin' order.
It is however clarified that any return shipping
fees incurred by You on exchange/product return/product refusal after
delivery, by
customers shall not be covered under RTO
Protection.
(c) The orders for which RTO Protection is claimed
are not pre-paid orders.
2.2. You agree that Razorpay shall be
liable to provide reimbursement to You under RTO Protection only upon
submission of return
shipping invoice/documents as validated by
Razorpay.
2.3. You shall, at the end of every month, raise an
invoice for claiming reimbursements under the RTO Protection, which
shall be
discharged by Razorpay within a period of 30 (thirty)
days from the date of the invoice, provided all the conditions
specified under
Clauses 2.1 and 2.2 above are fulfilled to the satisfaction of
Razorpay.
3. In the event of any conflict between the Part VI:
Magic Checkout and the rest of the Terms, then the former shall
prevail. To the
maximum extent feasible, they shall be construed
harmoniously..
4. Capitalised terms used herein but not defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Terms.
PART VII: SPECIFIC TERMS FOR OFFLINE AGGREGATION SERVICES AND
DEVICES
1.
SERVICES
1.1 Merchant shall avail the Services and Devices subject to the
terms incorporated herein. Razorpay POS will provide offline
payment
collection and aggregation Services (for the offline
transactions conducted via Devices) and the Devices to the Merchant
for its
legitimate, bonafide and legal business activities only.
In cases where Razorpay POS is not performing any payment collection
and
aggregation services and has only provided the Devices, then
Razorpay POS shall not be liable for settlement of the funds.
Razorpay
POS shall settle the regular card / UPI Transaction
Amount (net of Permissible Deductions) into Your account as per the
agreed
timelines or within two (2) Bank working days, whichever
is higher, holding the Escrow account following the date of the
Transaction.
Furthermore, for any additional value added services
(VAS) subscribed by the Merchants pursuant to this Part VII: Specific
Terms for
Offline Aggregation Services and Devices, Transaction
amount shall be settled as per separate agreed settlement timeline.
Razorpay POS
shall have an absolute right to place limits on the
Transaction value.
1.2 Razorpay POS will provide:
(a)
Razorpay POS Payment Services (as defined above) which includes the
ability to process payments from various modes of payment
opted
by the Merchant.
(b) Acceptance of American Express cards - Upon
request of the Merchant, Razorpay POS has the ability to support
American Express
Cards on the Devices opted for by Merchant.
Activation of American Express will be subject to Razorpay POS
approval and will comply
with American Express policy.
(c)
Mobile Application: In support of the above services, Razorpay POS
will supply the Merchant with a mobile application (which is an
interface
required to access the Razorpay POS software solutions through the
Device) and the Razorpay POS’ SDK which is used by the
Merchant
to use Services.
(d) Portal: Razorpay POS agrees to retain and
maintain transaction records for the Services purchased by the
Merchant and provide a
portal to the Merchant showing such
records and allow the Merchant to download such records from time to
time.
(e) Affordability Services:
At the request of the Merchant Razorpay to enable affordability
payment options on the POS terminals which will facilitate the
Merchant
to provide an option to its customers to pay via EMI (CC, DC, Brand
EMI , NBFC)/ BNPL / Cashback Offers / IBD
(Instant Discount)
payment option.
The Merchant understands that Razorpay is merely
a facilitator for the enablement of various affordability payment
option and is
not responsible for any decline in these
transactions or non-approval of customer loan request by the
respective NBFC / Banks /
lending service provider or brand EMI
scheme / cashback offers by the partner brand (as the case may be) for
whatsoever reasons.
For brand EMI services, brand schemes, and
SKU details as intimated by the respective brand partner to Razorpay
are pre-fed in
the POS terminal and are subject to change from
time to time at the discretion of the brand.
TheParties shall be
responsible for compliance and payment of all taxes, duties, levies,
surcharge, cess or any other charges that
may be applicable to
the respective Party under the Applicable Law, in relation to the
Services.
