TERMS OF USE
By using this website (“Site”), registering for a FINTRUST Account (“Account”) or using any other FINTRUST Services, you (“you, your, or yourself”) are agreeing to accept and comply with the terms and conditions of use stated below (“Terms of Use”). You should read the entire Terms of Use carefully before using this Site or any of the FINTRUST Services.
- Fintrust is a trademark of Fintrust AG
- If you do not accept the terms and conditions outlined in this agreement, do not access this site and do not use our service.
- Top-up
- Risk warning
- Limited right of use
- Maintaining your account: fintrust’s rules
- FEES
- Verification of accounts
- For IBAN opening
- Termination
- Availability of services
- APIs and widgets
- External websites
- Financial advice
- Financial regulation
- Data protection
- Disclosures to legal authorities and authorized financial institutions
- Unclaimed property
- Jurisdiction/governing law
- Limitation of liability
- Legal disclaimer
- Indemnity
- Miscellaneous
- Modification of terms
- Definitions
- Consent to use of cookies
- Changes
- Contact us
FINTRUST is a trademark of FINTRUST AG.
- buy and sell cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum or Bitcoin (herein “Bitcoin” or “cryptocurrency”).
- transfer cryptocurrency and fiat currency to other Members and to non-members who must become Members prior to withdrawing such cryptocurrency or fiat money.
- exchange FIAT for various currencies.
- order Mastercard prepaid debit cards.
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT ACCESS THIS SITE AND DO NOT USE OUR SERVICE.
By registering for an Account, you expressly represent and warrant:
That you have accepted these Terms of Use; and
That you are of legal age and have the full legal capacity to accept these Terms of Use and enter into a transaction involving cryptocurrencies.
Equivalent value of your assets in Fintrust account may be held in various asset forms with different liquidity characteristics.
Top-Up
When you add funds to your account (otherwise known as the “top up” function), either by credit card or wire transfer or by any other means, you are converting your funds into digital currencies of your choice, as selected (collectively herein, the “Coins”). When you add funds by wire transfer or credit card, an automated process routes the order to our service provider Kraken where the Coins are purchased.
Risk Warning
The trading of goods and products, real or virtual, as well as virtual currencies involves a significant risk. Prices can and do fluctuate on any given day. Such price fluctuations may increase or decrease the value of your assets at any given moment. Any currency, virtual or not, may be subject to large swings in value and may even become worthless. There is an inherent risk that losses will occur as a result of buying, selling, or trading anything on a market.
Trading cryptocurrencies also has special risks not generally shared with official currencies, goods, or commodities in a market. Unlike most currencies that are backed by governments, other legal entities, or commodities such as gold or silver, cryptocurrencies are a unique type of Internet digital currency, backed by technology and trust. There is no central bank that can issue more currency or take corrective measures to protect the value of cryptocurrencies in a crisis.
Instead, cryptocurrencies are an as-yet autonomous and largely unregulated global system of firms and individuals. Traders put their trust in a digital, decentralised, and partially anonymous system that relies on peer-to-peer networking and cryptography to maintain its integrity.
The trading of cryptocurrencies is often susceptible to irrational bubbles or loss of confidence, which could collapse demand relative to supply. For example, confidence might collapse in cryptocurrencies because of unexpected changes imposed by software developers or others, a government crackdown, the creation of superior competing alternative currencies, or a deflationary or inflationary spiral. Confidence might also collapse because of technical problems: if the anonymity of the system is compromised, if money is lost or stolen, or if hackers or governments are able to prevent any transactions from settling.
There may be additional risks that we have not foreseen or identified in these Terms of Use. You should carefully assess whether your financial situation and tolerance for risk are suitable for buying, selling, or trading cryptocurrencies.
We use our banking providers in order to receive client funds and make payments. Our banking providers DO NOT transfer, exchange, or provide any services in connection with cryptocurrencies.
Limited Right of Use
Unless otherwise specified, all Materials on this Site are the property of FINTRUST and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. You may view, print, and/or download a copy of the Materials from this Site on any single computer solely for your personal, informational, and/or non-commercial use, provided you comply with all copyright and other proprietary notices.
