Terms and Conditions

General Terms of Use

Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“You”, “Your”, or “User(s)”) and SORA BIOME, Sveta Sofia 8, Str., Floor 1, Office 101, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, company number: 207087270 (“SORA“, “we”, “us”, or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the soracard.com website (“Website”) as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, THEN YOU ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THE SITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.

Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms of Use at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms of Use, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms of Use to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Terms of Use by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms of Use are posted.

The information provided on the Site is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject us to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

The Site is intended for Users who are at least 18 years old. Persons under the age of 18 are not permitted to use or register for the Site.

Definitions

SORA CARD is a debit card issued by the Licence Provider (as defined below), which enables its Users to perform payment operations.

SORA CARD Profile is a profile that a User receives upon successfully passing the KYC (»Know Your Customer«) screening procedure.

Our partner businesses (who provide goods and services to SORA CARD users) are referred to as “Merchant” or “Merchants”.

Our partner hereinafter referred to as “Licence Provider” who is the formal SORA CARD issuer and provides KYC and financial services to the Users is Unlimint EU Ltd (Company Number: HE 267043), a company that obtained a licence from the UK and EU and is authorised as an electronic money institution.

The service SORA provides, as detailed below, is referred to as “the Service”.

The Service — SORA CARD Profile

These Terms of Use apply to your use of the services operated by SORA. The Service includes the use of Website and software to obtain a profile with SORA CARD (»SORA CARD Profile«) upon successfully passing the KYC procedure.

The SORA CARD Profile allows Users to use services provided by SORA, its Merchants and Licence Provider.

SORA is not accepting, handling, exchanging, or holding any fiat or crypto funds. All crypto-related transactions are processed by X Vienas UAB and GateHub UAB LTH.

Payment of the Service shall be provided by the User in accordance with supported payment methods and in accordance with the Price List (available via: https://soracard.com/fees).

The Service Fee (as determined in the Price List) shall be paid by the User prior to SORA (either by itself or through the Merchants or Licence Provider) providing the Service.

Information for the supported payment methods can be found on our Website.

Profile Creation and Identification

The User must first register and create a SORA CARD Profile with SORA, complete the KYC procedure and upload all requested documents. By accepting these Terms of Use, the User acknowledges and explicitly agrees that the KYC screening procedure will be performed by SORA and/or Licence Provider.

The User shall provide including, but not limited to, the information and documents to SORA listed below:

• ID card or passport, which shall indicate at least name, surname, personal code, date of birth, issuing authority and date etc., and
• other information or documents, which SORA may request based on the individual circumstances and which would allow SORA to verify the User’s identity.

The mandatory information to be provided to SORA in order to become a SORA CARD User is as follows:

• Full name (Name and Surname),
• Personal number and/or Date of birth,
• Residential address,
• Personal document details (document number, expiry date, issuing date, country and issuing government agency),
• Gender,
• Nationality,
• Proof of address,
• "Selfie" (picture of the User),
• Picture of both sides of the provided personal document with signature,
• E-mail address,
• Mobile-phone number (MSISDN).

SORA collects personal information about the User and other information about the User through the mobile application or Website interface. During the collection of requested information, the User is required to enter their personal identification information and submit a photo of both sides of their identification document and a photo of the User taken while using the desktop/mobile application (»selfie«). A video conference is conducted to verify the information, using a third-party provider. The facial image of the User and the original of the identity document that is clearly shown by the User is recorded at the time of direct video streaming. By accepting these Terms of Use, the User acknowledges and explicitly agrees that the personal data of the User might be shared with the Licence Provider in order to enable the Licence Provider to perform KYC screening procedure.

After successfully completing the KYC process (confirmed by us and the Licence Provider), the User becomes a verified User, and a unique identification number (User ID) is assigned to the User. A SORA CARD Profile is created for the User.

User Commitments

In exchange for our provision of the Service, we require you to make the following commitments to us as a SORA CARD User:

• You must not create a SORA CARD Profile if we have previously deactivated your account for violating the applicable law or for breaching any of our policies;
• If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password or other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and must not disclose these details to a third-party; and
• You must be at least 18 years old. The Service is not intended for use by persons under the age of 18.

Limitations of Liability

You acknowledge that the Service is being made available to you and that SORA makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the Service. All representations, undertakings, warranties, terms and conditions, whether expressed or implied by statute, common law or otherwise are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law.

