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Introduction
These terms, including annexures and links provided herein, govern your usage of www.lemonpay.tech, any linked pages, API keys, features, content, or application services (including mobile applications and mobile site services) owned and operated by lemonpay Software Private Limited (“lemonpay”), a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, with its head office at : 303, 1″ Floor, Opp. Le Royal Park Hotel, Kamaraj Salai, Pillaithottam, Pondicherry – 605013. In these terms, “We,” “Us,” and “Our” refer to lemonpay, while “You,” “Yours,” “Yourself,” and “Merchant” refer to any non-registered individual or corporate body, including registered users of lemonpay such as lemonpay merchants. The term “Applicable Laws” refers to any laws, regulations, directives, or mandates issued by relevant central, national, state, or local governmental/regulatory authorities that have jurisdiction and force of law over You, us, or the subject matter in question. This includes instructions issued by “Financial Sector Regulators,” such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as well as rules and regulations defined by NPCI on their website www.npci.org.in.
Before using the Website, it is necessary for you to read and understand these General Terms of Use, Specific Terms of Use (defined below), and the Privacy Policy provided on the Website. By using lemonpay’s products, software, services, and the Website, or by availing any products offered by lemonpay’s partner institutions/lending partners, banks, financial institutions, NPCI, technology service providers, card payment networks (“Facility Providers”), or third parties (“Services”), you acknowledge and agree that your use of the Services constitutes acceptance of these Terms. You also acknowledge that lemonpay reserves the right to update the Services periodically.
You acknowledge and agree that all references to “lemonpay” shall mean the lemonpay affiliate for the Specific Terms of Use. You further agree that any claims relating to or arising from the Specific Terms of Use shall be brought solely against such lemonpay affiliates providing Services. lemonpay shall have no liability in respect of the same. You may not use the Services if You do not accept the Terms. If You do not agree to be bound by these Terms and the Privacy Policy, You may not use the Website in any way. It is strongly recommended for You to return to this page periodically to review the most current version of the Terms in force. lemonpay reserves the right at any time, at its sole discretion, to change or otherwise modify the Terms without prior notice, and Your continued access or use of the Website 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 use of the Website. We may require You to agree to additional terms (if any) in connection with specific services that You may avail from time to time. The Services provided by lemonpay through the Website are available and are appropriate only for use in India.
1. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
1.1. You acknowledge and agree that lemonpay owns all rights, title and interest in and to the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in the Services (whether registered or not). You further acknowledge that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by lemonpay and that You shall not disclose such information without lemonpay’s prior written consent.
1.2. lemonpay grants You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to avail the Services and make personal use of the Website and/or the Services. This license does not confer any right to download, copy, create a derivative work, modify, reverse engineer, reverse assemble 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. You do not have the right to use any of lemonpay’s trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. You do not have the right to remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary rights notices (including trademark and copyright notices), which may be affixed to or contained within the Services. You will not copy or transmit any of the Services.
2. USAGE OF THE WEBSITE AND USE OF SERVICES BY THE USER
2.3. By making use of the Website, and furnishing Your contact details, You hereby agree that You are interested in knowing more or availing and/or purchasing various products, services that lemonpay or any other third party may offer to /provide to /share with /send to You from time to time through any means including but not limited to telephone, SMS (short messaging service), electronic mail (e-mail), whatsapp or any other messaging service/mobile application or any other physical, electronic or digital means/mode. You hereby agree that lemonpay may contact You either electronically or through phone, to understand Your interest in the selected products and Services and to fulfil Your demand or complete Your application. Further, You also expressly agree and authorize lemonpay, its partners, service providers, vendors and other third parties to contact You for the purpose of (i) offering or inviting Your interest in availing other products or services offered by third parties, or (ii) for sending other marketing campaigns, offers, or any other information either on the Website or through other means including but not limited to telephone, SMS (short messaging service), electronic mail (e-mail), whatsapp or any other messaging service/mobile application or any other physical, electronic or digital means/mode.