The Merchant understands that unless the Merchant has
opted for payment aggregation services from Razorpay, settlement of
affordability
transaction amount shall not be undertaken by Razorpay. The Merchant
understands that Razorpay may still manage
settlements in certain
scenarios, under contractual relation with third parties who may be
providing services/offerings to the
Merchant, where they have not
availed the payment aggregation services, for clarity such services
may involve DC EMI, Instant
Business Discount etc.
In case
Razorpay is the payment aggregator for the Merchant, then settlement
of affordability transaction amount will be; as per
below
timelines:
PARTICULARS SETTLEMENT TIMELINES (as per bank working days)
DC EMI T+2 days
CC EMI T+1 day
NBFC EMI T+2 day
Brand
EMI T+1 day
BNPL T+1 day
* 'T' means the day of transaction
* The above settlement
timeline may get impacted by the delay in settlement to Razorpay by
the respective bank / NBFC /
lending partner / brand partner
Merchant agrees and acknowledges that all risks, responsibilities,
disputes associated with the sale and delivery of the products
and/or
services which are provided by the Merchant to its customers shall
solely vest with the Merchant and that Razorpay shall
not have
any responsibility thereof, in any manner whatsoever. All disputes
regarding the quality, merchantability, non-delivery,
and delay
in delivery of the products and/or services offered for sale by the
Merchant shall be resolved directly between the
Merchant and the
customer without making Razorpay a party to such disputes.
Merchant
hereby undertakes that the Merchant shall cooperate and assist
Razorpay in resolving chargeback dispute from the
respective
banks / NBFC / lending partner and submit proper documentation / proof
in support of chargeback dispute. In case any
chargeback dispute
is ruled against the Merchant then the Merchant shall pay back the
transaction amount to Razorpay which will
be eventually credited
to the end customer via issuing bank / NBFC / lending service
provider. Nothing in this clause shall
prejudice Razorpay’
right to deduct / withhold the chargeback amount from the settlement
amount.
(f) Reconciliation Services:
Razorpay will provide transaction
reconciliation services to the Merchant. Under these services,
Razorpay will provide a
reconciliation report on the basis of
transaction initiated at POS terminals deployed at Merchant location
vis-à-vis settlement of
transaction amount made by
Merchant’ partner bank.
Merchant agrees that preparation of
reconciliation report is dependent on settlement data shared by
Merchant’s partner bank with
Razorpay. If such partner bank
delays / fails to share data with Razorpay, then Razorpay shall not be
held responsible for any delay
in sharing or not sharing the
reconciliation report with the Merchant.
(g) EMI Plus Services (EMI Plus Club Wallet):
Razorpay EMI Plus
Club Wallet programme is Razorpay led programme for the benefit of
Merchants to sell any product to its
customers on Zero Cost EMI
without any interest charge to customer. Brands applicable under
Razorpay EMI Plus Club Wallet
Program will be communicated to the
Merchant in advance and may vary from time to time.
In order to
avail this service, the Merchant is required to collect 1% of the
transaction amount as processing fees on all Razorpay
EMI Plus
Club Wallet transactions from the customer on behalf of Razorpay.
Razorpay will deduct / collect this processing fee
from the
Merchant at the time of settlement (of the transaction settlement
amount) to the Merchant.
Monthly default Wallet limit shall be
INR. 2,00,000 per POS terminal / Device. Maximum POS terminal / Device
limit for availing
these services shall be 4 POS terminal /
Devices per merchant. The Wallet limit will be reset to INR 2,00,000
on the 1st day of
every calendar month.
Merchant can
increase their EMI Plus Club Wallet balance by completing Brand EMI
Transactions on the Razorpay POS terminal.
(Example: When a
Merchant completes a Brand EMI Transaction on the Razorpay terminal
their EMI Plus Club Wallet limit will
increase by the value of
the transaction.)
Merchant shall utilise the Club Wallet only in
relation to the SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) defined under Razorpay EMI
Plus Club
Wallet program.
