Prohibited Businesses
The following types of business are not eligible for a Merchant Payment Services credit card merchant account:
- Adult entertainment and materials
- Airports
- Bankruptcy attorneys
- Buying and shopping clubs
- Check cashing services
- Collection Agencies and debt collection services
- Credit restoration and/or repair services
- Cruise lines
- Direct marketing telemarketing
- Dating services
- Companies with a future service liability that is greater than one year
- Hair loss products
- Investment opportunity
- Membership businesses (longer than one year)
- MLM sign-up fees and business opportunity
- Products and services with unreasonable guarantees
- Racing: car, horse and dog
- Travel agencies (selling travel/tour packages)
- Water purifiers