The trademarks, service marks, and logos of FINTRUST and others used in this Site (“Trademarks”) are the property of FINTRUST and their respective owners. The software, text, images, graphics, data, prices, trades, charts, graphs, video, and audio used on this Site belongs to FINTRUST. The Trademarks and Materials should not be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, scraped, collected, or distributed in any form or by any means, whether manual or automated. The use of any such Materials on any other Site or networked computer environment for any other purpose is strictly prohibited; any such unauthorised use may violate copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws, and could result in criminal or civil penalties.
Maintaining Your Account: FINTRUST’s Rules
This Site is for your personal and non-commercial use only. We are vigilant in maintaining the security of our Site and Service. By registering with us, you agree to provide FINTRUST with current, accurate, and complete information about yourself, as prompted by the registration process, and to keep such information updated. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of these Terms of Use, which may result in immediate termination of your account on our Service. You further agree that you will not use any Account other than your own, access the Account of any other Member at any time, or assist others in gaining unauthorised access.
The creation or use of Accounts without obtaining prior express permission from FINTRUST will result in the immediate suspension of all said Accounts, as well as all pending purchase/sale offers. Any attempt to do so or to assist others (Members or otherwise), or the distribution of instructions, software, or tools for that purpose, will result in the Accounts of such Members being terminated. Termination is not the exclusive remedy for such a violation, and FINTRUST may elect to take further action against you.
You are also responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account information, including your password, and safeguarding your account and all activity including Transactions that are posted to your Account. Cryptocurrency transactions are irreversible once sent, so be sure to carefully confirm the receiving address before initiating a Bitcoin transaction. Any actions on the Site, transactions, orders and operations initiated from your Account or using your password (1) will be considered to have been made by you, and (2) is irrevocable once validated using your password or made through your Account. If there is suspicious activity related to your Account, we may, but are not obligated to, request additional information from you, including authenticating documents, and freeze any transactions pending our review. You are obligated to comply with these security requests or accept the termination of your Account. You are required to notify FINTRUST immediately of any unauthorised use of your Account or password, or any other breach of security, by email to [email protected]. The account of any Member who violates these rules may be terminated and the Member held liable for losses incurred by FINTRUST or any user of the Site.
Lastly, you agree that you will not use the Service to perform criminal activity of any sort, including but not limited to money laundering, illegal gambling operations, terrorist financing, malicious hacking or any criminal or illegal activity.
The minimum allowable buy or sell is EUR 5.
FEES
Fees charged by third party service providers are disclosed on a per transaction basis.
VERIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS
For IBAN Opening
By using our IBAN Opening service, you agree to open IBAN with a sufficiently licensed third-party service provider.
Termination
We may terminate or suspend your account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms of Use.
Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.
Availability of Services
All services are provided without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, and in particular without implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not guarantee that this Site will be available 100% of the time to meet your needs. We will strive to provide you with the Service as soon as possible, but there are no guarantees that access will not be interrupted or that there will be no delays, failures, errors, omissions, or loss of transmitted information.
We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Site can be accessed by you in accordance with these Terms of Use. However, we may suspend the use of the Site for maintenance and will make reasonable efforts to give you notice of this. You acknowledge that this may not be possible in an emergency, and accept the risks associated with the fact that you may not always be able to use the Site or carry out urgent transactions using your Account.
APIs and Widgets
We may provide certain parties with access to specific data and information through our API (Application Programming Interface) or widgets. We also may provide widgets for your use to enter our data on your Site. You are free to use these in their original unmodified and un-altered state.
External Websites
FINTRUST makes no representations whatsoever about any external or third-party website you may access through the Site. Occasionally, the FINTRUST website may provide references or links to other websites (“External Websites”). We do not control these External Websites or third-party sites or any of the content contained therein. You agree that we are in no way responsible or liable for the External Websites referenced or linked from the FINTRUST website, including but not limited to website content, policies, failures, promotions, products, opinions, advice, statements, prices, activities and advertisements, services, or actions, and/or any damages, losses, failures, or problems caused by, related to, or arising from those sites. You shall bear all risks associated with the use of such content.
Financial Advice
FINTRUST does NOT provide any investment advice in connection with the Services described in these Terms of Use. We may provide information on the price, range, and volatility of cryptocurrencies that are available on our platform and events that have affected the price of such cryptocurrencies, but this must not be considered investment advice nor should it be construed as such. Any decision to purchase or sell cryptocurrencies or other commodities or currencies available on this website is solely your decision and we shall not be liable for any loss suffered.