Overall, wallet size for Razorpay
EMI Plus Club Wallet across all merchants signed up for this programme
for any given month
shall be INR 5 crores. Hence, if the INR 5
crore limit has been reached for any given month, Merchant will not be
able to use the
wallet until the next calendar month. This limit
will be reset every calendar month.
At the request of Razorpay,
the Merchant shall submit invoices against the transactions done using
Razorpay EMI Plus Club
Wallet. In case the Merchant fails to
produce the said invoice/s, then Razorpay may at its discretion
discontinue / suspend
Razorpay EMI Plus Club Wallet for the
Merchant.
The Merchant understands that Razorpay EMI Plus Club
Wallet program is owned and facilitated by Razorpay. Razorpay may
at
its sole discretion make changes to the terms and conditions
of Razorpay EMI Plus Club Wallet programme or discontinue the
provision
of this programme to the Merchant.
(h) SMS Pay – Card Not Present (CNP):
The Merchant has
requested Razorpay to enable SMS pay service wherein the Merchant can
collect payments from the customers
via SMS pay links.
As
per the Services, an SMS pay link will be sent to the customer mobile
number. Subsequently, the Customer may open the SMS
pay link and
initiate the payment by entering requisites details.
The Merchant
understands that the SMS pay link is sent to the customers on behalf
of the Merchant. Therefore, the responsibility
for recording
explicit consent from the customers for using their mobile numbers for
sending out SMS pay links shall solely vest
with the Merchant.
(i) Digital Invoicing services:
At the request of Merchant,
Razorpay will enable Digital Invoicing Services for the Merchant,
wherein the Merchant and its customer
will have an option to
share and / or maintain the invoice copy relating to the transaction
in a digital form. The Merchant has agreed to
avail such Digital
Invoicing Services on such Terms and conditions mentioned here and
additional terms and conditions, as are
incorporated hereinbelow:
Razorpay will provide access to a platform that will facilitate the
Merchant and its customer to submit / receive the invoices,
respectively
in digital form. Both Merchant and the customer will have the
provision to store the invoice on Razorpay’s platform
provided
for this purpose.
Various features and functionality of the
Digital Invoicing Services has been incorporated in the list below
(Digital Invoicing
Service Features). If the Merchant requires
any additional / premium features of Digital Invoicing Services, the
same may be
provided by Razorpay, at such additional cost and
other terms, as may be agreed between the Parties.
The Merchant
understands that Razorpay will be providing this Digital Invoicing
Services in association with its Affiliate named
JHKP
Technologies Private Limited (a.k.a. BillMe).
The Merchant
acknowledges and agrees that Razorpay holds the right to add, remove
or modify features of the Digital Invoicing
Services at its own
discretion, with prior intimation to the Merchant.
Razorpay does
not claim any ownership of the digital invoice copies. Merchant has
the authority to make deletions to the Merchant
copy as and when
the Merchant finds it necessary to do so.
The Merchant agrees and
authorizes Razorpay to share Merchant’s and customer’s
information and make such details available to
its affiliates,
vendors, service providers/facility providers and other third parties,
in so far as required in association with the Digital
Invoicing
Services availed by the Merchant.
Merchant agrees to receive
communications through emails, telephone and/or SMS, from Razorpay /
it Affiliates or third parties. If
the Merchant requests not to
receive such communication/marketing material any further, such
dissent shall only be applicable
prospectively.
In case
where the Merchant opts for Digital Invoicing Services, Razorpay
hereby grants to the Merchant a non-exclusive, non-
transferable,
revocable right to use the Digital Invoicing Services during the term
solely for the Merchant’s legitimate business
operations.
The
Merchant hereby agrees and understands that Razorpay may either by
itself or in association with any third-party contractor /
affiliates
provide Digital Invoicing Services. In any case, the Merchant
understands that Razorpay or such third-party contractor /
affiliates
reserves the right / ownership of Digital Invoicing Services and the
platform including but not limited to any intellectual
property
rights associated with the same.
Razorpay will charge a separate
fee for providing Digital Invoicing Services which may be collected
along with Device rentals.
Furthermore, the Merchant also agrees
to pay SMS charges on per SMS basis for transmitting digital invoices.