2.5. You agree and authorize lemonpay to share Your information and make Your details available to its partner banks/financial institutions, its group companies, affiliates, vendors, service providers/Facility Providers and other third parties, in so far as required for providing various products and services and/or to provide You with various value-added services, in association with the Services selected by You or generally otherwise. You agree to receive communications through emails, telephone and/or SMS, from lemonpay or third parties. If You request not to receive such communication/marketing material any further, it shall be applicable prospectively only and shall not apply in respect to Your data already shared by lemonpay in accordance with this clause upon Your prior consent.
3. PAYMENT
3.2. Fees are exclusive of applicable taxes and lemonpay 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 months. 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. lemonpay 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 lemonpay regarding such discrepancy within three (3) working days. However, if any reconciliation issue is highlighted by You to lemonpay after three (3) working days from the transaction date, lemonpay shall not be responsible or liable in any way whatsoever in case such queries and/or concerns are not resolved.
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 lemonpay Form 16-A in respect of such taxes paid, then lemonpay 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 lemonpay within the timelines prescribed so as to enable lemonpay to obtain full credit for the taxes deducted at source.
3.6. You shall be solely responsible for updating Your GST registration number on the lemonpay dashboard before lemonpay generates the invoice and shall also submit the GST certificate as part of KYC. lemonpay 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. lemonpay 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 lemonpay by the GST authorities due to incorrect information provided by You or deliberate withholding of any statutory information by You shall be recovered by lemonpay from You.
4. PRIVACY POLICY
5. THIRD PARTY LINKS/OFFERS
6. OUR PARTNERS
7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8.2. Notwithstanding anything under these Terms, lemonpay’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. lemonpay’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
10. CARD ASSOCIATION RULES
10.2. The card payment networks reserve the right to amend their guidelines, rules and regulations. 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. 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, lemonpay may suspend settlement or suspend/ terminate the Services forthwith.
11. WAIVER
12. FORCE MAJEURE
13. ANTI BRIBERY AND SANCTIONS LAWS
14. ADDITIONAL TERMS
(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 Website 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 lemonpay may have, You hereby agree and confirm that lemonpay shall have the right to set-off by whatever means the whole or any part of Your liability to lemonpay under these Terms (or any other agreement between You and lemonpay 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 lemonpay or its affiliates). You agree that lemonpay 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 lemonpay for the liability owed, You shall pay lemonpay 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 lemonpay or any Facility Provider; (ii) represent that You have any rights to offer any products or services offered by lemonpay or the Facility Provider; and (iii) make any representations to Your customer or any third party or give any warranties which may require lemonpay 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) lemonpay 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. Upon any change, Your continued use of the Services and ancillary services constitutes acceptance of the changes and an agreement to be bound by Terms, as amended. If You do not agree to the changes, You may please discontinue Your use of the Services.
14.2. An end user may avail dynamic currency conversion (“DCC”) services which may be made available by lemonpay 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 enquiry@lemonpay.tech, by providing the payment ID and end user contact number, to get invoices for DCC transactions.
15. ADVERTISING
16. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
(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.
(c) lemonpay 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 lemonpay’s internal fraud assessment tools and other policies.
(e) lemonpay is of the opinion that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding Your activities.
(f) lemonpay 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 lemonpay’s prior written permission to use the Services for the new or changed types of services / products, or it is discovered by lemonpay that You provided substantially misleading and / or false information about Your products / services as part of the onboarding activities.
(i) lemonpay in its sole discretion determines that Your activities expose lemonpay to risks which are unacceptable to lemonpay.
(j) lemonpay 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 Services and continue until terminated by You or lemonpay. We may terminate these Terms or close Your lemonpay account at any time for any reason (including, without limitation, for any activity that may create harm or loss to the goodwill of lemonpay). Where Applicable Laws requires 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.