Except as provided in these User Terms and Conditions, SORA shall not be liable to you for any claims whatsoever including but not limited to those arising from loss of profits, business, revenue, goodwill, anticipated savings and/or any other indirect, special or consequential loss whether arising under contract, negligence or otherwise out of or in connection with the Service. In particular, SORA accepts no responsibility or liability for the acts or omissions of participating Merchants and/or Licence Providers which operate independently of SORA. SORA neither excludes nor limits its liability for death or personal injury caused by its own negligence or any other liability the exclusion or limitation of which is expressly prohibited by law.

If the User chooses to use its SORA CARD Profile to use services of participating Merchants or Licence Providers, a special set of Terms and Conditions of participating Merchants and Licence Providers shall apply and shall be accepted by the User.

Refund Policy

Once the User initiates the KYC Procedure, no refund is possible as the Service is already provided.

The creation of the SORA CARD Profile in no way implies that the User is eligible for any of the services of participating Merchants or other third-party service providers.

If the User does not initiate the KYC procedure, the User may submit an email request to support@soracard.com with a confirmation that he/she did not complete the KYC procedure. The User will receive a full refund within 30 business days.

Terminating Your Company Profile

SORA reserves the right to terminate the Service and/or your use of the Service at our discretion and without notice.

Third-Party Rights and Partners

SORA collaborates with its third-party partners in order to provide Services to its customers. SORA’s main business partners are PayWings Holding BV NL and PayWings Technologies d.o.o. SLO.

SORA collaborates with:

1. Unlimint EU Ltd as the banking partner,
2. Sum and Substance Ltd UK for identity verification services (through PayWings relationship and agreement),
3. X Vienas UAB (https://x1.gr/en/about-us) for crypto exchange services (through PayWings relationship and agreement),
4. GateHub UAB LTH for crypto exchange services (through PayWings relationship and directly).

Each partner of SORA has its own Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies. By signing this agreement, you are also bound by those Agreements. The terms and Conditions of the partners are provided below in the article titled “Linked Documents”.

Unless expressed explicitly in this agreement, the Third Parties do not have any rights under these Terms of Use. You cannot assign any of your rights or obligations which arise from these Terms of Use without the express written consent of SORA.

Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, the Site is our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the relevant jurisdictions, international copyright laws, and international conventions. The Content and the Marks are provided on the Site “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use, no part of the Site and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

Provided that you are eligible to use the Site, you are granted a limited licence to access and use the Site and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content and the Marks.

User Representations

By using the Site, you represent and warrant that:

1. all registration information you submit will be true, accurate, current, and complete;
2. you will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary;
3. you have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Use;
4. you are not a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside;
5. you will not access the Site through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise;
6. you will not use the Site for any illegal or unauthorised purpose;
7. your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation;
8. you have not been included in any trade embargoes or economic sanctions list (such as the United Nations security council sanctions list), the list of specially designated nationals maintained by OFAC (the office of foreign assets control of the US Department of the Treasury), or the denied persons or entity list of the US Department of Commerce or respective EU authorities. SORA reserves the right to choose markets and jurisdictions to conduct business, and may restrict or refuse, in its discretion, the provision of the services in certain countries or regions.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof).

User Registration

You may be required to register with the Site. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

Prohibited Activities

You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.

As a user of the Site, you agree not to:

1. systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
2. trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
3. circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Site, including features that prevent or restrict the use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on the use of the Site and/or the Content contained therein.
4. disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site.
5. use any information obtained from the Site to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
6. make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
7. use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable laws or regulations.
8. use the Site to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
9. engage in unauthorised framing of or linking to the Site.
10. upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters and spamming (continuous posting of repetitive text), that interferes with any party’s uninterrupted use and enjoyment of the Site or modifies, impairs, disrupts, alters, or interferes with the use, features, functions, operation, or maintenance of the Site.
11. engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
12. delete the copyright or other proprietary rights notice from any Content.
13. attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
14. sell or otherwise transfer your profile.
15. upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats (“gifs”), 1×1 pixels, web bugs, cookies, or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as “spyware” or “passive collection mechanisms” or “pcms”).
16. interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the Site or the networks or services connected to the Site.
17. harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any of our employees or agents engaged in providing any portion of the Site to you.
18. attempt to bypass any measures of the Site designed to prevent or restrict access to the Site, or any portion of the Site.
19. copy or adapt the Site’s software, including but not limited to Flash, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, or other code.
20. decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Site.
21. except as may be the result of standard search engine or internet browser usage, use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, or offline reader that accesses the Site, or using or launching any unauthorised script or other software.
22. use a buying agent or purchasing agent to make purchases on the Site.
23. make any unauthorised use of the Site, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretences.
24. use the Site as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Site and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavour or commercial enterprise.