The same shall be
recovered as per the provisions incorporated
under the Agreement.
For availment of Digital Invoicing Services
and to receive access to the platform, the Merchant shall provide such
information as
may be requested by Razorpay from time to time.
The Merchant hereby undertakes:
To provide true, accurate, and complete information about the Merchant
as may be required during the account
creation/registration
process for the provision of Digital Invoicing Services; and
To
maintain and promptly update Merchant’s information from time to
time, as applicable.
Merchant understands that Razorpay will use
Merchant’s details to provide the Digital invoicing Services and
if any information
turns out to be inaccurate or outdated, then
some or all of the services may not operate correctly.
The
Merchant hereby undertakes liability for any losses, claims, default
in the Digital invoicing Services due to incorrect
information
provided by the Merchant and thereby agrees to indemnify Razorpay for
such losses.
The Merchant shall be responsible to undertake
explicit consent from the customers to use and share ant data being
collected to
provide such services, with Razorpay and its
Affiliates, the customer’s mobile number for the purpose of
facilitating digital
invoicing. The consent to be taken by the
Merchant from customers must include consent for sharing customers
mobile number
already existing in Razorpay database with
Razorpay’s Affiliates and vice-versa.
If the Merchant
provides any information for the purposes of undertaking or indulging
fraudulent or criminal activities and
Razorpay has reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information has been provided, in all
such instances Razorpay reserves the
right to suspend or
terminate Digital Invoicing Services and Merchant’s access to
the platform.
The Merchant grants Razorpay / its affiliates / or
third-party contractor involved in the provision of the Digital
Invoicing Services,
with a limited, non-transferable right to
display the Merchant’s company name, brand name, trademarks or
registered trademarks
on its websites, applications and other
media and online resources for representational / promotional
purposes.
The Merchant shall be solely responsible for ensuring
the safety of access to its account on the platform for availing the
Digital
Invoicing Services. The Merchant agrees that Razorpay
shall not be responsible for any loss that the Merchant suffers as a
result of
an unauthorized person accessing its account and/or
using the Digital Invoicing Services.
DIGITAL INVOICING SERVICE FEATURES
Particulars S.
No. Feature Remark Quantity
Digital Billing
Features
1 Digital Invoicing - BillMe Digi Printer (Windows
OS)
2 Customer data collection (BillMe Digi Printer) UI type 3
3 Digital bill complaint Management 100
Complaints
4 Banner in bill (Single image, Carousel or GIF) Coupons can be sent
on the images Single
Image Only
5 Ad below bill (Single image, Carousel, GIF,
YouTube video or
MP4 video) Coupons can be sent on the images Single
Image Only
6 Social media buttons of your brands
7 Star
rating feedback
8 User Access (unlimited users)
CRM 1 SMS campaign builder with scheduler 5 Templates Pre-Registered
under
BillMe / Razorpay Name 100
Report Exports 1 Daily Sales Report
User Bills 1
user.billme.co.in
(j) Devices: For enabling the Services, Razorpay will provide Devices
to the Merchant on agreed pricing terms. For provision of these
Services,
the Merchant shall provide necessary KYC details and other information
as may be required by Razorpay in relation to
Merchant stores and
locations, where the Devices are requested to be deployed.
1.3
Merchant agrees that each Device ordered by Merchant shall have a
minimum period of usage of 12 (twelve) months (in case the
Merchant
opts for monthly plan), also referred to as the “Lock-in
period” commencing from the date of deployment of such Device
at
the Merchant location. It is to be clarified that in the event
the Merchant deactivates or returns a particular Device or set of
Devices,
before the expiry of the Lock-in period, Merchant shall
make a one-time payment to Razorpay POS of an amount equivalent to
the
remaining rental or fees (as applicable) for the unexpired
duration of the Lock-in Period for such Devices. On termination of
Services for
whatever reasons, the Merchant shall return all the
Devices immediately to Razorpay POS (if taken on rental basis).
1.4
Razorpay POS will provide Devices and mobile application that are
necessary for the provision of the Razorpay POS Services.