PROHIBITED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
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 includes 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 & 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 out rightly banned by law (e.g. Betting & 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 & 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 additions / changes by lemonpay, based on instructions received from Facility Providers, without any prior intimation to You.
SPECIFIC TERMS OF USE
A. Payment Aggregation Services
(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 lemonpay on such additional Service or value-added service.
1. DEFINITIONS
1.2. “ Chargeback Amount ” shall mean the aggregate amount that the Facility Provider charges lemonpay pursuant to a Chargeback.
1.3. “ Chargeback Documents ” has the meaning ascribed to the term in Clause 3.1 hereunder.
1.4. “ Chargeback Request ” means a claim for Chargeback by the Facility Provider’s customer.
1.5. “ Escrow Account ” or “ Nodal Account ” is an account held by lemonpay with an Escrow Bank or nodal bank, as applicable for the purpose of receiving the Transaction Amount and effecting settlements to You. 1.6. “ Escrow Bank ” means a bank that is authorised by the RBI, to operate an Escrow Account / Nodal Account under Payment Aggregation Guidelines. 1.7. “ Escrow Bank Working Days ” means days on which the Escrow Bank is operational to undertake settlements. 1.8. “ Fee Credit ” has the meaning ascribed to the term in Clause 2.5 hereunder. 1.9. “ Payment Aggregator Guidelines ” means, as applicable, the RBI circular
DPSS.CO.PD.NO.1102/02.14.08
/2009-10 dated November 24, 2009 or
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.
1.10. “ 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
1.11. “ Permissible Deductions ” means (a) fees charged by lemonpay; (b) Chargeback Amount including fines and penalties; and (c) any other sum due and payable by You to lemonpay.
1.12. “ Refund ” means processing of Your request to lemonpay, for returning the Transaction Amount (or part thereof) to the Payment Instrument which was used for effecting the payment of the Transaction Amount.
1.13. “ 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.
1.14. “ Transaction Amount ” means the amount paid by the customer in connection with Transaction.
1.15.“ Digital Lending Apps/Platforms (DLAs)” mean any mobile and web-based applications with user interface that facilitate digital lending services. DLAs will include apps of regulated entities as well as those operated by LSPs engaged by such regulated entities for extending any credit facilitation services in conformity with extant outsourcing guidelines issued by the RBI.
1.16.“ Lending Service Provider (LSP)” means an agent of a regulated entity who carries out one or more of lender’s functions or part thereof in customer acquisition, underwriting support, pricing support, servicing, monitoring, recovery of specific loan or loan portfolio on behalf of the regulated entities in conformity with extant outsourcing guidelines issued by the RBI.
1.1. “ 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 lemonpay being charged the Transaction Amount and charges, penalties or fines associated with processing the Chargeback.
1.2. “ Chargeback Amount ” shall mean the aggregate amount that the Facility Provider charges lemonpay pursuant to a Chargeback.
1.3. “ Chargeback Documents ” has the meaning ascribed to the term in Clause 3.1 hereunder.
1.4. “ Chargeback Request ” means a claim for Chargeback by the Facility Provider’s customer.
1.5. “ Escrow Account ” or “ Nodal Account ” is an account held by lemonpay with an Escrow Bank or nodal bank, as applicable for the purpose of receiving the Transaction Amount and effecting settlements to You.
1.6. “ Escrow Bank ” means a bank that is authorised by the RBI, to operate an Escrow Account / Nodal Account under Payment Aggregation Guidelines.
1.7. “ Escrow Bank Working Days ” means days on which the Escrow Bank is operational to undertake settlements.
1.8. “ Fee Credit ” has the meaning ascribed to the term in Clause 2.5 hereunder.
1.9. “ Payment Aggregator Guidelines ” means, as applicable, the RBI circular DPSS.CO.PD.NO.1102/02.14.08/2009-10 dated November 24, 2009 or 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.