Site Management

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

1. monitor the Site for violations of these Terms of Use;
2. take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the applicable law or these Terms of Use, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities;
3. in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your contributions or any portion thereof;
4. in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems; and
5. otherwise manage the Site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Site.

Privacy Policy

As part of providing the Service, we collect and use your personal information and we care about data privacy and security. SORA`s Privacy Policy explains how we use this data to provide you with the Service. It also explains your rights in relation to data privacy and processing. We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy found here: https://soracard.com/privacy. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use. Please be advised the Site is hosted in London (UK). If you access the Site from any other region of the world with laws or other requirements governing personal data collection, use, or disclosure that differ from applicable laws in London (UK), then through your continued use of the Site, you are transferring your data to London (UK), and you agree to have your data transferred to and processed in London (UK).

If you have any questions relating to your personal data, please send us an email at support@soracard.com or check out our Privacy Policy for further information.

Term and Termination

These Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION AND WITHOUT NOTICE OR LIABILITY, DENY ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING BLOCKING CERTAIN IP ADDRESSES), TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY REASON OR FOR NO REASON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR BREACH OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR COVENANT CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE OR OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. WE MAY TERMINATE YOUR USE OR PARTICIPATION IN THE SITE OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU POSTED AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT WARNING, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION.

If we terminate or suspend your account for any reason, you are prohibited from registering and creating a new account under your name, a fake or borrowed name, or the name of any third party, even if you may be acting on behalf of the third party. In addition to terminating or suspending your account, we reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, and injunctive redress.

Closing your SORA Card Account

You may close your SORA Card Account at any time by contacting us via email: techsupport@soracard.com.

In some cases, fees relating to ongoing management of inactive accounts may continue to be charged following closure of your Account. This provision shall survive termination of the relationship between you and us.

If your SORA Card Account holds a balance at the time of its closure, we will ask you to withdraw your funds within a reasonable period, during which your Account will be accessible for the purpose of withdrawing the remaining balance only.

We reserve the right to carry out any necessary money laundering, terrorism financing, fraud or other illegal activity checks before authorizing any withdrawal of your funds, including in relation to returning any funds to you after you have closed your SORA Card Account.

We recommend that you reclaim or spend in full any funds in your SORA Card Account as soon as possible before your Account is closed.

Modifications and Interruptions

We reserve the right to change, modify, or remove the contents of the Site at any time or for any reason at our sole discretion without notice. However, we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. We also reserve the right to modify or discontinue all or part of the Site without notice at any time. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, price change, suspension, or discontinuance of the Site.

We cannot guarantee the Site will be available at all times. We may experience hardware, software, or other problems or need to perform maintenance related to the Site, resulting in interruptions, delays, or errors. We reserve the right to change, revise, update, suspend, discontinue, or otherwise modify the Site at any time or for any reason without notice to you. You agree that we have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, or inconvenience caused by your inability to access or use the Site during any downtime or discontinuance of the Site. Nothing in these Terms of Use will be construed to obligate us to maintain and support the Site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith.

Governing Law

Please note that these Terms of Use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by the English Law and the use of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. If your habitual residence is in the EU, and you are a consumer, you additionally possess the protection provided to you by obligatory provisions of the law of your country of residence.

Dispute Resolution

Binding Arbitration

Any dispute arising from the relationships between the parties to this contract shall be determined by one arbitrator who will be chosen in accordance with the [Arbitration and Internal Rules of the European Court of Arbitration being part of the European Centre of Arbitration] having its seat in London, United Kingdom, and which are in force at the time the application for arbitration is filed, and of which adoption of this clause constitutes acceptance. The seat of arbitration shall be London, United Kingdom. The language of the proceedings shall be English. Applicable rules of substantive law shall be the English law.

Restrictions

The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be limited to each dispute between the Parties individually. To the full extent permitted by law, (a) no arbitration shall be joined with any other proceeding; (b) there is no right or authority for any dispute to be arbitrated on a class-action basis or to utilise class action procedures; and (c) there is no right or authority for any dispute to be brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public or any other persons.

