SumUp Personal Services Terms and Conditions

The following terms and conditions (“Personal Terms of Use”) govern your personal use of our payment processing and other services, as well as our mobile application SumUp.io (“App”), website and content (collectively, “Services,” as more fully defined below), and where applicable the opening, use and closure of your account (“Account”). These Personal Terms of Use constitute the agreement between you (“you”, “your”) and SumUp, Inc. (“SumUp”, “we”, “our” or “us”). For the use of additional services, you may have to accept additional terms and conditions as notified to you when you are ordering or using such services.

SumUp, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its registered office at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801.

In order to use our App and the Services you must fully accept these Personal Terms of Use.

The Services 

The Services comprise our payment processing services, which enable you to make payments to SumUp merchants who are not physically present, or make a payment in-store, by scanning a QR code generated by a SumUp merchant, clicking a link sent to you by SumUp merchant via email, SMS or other social platform, or through another similar functionality supported by SumUp, either available on the App or otherwise. A SumUp merchant is a merchant who is accepting payment card transactions under the SumUp US Terms and Conditions.

You may use the Services through our App and your Account, or by simply being redirected to a SumUp payment page, without maintaining an Account with SumUp. 

You must be at least 18 years old and have full legal capacity to use the Services. You must be a resident of the United States to use the Services. You can use the Services if you have a valid Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB credit or debit card in your name. We provide an updated list of all accepted payment cards on our website.

The Services can be used for day-to-day transactions, for example food, drinks, accommodation, or purchases of gift cards, made within the United States, where SumUp provides its Services. SumUp merchants, not SumUp, are responsible for providing goods, services or gift cards that you purchase using the Services. Any questions or issues you may have regarding a transaction with a SumUp merchant must be addressed directly with the merchant.

How to make Mobile Payments with SumUp

Payment Link

You may use the Services to make payments to SumUp merchants, who create a payment link for your purchase, and send it to you. When you click on the link, you are redirected to a SumUp page where you can choose to pay with your preferred payment method. The link displays the name of the SumUp merchant requesting the payment and the amount of the payment, along with a confirmation button. You pay by providing your payment source details and clicking the confirmation button.

The App

You may use the Services to make in-store or online payments to SumUp merchants through the App by scanning the QR code presented to you by the SumUp merchant or by clicking a payment link sent by the SumUp merchant (depending on the type of your purchase and the method you choose), without providing your payment source details every time. By clicking on the confirmation button on the App, you authorise the transfer of the specified payment amount from the payment source added beforehand to your Account to the SumUp merchant through the App. To increase your security we recommend that you set a personal PIN inside the App, which will be required to authorize each payment.

Gift cards

You may use the Services to purchase digital gift cards from SumUp merchants. Gift cards are delivered only electronically, and delivery may be delayed by several hours following your order. You may only send gift cards using the Services to someone in the United States. The original recipient of the gift card cannot be changed. SumUp will send you as the buyer a proof of purchase using the contact information you provided during the purchase. If you provided recipient contact information different from your own, SumUp will send the Gift Card to the recipient using that information. You authorize SumUp to disclose your and the recipient’s name and contact details to the merchant.

SumUp reserves the right to delay or decline purchases of gift cards for any reason. Limits may apply to the amount and number of gift cards you can buy. SumUp is not responsible for any loss or damage resulting from a lost or stolen gift card or use without permission. Any service, purchase or other relevant redemption you might receive using a gift card will be governed exclusively by the terms of the respective SumUp merchant. If the SumUp Merchant goes out of business or otherwise fails to honor your gift card, then there might not be any redemption options for your gift card, and SumUp has no responsibility to offer you such options. The merchant is responsible for adhering to all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to gift cards. SumUp makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to Gift Cards and disclaims any warranty to the fullest extent possible. To the fullest extent possible, you release and agree that you will not sue SumUp (and its affiliates and subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees and agents) in connection with any claim or dispute you have relating to purchase of a Gift Card from a SumUp merchant.

Failed payments

We may not be able to process your payment if:

• Your payment source does not have sufficient funds to cover the money required to make your payment;

• We have reason to believe that there has been unauthorized use of or security threats to your Account or payment source;

• Your bank or your card issuer does not authorise the payment;

• We have reason to believe that a restricted activity has occurred in relation to your account or the payment request, or you are otherwise in breach of these Personal Terms of Use.

We assume no liability for such failed payments. You may contact us or your bank or card issuer for more help. 