1.10. “ 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
1.11. “ Permissible Deductions ” means (a) fees charged by lemonpay; (b) Chargeback Amount including fines and penalties; and (c) any other sum due and payable by You to lemonpay.
1.12. “ Refund ” means processing of Your request to lemonpay, for returning the Transaction Amount (or part thereof) to the Payment Instrument which was used for effecting the payment of the Transaction Amount.
1.13. “ 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.
1.14. “ Transaction Amount ” means the amount paid by the customer in connection with Transaction.
1.15.“ Digital Lending Apps/Platforms (DLAs)” mean any mobile and web-based applications with user interface that facilitate digital lending services. DLAs will include apps of regulated entities as well as those operated by LSPs engaged by such regulated entities for extending any credit facilitation services in conformity with extant outsourcing guidelines issued by the RBI.
1.16.“ Lending Service Provider (LSP)” means an agent of a regulated entity who carries out one or more of lender’s functions or part thereof in customer acquisition, underwriting support, pricing support, servicing, monitoring, recovery of specific loan or loan portfolio on behalf of the regulated entities in conformity with extant outsourcing guidelines issued by the RBI.
2. PAYMENT PROCESSING
2.2. Subject to Clause 3 and 4 hereunder, lemonpay shall settle the Transaction Amount (net of Permissible Deductions) into Your account within two (2) Escrow Bank working days following the date of the Transaction.
2.3. If lemonpay settles the Transaction Amount under the General Terms of Use or any Specific Terms of Use thereunder, at an earlier time than agreed above, lemonpay 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.
2.4. lemonpay shall have an absolute right to place limits on the Transaction value.
2.5. You may choose to purchase fee credits from lemonpay in respect of the Services being rendered under this Specific Terms of Use for Payment Aggregation Services. It is agreed that in respect of each Transaction, lemonpay shall be entitled to deduct an amount equivalent to lemonpay Fees along with applicable taxes from the Fee Credit. You agree that if sufficient funds are not available in the Fee Credits, then lemonpay shall be entitled to deduct lemonpay 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 (” Fee Credit” ).
2.6. Paylater Settlement- lemonpay is providing the Services merely on “AS IS WHERE IS” basis. Wherever applicable, You shall be responsible for ensuring that the customer has provided an informed consent to the lender and its lending service provider (LSP) for Transactions enabling the lender to disburse the loan through lemonpay into Your bank account.
3. CHARGEBACKS
3.2. 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 lemonpay 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.
3.3. Notwithstanding anything in these Terms, if the Facility Providers charge the Chargeback Amount from lemonpay then You agree and acknowledge that lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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.
3.4. On the issuance of notice of termination of this Specific Terms of Use for Payment Aggregation Services or the General Terms of Use, lemonpay 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, lemonpay 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.
3.5. Notwithstanding anything in this Specific Terms of Use, if the amount withheld pursuant to Clause
3.4 above is insufficient to settle Chargebacks Amounts received during the Withholding Term, then lemonpay 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.
3.6. 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 lemonpay within 7 working days with a suitable response. If loan is to be cancelled, then the same needs to be informed to lemonpay 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.
4. REFUNDS
4.2. You further agree and acknowledge that initiation of Refunds is at Your discretion and lemonpay shall process a Refund only upon initiation of the same on the Website.
4.3. All Refunds initiated by You shall be routed to the same payment method through which the Transaction was processed.
4.4. You agree that lemonpay 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 lemonpay affiliate (if availed).
4.5. You acknowledge and agree that for payments that are late authorized but not captured by You, lemonpay may initiate auto-refund to the customer within five (5) days.
5. FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS
5.2. 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.
5.3. Subject to Clause 5.2 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.
5.4. You acknowledge that lemonpay shall not be responsible for any liability arising in respect of Fraudulent Transactions whether it is an international or a domestic transaction.
5.5. 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.
6. GENERAL
6.2. Capitalised Terms used herein but not defined in this Specific Terms of Use shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the General Terms of Use.