Exceptions to Arbitration

The Parties agree that the following disputes are not subject to the above provisions concerning binding arbitration: (a) any disputes seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of the intellectual property rights of a Party; (b) any dispute related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy, or unauthorised use; and (c) any claim for injunctive relief. If this provision is found to be illegal or unenforceable, then neither Party will elect to arbitrate any dispute falling within that portion of this provision found to be illegal or unenforceable and such dispute shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within the courts listed for jurisdiction above, and the Parties agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

Corrections

There may be information on the Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions, including descriptions, pricing, availability, and various other information. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions and to change or update the information on the Site at any time, without prior notice.

Disclaimer

THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE BASIS. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND OUR SERVICES WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SITE’S CONTENT OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO THE SITE AND WE WILL ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY:

1. ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT AND MATERIALS,
2. PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE,
3. ANY UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN,
4. ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE,
5. ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR
6. ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT AND MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SITE.

WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE, OR ANY WEBSITE OR MOBILE APPLICATION FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

Limitations of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR OUR DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT, LOST REVENUE, LOSS OF DATA, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO US. CERTAIN NATIONAL LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless, including our subsidiaries, affiliates, and all our respective officers, agents, partners, and employees, from and against any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made by any third party due to or arising out of:

1. use of the Site;
2. breach of these Terms of Use;
3. any breach of your representations and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use;
4. your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights; or
5. any overt harmful act toward any other user of the Site with whom you connected via the Site.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate, at your expense, with our defence of such claims. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding which is subject to this indemnification upon becoming aware of it.

Complaints Policy

You may make a complaint by contacting our support or by sending an email to support@soracard.com. We will endeavour to resolve a reported complaint quickly. In any case, we shall resolve a reported complaint not later than 14 days after the complaint was addressed to us. While we will strive to do our best to provide you with any information you require in an accurate manner, any information given shall be subject to these Terms and Use and/or any other terms, conditions or rules directly contained in email format. In case of any contradictions between the information given by our support and the Terms of Use, the provisions contained in these Terms of Use shall prevail. Without prejudice to your legal rights, you hereby acknowledge that any complaint made by you more than 14 days after the date of finalisation of the transaction which is the subject of the complaint in question will not be taken into consideration and shall have no value.

User Data

We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Site for the purpose of managing the performance of the Site, as well as data relating to your use of the Site. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.

Electronic Communications, Transactions, and Signatures

Visiting the Site, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE SITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.

Regulatory Matters

BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OF USE AND USING THE SITE, THE USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND EXPLICITLY AGREES THAT THE FORMAL ISSUER OF THE SORA CARD IS THE LICENCE PROVIDER, WHO PROVIDES THE RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO THE USERS. Relationship between the Licence Provider and the User shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Licence Provider (available via https://www.penrose-digital.com/legalsandpolicies), whereby it shall be deemed that by accepting these Terms of Use and using the Site, the User has entered into the direct relationship with the Licence Provider and has accepted the aforementioned terms and conditions of the Licence Provider. With respect to matters related to the regulatory aspect of SORA CARD, the User shall therefore directly contact the Licence Provider, whereby SORA shall not be in any event liable for any action or omission of the Licence Provider.

Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use and any policies or operating rules posted by us on the Site or in respect to the Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us.

Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use fully operate permissible by law.

We may assign any or all our rights and obligations to others at any time.

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

There is no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship created between you and us as a result of these Terms of Use or use of the Site.

You agree that these Terms of Use will not be construed against us by virtue of having drafted them.

You hereby waive any and all defences you may have based on the electronic form of these Terms of Use and the lack of signing by the parties hereto to execute these Terms of Use.

Contacts

In order to resolve a complaint regarding the Site or to receive further information regarding use of the Site, please contact us at:

SORA BIOME

Sveta Sofia 8, Str.
Floor 1, Office 101
1000 SOFIA
Bulgaria

Email: support@soracard.com

Linked Documents

Partner’s Agreements are provided below. Please read them carefully, by signing you are agreeing to these terms and policies too:

1. PayWing’s Terms and Conditions for users: https://www.paywings.com/terms-conditions-consumer/
2. PayWing’s Privacy Policy https://www.paywings.com/privacy-policy/
3. PayWing’s Terms and Conditions for Business https://www.paywings.com/terms-conditions-business/
4. Unlimint, Terms of Use https://www.unlimint.com/website-terms-of-use/
5. Sum and Substance Ltd, Privacy Policy https://sumsub.com/privacy-notice/
6. GateHub UAB, Terms of Use https://www.gatehub.net/legal/gatehub-uab

AML/CTF Policy

SORA BIOME

Sweeping Clause

Words imposing the singular meaning shall include, where the context so admits, the plural meaning and vice versa. Words denoting the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and wording denoting natural persons shall include corporations and forms and all such words shall be construed interchangeably in that manner.