Restricted activities 

In connection with your use of the Services, or in the course of your interactions with SumUp, the SumUp Merchants, or other third parties, you must not:

• Use the Services to violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation;

• Use the Services for any illegal purposes of any kind, including, but not limited to fraud, money laundering, unlawful sexually oriented materials or services, counterfeit products, unlawful gambling activities, the funding of terrorist organisations, the purchase or sale, or the facilitation of the purchase or sale of, illegal goods or services, prohibited by law. SumUp will report any suspicious activity and cooperate with any relevant law enforcement agency or regulator;

• Use the Services to conduct or participate in any illegal activities;

• Use the Services in a manner that violates SumUp’s Restricted Businesses policy, which is incorporated by reference herein;

• Use the Services in a manner that we or Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover or any other electronic funds transfer network believe may be a violation of any applicable electronic payment network rules, card scheme or network rules, or applicable law;  

• Use the Services to abuse, exploit or circumvent the usage restrictions imposed by a merchant on the services they provide;

• Use the Services to obtain goods or services without paying the amount due partially or in full; 

• Breach these Personal Terms of Use, or any other agreement or policy that you have agreed with SumUp;

• Infringe SumUp’s or any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy;

• Behave in a manner that is defamatory, libellous, threatening or harassing when using SumUp;

• Provide us with false, inaccurate or misleading information;

• Create more than one Account without our prior written consent;

• Instruct us to send or receive what we reasonably believe to be potentially fraudulent funds on your behalf; 

• Use the Services in a manner that is likely to result in or may result in complaints, disputes, fees, fines, penalties or other liability to SumUp, other users, third parties or you;

• Cause us to receive a disproportionate number of claims that have been closed in favor of the claimant regarding your Account;

• Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; facilitate any viruses, Trojan horses, worms or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information; use an anonymizing proxy; use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our App or website without our prior written permission; or interfere or attempt to interfere with the Services;

• Take any action that may cause us to lose any of the services from our Internet service providers, payment processors, or other suppliers;

• Harass our employees, agents, or other users;

• Refuse to cooperate in an investigation or provide confirmation of your identity or any Information you provide to us;

• Refuse or fail to provide further information about you or your business activities that we may reasonably request;

• Integrate or use the App or the Services without fully complying with all mandatory requirements communicated to you;

• Reveal your mobile PIN to anyone or use anyone else’s App. 

• Closing, suspending, or limiting your access to your Account or any or all of our services;

• Contacting SumUp merchants who have transacted with you; contacting your bank or credit card issuer; and/or warning other users, law enforcement or impacted third parties of your actions;

• Updating inaccurate information, you have provided to us;

• Taking legal action against you;

• Terminating our agreement with you;

• Fully or partially reversing a payment; and/or

• Blocking your access to your Account or to the App permanently.

If we believe, in our sole discretion, that you’ve engaged in any of these activities, or have otherwise breached the laws and regulations using the Services, we may take a number of actions to protect SumUp, or SumUp merchants, including, but not limited to:

You must ensure that you only use the Services for transactions relating to the purchase of goods and services in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The acceptance of payments via the App is not an indication of the legality of the purchase or provision of goods and services.

The SumUp.io App

As part of the Services, you may download and install the App, where available, on your smartphone from an official app store (Google or Apple). Download and usage of the App is free of any charge. You are responsible for obtaining the data network access necessary to use the Services. Your mobile network's data and messaging rates and fees may apply if you access or use the Services from your smartphone. You are responsible for acquiring and updating compatible hardware or devices necessary to access and use the Services and the App. We do not guarantee that the App will function on any particular hardware or devices. In addition, the Services may be subject to malfunctions and delays inherent in the use of the internet and electronic communications.

SumUp grants you the right to use this App only for your personal use on the mobile product that you own or control and as permitted by these Personal Terms of Use. You may not modify, copy, publish, license, sell, or otherwise commercialise this App or any information or software associated with this App. You must regularly check for and, if available, update the App software. We reserve the right to change the App from time to time. You may not rent, lease or otherwise transfer rights to this App. You may not use this App in any manner that could impair any SumUp site in any way or interfere with any party's use or enjoyment of any SumUp site.

You download and use this App at your own discretion and risk, and you are solely responsible for any damages to your hardware device(s) or loss of data that results from the download or use of this App. Your right to use this App will terminate immediately if you violate any provision of these Personal Terms of Use.