6.3. Clauses 3 and 5 hereinabove shall survive the termination of the Terms
7. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT AGGREGATOR GUIDELINES
7.2. 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 of any complaints received against You.
7.3. You shall comply with or enter into an agreement with a third party service provider of payment processing services for compliance with the 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 lemonpay, signifying proof of compliance with the above.
7.4. 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 lemonpay such non- compliance or likely non-compliance.
7.5. You shall provide lemonpay with evidence of compliances listed in this Clause 7 at lemonpay’s request and provide, or make available, to lemonpay copies of any audit, scanning results or related documents relating to such compliance. Notwithstanding the above, lemonpay shall have the right to conduct a security audit to check Your compliance with this Clause 7 and in such cases, You shall extend full co-operation to lemonpay and its representatives so as to enable them to conduct the audit to their sole satisfaction.
7.6. You agree to adopt and enforce any information security requirement that lemonpay may deem advisable in order to facilitate reasonable security processes and procedures.
8. SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS
(a) “ Optimizer Services ” means a technology solution developed by Lemonpay which enables You to route Your payments through specific payment gateways based on Your business conditions and preferences. This solution works as 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 Lemonpay 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, Lemonpay’s role will strictly be that of a SaaS Provider and will not be that of a payment service provider.
(e) You hereby consent Lemonpay to use or process any type of data shared by You for the provision of the Optimizer Services.
(f) Lemonpay shall have the right to charge additional fees for provision of the Optimizer Services.
(g) You shall for Your omission / commission indemnify and hold Lemonpay, 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.
8.2. ( 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 between the parties. 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 Lemonpay provides as a value added service certain customisable templates for 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) Lemonpay 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 Lemonpay 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, Lemonpay expressly disclaims all liability in respect of any actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the Customisable Templates. Lemonpay does not necessarily endorse and is not responsible for any third-party content that may be accessed through the Customisable Templates.
9. SPECIFIC TERMS FOR SNRR MERCHANTS
9.1. 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 the provisions of the Act, rules and regulations made thereunder. 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 bank in India (outside IFSC).
9.2. The SNRR Account shall carry the nomenclature of the specific business for which it is in operation. Indian bank 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.
9.3. 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.
9.4. The SNRR Account shall not bear any interest. 9.5. The debits and credits in the SNRR Account shall be specific/ incidental to the business proposed to be done by the account holder.
9.6. 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.
9.7. All the operations in the SNRR Account shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act, rules and regulations made thereunder.
9.8. The balances in the SNRR Account shall be eligible for repatriation.
9.9. You shall not transfer from any Non-Resident Ordinary account (“ NRO ”) account to the SNRR Account. 9.10.
All transactions in the SNRR Account shall be subject to payment of applicable taxes in India.
9.11. SNRR Account may be designated as resident rupee account on the account holder becoming a resident.
9.12. 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. 9.13.
The transactions in the SNRR Account shall be reported to the RBI in accordance with the directions issued by it from time to time. 9.14.
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.
10. SPECIFIC TERMS FOR GAMING MERCHANTS
10.1. You represent and warrant to Lemonpay 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.
10.2. The representations and warranties set out in Clause 10.1. above shall be repeated on each day during the term of these Terms.
10.3. You hereby agree and undertake to provide a written confirmation, in a form and manner set out below certifying that the representations and warranties set out in Clause 10.1. above are true and correct. Such certificate shall be given by You to lemonpay on the first day of every quarter from the date of entering into this Specific Terms for gaming merchants till its expiry or termination, whichever is later.
10.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of the General Terms of Use or this Specific Terms for gaming merchants , You shall indemnify and hold lemonpay, 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 10.1 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
Date:
To,
Lemonpay payment solutions private limited,
303, 1″ Floor, Opp. Le Royal Park Hotel,
Kamaraj Salai, Pillaithottam,
Pondicherry- 605013
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 lemonpay Software Private Limited and its affiliates (‘lemonpay’)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 lemonpay.