Audience and Confidentiality

This document is classified as a controlled information asset and intended for the internal use of recipients only and may not be distributed externally or reproduced for external distribution in any form without express written permission of SORA BIOME.

Acronyms in Use

The following list of Acronyms aims to guide the reader all through the document:

Linked Documents

European Directives and Regulations

• 4th Anti Money Laundering Directive, (2015/849/EU);
• 5th Anti Money Laundering Directive, (2018/843/EU);
• Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds;
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1467 of 27 July 2018 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 of 14 July 2016 in relation to the high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies.

UK Laws and regulations

The UK legal framework on AML/CTF includes the following (without prejudice to the exhaustiveness of the list to follow):

• The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 as amended (hereinafter “POCA”);
• The Terrorism Act 2000;
• The Fraud Act 2006;
• Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010;
• The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (hereinafter “MLRS”);
• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;
• The Bribery Act 2010;
• The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

FCA Notices and Guidances

• Financial Crime Guide: A Firm's guide to countering financial crime (FCG);
• Finalised Guidance FG 17/6: The treatment of politically exposed persons for anti money laundering purposes (July 2017);
• Consultation Paper CP 19/3*: Guidance on Cryptoassets (January 2019);
• Policy Statement PS 19/22: Guidance on Cryptoassets - Feedback and Final Guidance to CP 19/3 (July 2019).

In the context of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, SORA will also base its actions on the following documents:

• The Joint Money Laundering Steering Group Guidance: Prevention of money laundering / combating terrorist financing (2017);
• NCA Guidance on submitting better quality Suspicious Activity Reports (2019),
• OFSI Financial Sanctions Guidance (2020).

Internal Guidelines and Supplementary Documents

• FCA Anti-money laundering Annual report 2018/19;
• AML/CTF Comfort Letter.

Preamble

It is the policy of SORA BIOME (hereinafter the “Company” or “SORA”) to prohibit and actively prevent money laundering and any activity that facilitates money laundering or the financing of terrorist or criminal activities. The Company will comply with all applicable requirements and regulations in regard to Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorism Financing and Anti-Bribery and Corruption.

SORA is not obliged (by statutory law) to perform any AML/CTF measures in the course of its business operations. Nevertheless, due to its business cooperation with Unlimint EU Ltd (hereinafter the “Licensed Partner”), which provides the services with respect to the Company's main product – SORA CARD, and which is, as licensed electronic money issuance institution, obliged to perform all respective AML/CTF measures in accordance with applicable legislation, the Company decided to voluntarily follow the best market practices with respect to AML/CTF measures.

The purpose of this Anti-Money Laundering / Counter Terrorism Financing / Anti-Bribery and Corruption and Know Your Customer Policy (hereinafter “AML/CTF policy”) is therefore to establish the general framework for the fight against money laundering, terrorism financing, bribery and corruption and other crimes. SORA is committed to reviewing the AML/CTF strategies and objectives on an ongoing basis and to maintaining an effective AML/CTF program to ensure appropriate policies, procedures and internal controls are in place to account for changes in regulations and/or in the Company’s business.

Foreseen the dynamic environment of the UK and the enlarged scope of compliance, the present policy aims to create awareness, to safeguard the reputation of the Company and to protect the Company from the risk of being used for money laundering, for terrorism financing or being subject to bribery and corruption.

SORA has put in place policies and procedures with the objective to ensure that the relevant customer due diligence measures are correctly and completely applied as well as to specify the professional diligences to be performed by the Company.

In addition to applicable legal and regulatory obligations which bound the Company, its shareholders, its directors and its employees, SORA has strong ethical values which enforce a compliance culture in the working environment and in every relation in which the Company is involved.

Scope of Application

SORA is committed to high standards of AML/CTF compliance and requires management and employees to adhere to these standards in preventing the use of the Company’s products and services for money laundering purposes.

We are committed to adhere to standards of anti-money laundering compliance which are based on the applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations. In any country/jurisdiction where the requirements of applicable anti-money laundering laws establish a higher standard, our entities located in those jurisdictions must meet those standards.