Merchant
shall acknowledge the receipt of such Device in a form and manner
acceptable to Razorpay POS and each such
acknowledgement shall be
deemed to be a part of this Agreement.
1.5 Razorpay POS, or its
business associate, shall after receiving instructions in writing,
install the Device at Merchant’s premises.
Merchant shall
ensure that the necessary infrastructure (like mobile phone(s) or
tablet(s) and internet) required to install the Device is
available
at the Merchant’s designated location. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, Razorpay is not responsible for any delays,
delivery
failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from (i) the transfer
of data over public communications networks and facilities,
including
the internet, or (ii) any delay or delivery failure on the part of any
other service provider not contracted by us, and You
acknowledge
that the service may be subject to limitations, delays and other
problems inherent in the use of such communications
facilities.
1.6
Merchant shall arrange, co-operate, and provide for installation at
its premises the Device and such related accessories and software
as
Razorpay POS may deem fit and appropriate. Merchant states and agrees
that the Device shall be used exclusively at the Merchant’s
designated
establishment/ location for the purchase of goods or services for
which the Merchant has been signed up and for no other
purpose
whatsoever. Razorpay POS shall not be used in extreme or hazardous
environments like (exposure to high heat, fire hazard or
water)
neither Merchant shall forcefully plug and unplug the charging
interface or tilt it.
1.7 Merchant shall retain in its possession
and for its exclusive use the Device and keep the same in good
condition. Merchant agrees and
acknowledges to safe keep and
control the use of the Device such that any transaction using the
Device shall be deemed to be authorized
and sanctioned by
Merchant. Merchant shall not use the Device for any fraudulent
transactions, business malpractices and illegal
activities.
Merchant shall not and shall ensure that the personnel of Merchant
using the Device shall not, use the Device in such a manner
that
it harms the security systems enabled on the Device.
1.8 Merchant
shall not lease or resell the Device and / or such other services as
may be mutually agreed to between Merchant and
Razorpay POS to
any other Party without the permission, in writing, of Razorpay
POS.
1.9 Razorpay POS shall be entitled to charge Merchant for
the costs and charges of the Device (including accessories) and/or the
costs of
repairing the Device/s in the event the Device(s) is/are
damaged or lost as a result of improper handling by Merchant unless
the Device
is bought (and not leased/ rented) by Merchant from
Razorpay POS.
1.10 In case the Device is provided by Razorpay POS
to Merchant on rental basis, then the Device shall be the exclusive
property of
Razorpay POS, and Merchant shall forthwith (not less
than 3 days) surrender the Device to Razorpay POS in the event of
termination of
this arrangement for any reason whatsoever. During
the tenure of this arrangement and thereafter Merchant shall not claim
any right,
title, interest or lien over the Device.
1.11 In
case the Device is provided by Razorpay POS on lease to Merchant,
Merchant shall not (i) sell, assign, transfer, lease or
otherwise
cause \or allow or attempt to cause or allow, any dealings with the
Device or any encumbrance on the Device to be created (ii)
remove,
conceal or alter any markings, tags or plates attached to the Device
or part of it indicating Razorpay POS’ ownership of the
Device
(iii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, tamper with or
otherwise seek to obtain the source code or non-public APIs to the
software
or the Razorpay POS; (c) copy or modify the software or Razorpay POS
or any documentation, or create any derivative work
from it
(iv)Cause or allow Razorpay POS’ right to access, repossession
or disposition of the Device pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise
to be encumbered in any way jeopardized by any act of/by Merchant or
its servants or agents or by any other factor within its
control (iv) Permit any third party to perform the maintenance
services on the Device or effect modifications, enhancement or
software/hardware
changes to the Device without the prior written consent of Razorpay
POS.
1.12 The loss or damage caused to Razorpay POS arising out
of negligence, or misuse of the Device and / or default in payment due
to
any reason whatsoever or that of any telecommunication devices
attached to / inbuilt within / embedded in the Device, by the
Merchant
or its employees shall be to the account of Merchant,
and Razorpay POS will recover such losses and expenses from
Merchant.