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 lemonpay.
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 lemonpay, 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 lemonpay.
Yours sincerely,
For (Merchant’s name)
Name of the Authorised Signatory
Designation of the Authorised Signatory
To,
Lemonpay payment solutions private limited,
303, 1″ Floor, Opp. Le Royal Park Hotel, Kamaraj Salai, Pillaithottam,
Pondicherry- 605013
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._________
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 lemonpay.
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 lemonpay.
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 lemonpay, 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 lemonpay.
Yours sincerely,
For (Merchant’s name)
Name of the Authorised Signatory
Designation of the Authorised Signatory
B. Specific Terms For E-Mandate Services
(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 lemonpay on such additional Service or value- added service.
1. DEFINITIONS
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” or “Nodal Account ” is an account held by lemonpay with an Escrow/ nodal bank for 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 / Nodal Account under Payment Aggregation Guidelines.
1.9. “ Escrow Bank Working Days ” means days on which the Escrow Bank is operational to undertake settlements.
1.10. “ NPCI ” means the National Payments Corporation of India constituted pursuant to the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
1.11. “ 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.
1.12. “ Sponsor Banks ” mean the banks / entities which are authorised to implement the E-Mandate Payments by inter alia receiving API calls from lemonpay 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 lemonpay as specified in these Specific Terms of Use for e-mandate services (“ Mandate Terms ”), such that lemonpay 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 pre-requisite 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. lemonpay 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 under Mandate Terms, lemonpay 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, lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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, lemonpay 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 lemonpay so long as the E-Mandate Registration is not cancelled by the Customer, Destination Bank or the Sponsor Bank. Lemonpay 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, lemonpay shall, subject to lemonpay’s withholding rights under these Terms, settle the funds into Your designated account within an applicable settlement period.
10.) If lemonpay settles the funds, at an earlier time than agreed above, lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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 lemonpay, then lemonpay 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 lemonpay, Sponsor Bank, NPCI or Destination Bank forthwith upon receiving a request from lemonpay, Sponsor Bank, NPCI or Destination Bank respectively.
13.) lemonpay shall be entitled to terminate these Services if the Sponsor Bank or NPCI directs cancellation of Your registration. You acknowledge that lemonpay 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.) lemonpay shall be entitled to recover from You (by deducting amounts from Your funds held by lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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 lemonpay and no liability shall arise for lemonpay 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 lemonpay.
(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.) lemonpay 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) lemonpay 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) lemonpay has reason to believe that a Collection Information has not been properly authorized.
17.) In the event of any conflict between the General Terms of Use and Specific Terms of Use, the Specific Terms of Use shall prevail over the General Terms of Use. To the maximum extent feasible, they shall be construed harmoniously.
18.) Capitalised Terms used herein but not defined in this Specific Terms of Use shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the General Terms of Use.
C. Specific Terms For Subscriptions Services
(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 lemonpay on such additional Service or value-added service.
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 Subscriptions 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, lemonpay 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) lemonpay 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 lemonpay for lemonpay 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 lemonpay 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 lemonpay and no liability shall arise for lemonpay 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 lemonpay.
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 lemonpay 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 lemonpay. You agree that lemonpay 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 lemonpay fully indemnified at all times from and against all losses, damages, penalties, etc., incurred by or imposed on lemonpay to the extent it arises from any breach by You of the Terms herein.
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 lemonpay on a real time basis or as requested from time to time. In addition to any right under these Terms, lemonpay and facility providers have the right to audit Your compliance with these Terms 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 General Terms of Use and Specific Terms of Use, the Specific Terms of Use shall prevail over the General Terms of Use. To the maximum extent feasible, they shall be construed harmoniously.
11.) Capitalised Terms used herein but not defined in this Specific Terms of Use shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the General Terms of Use.