Financial Action Task Force

On a quarterly basis, the “Financial Action Task Force” (hereinafter “FATF”) produces statements highlighting AML related issues which include the list of jurisdictions presenting a higher risk for ML and it is anticipated that in the future such statements will be extended to jurisdictions with issues regarding the control of TF.

Such statements and subsequent notices or regulations produced by the UK authorities for local implementation are a dynamic part of this procedure and are to be considered as an integral part of the same.

From time to time, the FATF amends or revises the current list of recommendations to be followed at international level. Whenever this occurs, new rules and regulations may be produced in that sense.

Definitions

Money Laundering

“Money Laundering” (hereinafter “ML”) is generally defined as engaging in acts designed to conceal or disguise the true origins of criminally derived proceeds so that the proceeds appear to have derived from legitimate origins or constitute legitimate assets. For the purposes of this Policy “money laundering” shall mean any action as defined in clause 340(11) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 or any other legal act that supersedes the aforementioned act.

The legal definition of money laundering is very broad and encompasses a whole set of devices which all serve the purpose to provide a false justification of the origin of the property forming the object or proceeds of the predicate offences.

If you know or suspect that suspect money laundering has taken place, or is taking place, you may yourself be committing an offence.

Terrorism Financing

Pursuant to MLRS 2017 the offence of “terrorist financing” is defined as an act which constitutes an offence under:

1. section 15 (fund-raising), 16 (use and possession), 17 (funding arrangements), 18 (money laundering) or 63 (terrorist finance: jurisdiction) of the Terrorism Act 2000(a); and
2. paragraph 7(2) or (3) of Schedule 3 (freezing orders: offences) to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001(b);
3. regulation 10 (contravention and circumvention of prohibitions) of the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011(c); or
4. section 11 (freezing of funds and economic resources), 12 (making funds or financial services available to designated person), 13 (making funds or financial services available for benefit of designated person), 14 (making economic resources available to designated person), 15 (making economic resources available for benefit of designated person) or 18 (circumventing prohibitions etc) of the Terrorist AssetFreezing etc Act 2010(d);

Bribery

Under the Bribery Act 2010, it is an offence for a person to "bribe" another person, and that applies where the person (directly, or through a third party) offers, promises or gives a financial or other advantage to another person, and either:

• intends that advantage to induce the recipient to perform improperly a relevant function or activity, or to reward a person for the improper performance of such a function or activity; or
• knows or believes that the acceptance of the advantage would itself constitute the improper performance of a relevant function or activity.

It is also an offence to request or accept a bribe, or to perform a function improperly in the expectation that an advantage will be received. Relevant functions include any activities which are connected to a business, or which are performed in the course of a person's employment.

There is also a corporate offence which concerns persons associated with commercial organisations. If such a person bribes another, intending to obtain or retain business for the commercial organisation, or to obtain or retain an advantage in the conduct of business for the commercial organisation, the commercial organisation will commit an offence. It is a defence for the commercial organisation to prove that it had "adequate procedures" in place, designed to prevent such persons associated with it from undertaking such conduct.

SORA has a zero-tolerance approach to bribery, and SORA`s officers, employees and associates are expected to comply with this. Officers and employees are prohibited from giving or accepting gifts or other inducements (or promising to do so) in situations where attempted bribery is suspected. Prior to giving or accepting a gift or inducement, an employee should confirm with the company's director that it is acceptable to do so. The Company will keep a written record of all gifts (including invitations and hospitality).

If you suspect that bribery has taken, or is taking place, it is your responsibility to notify the Company's director.

Beneficial Owner

Since the adoption of the MLRS 2017 transposing the Directive 2015/849, the definition of Beneficial Owner (hereinafter “BO”) reads as follows:

“Beneficial Owner” means any natural person(s) who ultimately owns or controls the customer and/or the natural person(s) on whose behalf a transaction or activity is being conducted and includes at least:

1. in the case of corporate entities:
   1. the natural person(s) who ultimately owns or controls a legal entity through direct or indirect ownership of a sufficient percentage of the shares or voting rights or ownership interest in that entity, including through bearer shareholdings, or through control via other means, other than a company listed on a regulated market that is subject to disclosure requirements consistent with Union law or subject to equivalent international standards which ensure adequate transparency of ownership information.
      A shareholding of 25 % plus one share or an ownership interest of more than 25 % in the customer held by a natural person shall be an indication of direct ownership. A shareholding of 25 % plus one share or an ownership interest of more than 25 % in the customer held by a corporate entity, which is under the control of a natural person(s), or by multiple corporate entities, which are under the control of the same natural person(s), shall be an indication of indirect ownership.
   2. if, after having exhausted all possible means and provided there are no grounds for suspicion, no person under point (i) is identified, or if there is any doubt that the person(s) identified are the beneficial owner(s), the natural person(s) who hold the position of senior managing official(s),
2. in the case of trusts:
   1. the settlor;
   2. the trustee(s);
   3. the protector, if any;
   4. the beneficiaries, or where the individuals benefiting from the legal arrangement or entity have yet to be determined, the class of persons in whose main interest the legal arrangement or entity is set up or operates;
   5. any other natural person exercising ultimate control over the trust by means of direct or indirect ownership or by other means;
3. in the case of legal entities such as foundations, and legal arrangements similar to trusts, the natural person(s) holding equivalent or similar positions to those referred to in point (B).

SORA shall determine -at the time of the customer identification and for the purposes of the obligations to identify and verify the beneficial owner- if the customer acts for his/her own account or, where appropriate, for the account of other persons.

The identification of beneficial owners concerns their surname, first name and nationality as well as their date and place of birth and their address for individuals. Corporate beneficial owners will be subject to SORA`s customer due diligence requirements. The verification of these data shall be made, notably, using information obtained from customers, public registers or any other independent and reliable source available. SORA shall take all reasonable measures in order to ensure that the real identity of the beneficial owner is known.

Politically Exposed Person

A Politically Exposed Person (hereinafter “PEP”) is an individual who is or has been entrusted with prominent public functions such as head of a state or of a government, senior politicians, senior government/judicial/military officers, senior executives of state-owned corporations or important political party official, or family members or close relatives of PEPs.

In the MLRS 2017, Regulation 35, part 12, PEP is defined as an individual who is entrusted with prominent public functions, other than as a middle-ranking or more junior official, and includes;

1. A “family member” of a politically exposed person includes:
   • a spouse or civil partner of the PEP;
   • children of the PEP and the spouses or civil partners of the PEP’s children;
   • parents of the PEP.
2. A “known close associate” of a PEP means:
   • an individual known to have joint beneficial ownership of a legal entity or a legal arrangement or any other close business relations with a PEP;
   • an individual who has sole beneficial ownership of a legal entity or a legal arrangement which is known to have been set up for the benefit of a PEP.

Shell Bank

“Shell bank” means a bank that has no physical presence in the country in which it is incorporated and licensed, and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group that is subject to effective consolidated supervision.

Physical presence means a meaningful mind and management located within a country. The existence simply of a local agent or low-level staff does not constitute physical presence.

Risk Based Approach

In the context of the fight against ML and TF, it is of the utmost importance that SORA identifies, assesses and understands the ML / TF risks to which the Company is exposed and that it takes appropriate measures that are proportionate to those risks.

The “Risk Based Approach” (hereinafter “RBA”) refers to the decision to apply a specific rule to a situation as a result of an assessment of the potential risk involved in the same and considering the obligations imposed by rules and regulations applicable at the time of such assessment.

Risk Assessment

A “Risk Assessment” is the collection and analysis of relevant data in order to produce an objective profile of a person, entity, jurisdiction, product or situation, with the aim of understanding the risk involved in the relationship.

The scope of a risk assessment is limited to the type of risk that such assessment explicitly mentions to have taken into consideration.

Personal Responsibility

Every staff member of the Company is responsible for the fight against money laundering, the countering of terrorist financing, the detection and exposure of bribery and corruption and therefore all staff members are to follow the AML/CTF policy, to inform supervisors regarding any activity potentially linked to the actions mentioned herein.

To receive a copy of the relevant legal texts or regulations, as well as a latest version of each regulation, please contact the Company's director for further details.

Every single employee or board member of SORA has the responsibility of complying with the law, policies and procedures, in specific with AML/CTF/KYC and ABC related areas, as well as the legal obligation to use his/her knowledge for the avoidance of being involved or facilitating the use of the Company in the financing of any illegal action, but in particular the ones cover under the scope of the AML/CTF policy.

According to specific hierarchy levels, tasks and responsibilities, different staff members will perform different tasks and will commit to further responsibilities in order to ensure compliance, to protect the Company and to protect the financial market.

The ultimate responsibility for compliance seats with the directors and the shareholders of the Company according to the scope of the decision made.

This responsibility does not include the individual responsibility of each member of the Company staff, nor responsibilities assigned to third parties when the relevant regulation appoints or admits the transfer, partial, limited or total of such responsibility(ies).