1.13 Merchant shall permit the representatives of
Razorpay POS or any other concerned service provider to carry out
physical inspections
of the Device or telecom equipment (or
possession of any of these, in case of termination of this
arrangement) during business hours,
with or without prior notice
(in cases where Devices are taken on rental basis).
1.14 You
agree that Razorpay, may obtain information related to accounts and
transaction along with personal information of the
Merchant and
its respective Customers, and Razorpay may use the such data to
analyse, improve, market, support and operate the
Razorpay POS
and the services and otherwise for any business purpose during the
term and after termination of the present engagement.
All usage
of such data, its retention and process shall be governed under
applicable law(s) and internal polices of Razorpay.
1.15 Limited
to the jurisdiction of India, Merchant shall ensure that: (a) it enter
into transactions only in Indian Rupees unless otherwise
permitted
by Bank/ Razorpay in advance in writing; (b) Retain invoices, charge
slip’s and transactional data for a minimum period of six
(6)
months and provide the same in legible format as and when required by
Razorpay, (c) while presenting any transaction information,
certify
to Razorpay that (i) that the sale of such goods and /or services are
not unlawful, (ii) the transaction information pertaining to each
sale
has been supplied only once (iii) Merchant has supplied goods and /or
services to which the transaction information relates and to the
value
stated therein, and (iv) all statements of facts contained therein are
true and complete in all respects. (d) in the event Razorpay POS
is
leased by Razorpay, accept any decision to remove the said POS due to
the reason of non-performance of the term mentioned herein or
any
fraud (e) the Merchant shall immediately return the Equipment to
Razorpay upon request.
1.16 Razorpay shall have the right to
recover or take back the Razorpay POS where (a) YOU are in breach of
its applicable Terms and
Conditions; (b) Upon termination or
expiry of this Terms and Conditions; (c) Upon YOUR failure to pay the
Fees for a period of 60
days; (d) At Razorpay’s sole
discretion.
1.17 In cases of rental Devices, any losses or
damages caused to Devices shall be calculated as below:
(i)
Lost/Misplaced/Irreparable Device charges: In the event there is any
loss/misplacement/irreparable harm to a Device, the Merchant
shall
be liable to pay the full Price of the Device, in addition to the
applicable taxes.
(ii) Damaged Repairable Devices (including
accessories): The Merchant shall be liable to pay repair charges
including inspection
charges, as incurred by Razorpay POS at
actuals.
2. Chargebacks
2.1 If a Facility Provider communicates to
Razorpay the receipt of a Chargeback Request, You will be notified of
the Chargeback. You
agree that liability for Chargeback rests
with You. Subject to availability of funds, Razorpay upon receipt of a
Chargeback Request shall
forthwith deduct Chargeback Amount from
the Transaction Amounts which may be used, based on the decision of
the Facility Provider,
either to a) process Chargeback in favour
of the customer or b) credit to You. For the avoidance of doubt,
Razorpay shall be entitled to
deduct the Chargeback Amount upon
receiving a Chargeback claim. You shall be entitled to furnish to
Razorpay documents and
information pertaining to the Transaction
associated with the Chargeback Request in order to substantiate (i)
the completion of the
aforesaid Transaction; and /or; (ii)
delivery of goods/services sought by the customer pursuant to the said
Transaction. You shall furnish
the Chargeback Documents within
three (3) calendar days (or such other period specified by the
Facility Provider) of receiving
notification of the Chargeback
Request.
2.2 You agree that (i) if You are unable to furnish
Chargeback Documents; and /or; (ii) the Facility Provider is not
satisfied with the
Chargeback Documents furnished by You, then
the Facility Provider shall be entitled to order Razorpay to effect a
reversal of the debit
of the Chargeback Amount associated with
the Chargeback such that the said Chargeback Amount is credited to the
customer’s Payment
Instrument.