Financial Regulation
The business model and Service of FINTRUST is to refer its platform users to third party service providers where they are able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. FINTRUST is an authorized member firm of d’Organisme de Surveillance pour Intermédiaires Financiers & Trustees (SO-FIT) (Member No.: 1291), and as such is supervised by SO-FIT in its capacity as a supervisory body officially recognized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), with supervision pursuant to the Swiss Federal Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA). Regulatory issues regarding FINTRUST should be addressed to SO-FIT.
Data protection
Disclosures to Legal Authorities and Authorized Financial Institutions
- Required by law;
- Compelled by subpoena, court order, or other legal procedure;
- We believe that disclosure is necessary to prevent damage or financial loss;
- Disclosure is necessary to report suspected illegal activity; or
- Disclosure is necessary to investigate violations of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy.
Unclaimed Property
If we hold cash or cryptocurrency, and we are unable to contact you and have no record of your use of the FINTRUST Services for several years, applicable law may require us to report the cash or cryptocurrency as unclaimed property to the authorities in certain jurisdictions. We will try to locate you at the address shown in our records, but if we are unable to, we may be required to deliver any such cash or cryptocurrency to the authorities in certain jurisdictions as unclaimed property. We reserve the right to deduct a dormancy fee or other administrative charges from such unclaimed funds, as permitted by applicable law.
Jurisdiction/Governing Law
The Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The parties hereto agree to irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Switzerland.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use will remain in effect. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have between us regarding the Service.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, FINTRUST will not be held liable for any damages, loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of data, indirect, or consequential loss, unless the loss suffered arose from negligence or wilful deceit or fraud. Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits the liability of either party for fraud, death, or personal injury caused by its negligence, breach of terms implied by operation of law, or any other liability which may not be limited or excluded by law. Although FINTRUST endeavours to provide accurate and timely information on the Site, the Site may not always be entirely accurate, complete or current and may include errors. We may change or update the Site at any time without notice, and you should accordingly verify with independent sources all information before relying on it to take decisions or actions. You remain entirely responsible for your decisions and actions.
Subject to the foregoing, FINTRUST’s aggregate liability for claims based on events arising from or in connection with any single Member’s use of the Site and/or Service, whether in contract or tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed the greater of either (a) the total amount held on Account for the Member making a claim less any amount of Commission that may be due and payable in respect of such Account; or (b) 100% of the amount of the Transaction(s) that are the subject of the claim less any amount of Commission that may be due and payable in respect of such Transaction(s).
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.
FINTRUST its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.
Indemnity
To the full extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby agree to indemnify FINTRUST and its partners against any action, liability, cost, claim, loss, damage, proceeding, or expense suffered or incurred if directly or indirectly arising from your use of FINTRUST’s Sites, your use of the Service, or your violation of these Terms of Use.
Miscellaneous
If we are unable to perform the Services outlined in the Terms of Use due to factors beyond our control including but not limited to an event of force majeure, change of law, or change in sanctions policy, we shall not be liable for the Services provided under this agreement during the time period coincident with the event.
Modification of Terms
FINTRUST reserves the right to change, add, or remove parts of these Terms of Use at any time and at its sole discretion. You will be notified of any changes in advance through your Account. Upon such notification, it is your responsibility to review the amended Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of a notice of changes to the Terms of Use signifies that you accept and agree to the changes, and that all subsequent transactions by you will be subject to the amended Terms of Use.
Definitions
Consent to Use of Cookies
Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms of Use at any time. If a revision is considered material we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the Service.
Unencrypted email messages sent over the Internet are not secure and FINTRUST is not responsible for any damages incurred as a result of sending email messages in this way. We suggest existing Members always log in to the FINTRUST site and use the internal support messaging system by clicking “Support” in the footer menu or, for non Members, always send email in encrypted formats. You are welcome to send PGP encrypted emails to us. The instructions and keys to do so are available upon request. Please never send us or anyone else your password by email.
If you send unencrypted or unsecured email or other types of communications to us, we may respond using the same channels and you hereby accept the risks associated therewith.
FINTRUST will never contact you from an email account that does not end with @fintrust.ag. If anyone, including a person that you know to be associated with FINTRUST ever contacts you via email with an address that does not end with @fintrust.ag, please notify our compliance department at [email protected] immediately.