2.3 Notwithstanding
anything in these Terms, if the Facility Providers charge the
Chargeback Amount from Razorpay then You agree
and acknowledge
that Razorpay is entitled to recover such Chargeback Amount from You
by way of deduction from (i) the Transaction
Amounts to be
settled to You and (ii) any of Your other funds held by Razorpay in
the course of providing the Services. Provided
however, if the
available Transaction Amounts or other funds are insufficient for
deduction of the Chargeback Amount, then Razorpay is
entitled to
issue a debit note seeking reimbursement of the Chargeback Amount. You
shall reimburse the Chargeback Amount within
seven (7) days of
receipt of the debit note.
2.4 On the issuance of notice of
termination of the Terms, Razorpay reserves the right to withhold from
each settlement made during the
notice period, a sum computed
based on a Stipulated Percentage ( defined hereinbelow ) for a period
of one hundred and twenty (120)
days
(“ Withholding Term ”) from the date of termination
of these Terms. The sums so withheld shall be utilized towards
settlement of
Chargebacks. After processing such Chargebacks,
Razorpay shall transfer the unutilized amounts, if any, to You
forthwith upon
completion of the Withholding Term. The
stipulated percentage is the proportion of the Chargeback
Amounts out of the total
Transaction Amounts settled during the
subsistence of these Terms.
2.5 Notwithstanding anything in this
Specific Terms of Use, if the amount withheld, as specified above is
insufficient to settle
Chargebacks Amounts received during the
Withholding Term, then Razorpay is entitled to issue a debit note
seeking reimbursement of
the Chargeback Amount. You shall reimburse the Chargeback Amount
within seven (7) days of receipt of the debit note.
2.6 The
following applies for Chargebacks associated with EMI products which
are supported by Facility Providers. For any loan
cancellation
requests, You need to respond to Razorpay within 7 working days with a
suitable response. If loan is to be cancelled, then
the same
needs to be informed to Razorpay and if cancellation request is to be
declined then You need to provide proof of delivery and
justification.
For loans which would get cancelled on the basis of Your confirmation,
the amount would be recovered from the daily
settlement.
3. Refunds
3.1 You agree and acknowledge that subject to
availability of funds received in the Escrow Account, You are entitled
to effect Refunds
at Your sole discretion.
3.2 You further
agree and acknowledge that initiation of Refunds is at Your discretion
and Razorpay shall process a Refund only upon
initiation of the
same via software application provided by Razorpay.
3.3 All
Refunds initiated by You shall be routed to the same payment method
through which the Transaction was processed.
3.4 You agree that
Razorpay fees shall always be applicable and payable by You on each
Transaction, irrespective of the Refunds.
4. Payment
4.1 Charges associated with the provision of
Services to the Merchant and Device Rentals (“Fees”) shall
be in accordance with the
pricing terms agreed to by the Merchant
at the time of subscribing to the Services on the Website. The
Merchant agrees that such Fees
shall be charged according to the
manner, rates and frequency specified in the said pricing terms. All
Fees will be deducted from the
monies required to be settled to
the Merchant. However, if the Device rentals are not deducted from the
transaction settlement amount
then the same will be deducted from
e-nach /e-mandate set up by the Merchant at the instruction of
Razorpay POS.
4.2 The Parties agree that the Fees are exclusive
of applicable taxes and Razorpay shall charge such applicable taxes on
the Fees from
time to time. It is agreed that any statutory
variations in applicable taxes during the subsistence of this
Agreement shall be borne by the
Merchant.
4.3 In the event
of any delay in payment of any amounts to Razorpay beyond the due date
of payment, Razorpay at its sole discretion
may opt one or more
of the following remedies:
i. Charge a late payment interest at
the rate of 15% per annum on the due amount;
ii. Suspend some or
all of the Service(s) it provides under this agreement, until payment
of the due amount. Consequently, it is agreed
between the parties
that Razorpay shall not be liable for any loss, damages, claims
including third party claims, which may result owing
to
suspension of some or all of services by Razorpay in case of
non-payment or delayed payment.
iii. Set off the due amount from
the transaction settlement amount payable to the Merchant.