List of roles, tasks and responsibilities related to the joint fight against ML, TF and Bribery and Corruption:

• All staff members shall observe the AML/CTF policy and when applicable report to superiors of any conduct which could potentially harm the Company;
• Client-facing staff are the first line of protection of the Company, and it is to them to provide information, use their knowledge and help in the prevention of criminal activities taking place in connection with the Company or its employees;
• The Company's director is to communicate with client-facing persons and to verify the information/document provided to ensure coherence and to serve as a second line of defence;
• The Company's director is responsible to communicate potential risk, to perform an enhanced oversight, to raise alerts and to stimulate compliance awareness and compliance in decisions made by Company's employees;
• The Company's director is ultimately responsible for the business conduct and shall ensure compliance when taking decisions;

Professional Obligations

UK laws, rules and regulations include a number of professional obligations, which SORA voluntarily follows (although it is not obliged by statutory law to do that). Those obligations include:

1. A Risk Based Approach and a Risk Analysis;
2. Vigilance obligations, including Customer Due Diligence (hereinafter “CDD”) of SORA CARD users;
3. Cooperation with the Licence Provider.

In development of such professional obligations, the Company performs the following controls, risk mitigation plans and specific measures (as applicable).

Risk Based Approach and Risk Analysis

No activity or service can be considered risk-free if it operates in an economic environment and has access to markets. Understanding the conditions of the market and the risk profile of the targeted customers of SORA, certain activities will be performed in the frame of a RBA, in which risks of ML, TF or bribery and corruption (in particular) will be analysed from a regulatory and from a reputation-based approach.

This analysis will be a collection of factors that -together with the services provided- may generate mitigation actions and other action plans as considered appropriate by the Company's director. The analysis of the specific risk applicable to a business relationship may generate a further level of control, a specific action or a number of operations which will represent the mitigation of the detected risk. Every time that a particular risk related to a product, or a business relationship appears, the same will be analysed in order to see the potential impact of such risk and if needed to create an action plan. The risk level should be in line with the level of due diligence applied and the depth of knowledge of the customer.

SORA will take appropriate measures to identify and assess the ML/TF risks to which it is exposed, taking into account risk factors including those relating to its customers, countries or geographic areas, products, services, transactions or delivery channels. Those measures will be proportionate to the nature and size of the Company. The risk assessments shall be documented, kept up-to-date and made available to the Licensed Partner.

Customer Due Diligence

Due diligence refers to the process of collecting and analysing information and documents required to properly identify the customer and to verify their identity. SORA performs Customer Due Diligence of all of its customers and business partners that are being considered as users of SORA CARD, whereby such CDD shall be always aligned with the Licence Provider. In case Licence Provider performs its own CDD of the same customer(s) and/or business partners, SORA shall during such CDD perform all acts that the Licence Provider reasonably requires from SORA in order for the Licence Provider to fulfil all of its legal obligations under the applicable AML/CTF legislation.

The different types of Customer Due Diligence are:

1. Simplified Due Diligence: Set of reduced/simplified measures aimed to properly identify a customer whenever the risk has been deemed as low and the legal and regulatory conditions to apply such reduction are met;
2. Ordinary Due Diligence: Set of measures aimed to properly identify a customer whenever the application of Simplified Due Diligence is not possible, and no risk factors call for the enhancement of Due Diligence;
3. Enhanced Due Diligence: Set of measures aimed to properly identify a customer whenever in presence of risk factors requiring a deeper knowledge of the customer or when a legal and regulatory provision requires such measures.

The following table will give an overview of the correlation between the risk and the level of due diligence applicable which may vary according to several considerations. A field marked with “x” means that this combination is excluded by relevant regulations; a field marked with “✓” means that this combination is applicable if conditions set in the relevant regulations are met.

The specific measures to be taken on a case-by-case basis will vary in accordance with the specificities of the case but in no event will go against the prohibitions set in the table above. Further details on how to decide which level of due diligence to apply are set out in the AML / CTF Procedures of the Licence Provider, which the Company shall follow in this respect.

Performance, Timing, Updating and Documentation of CDD

CDD refers to the identification and verification of identity of customers, beneficial owners, representatives, relevant related parties and the identification of potentially relevant risks affecting the business relationship. According to the risk level, CDD can be simplified, standard (ordinary) or enhanced.

Performance of CDD

CDD implies the obligation of collecting information and documents relevant to the customer identification, rating of the customer and the business relationship.

For this purpose, SORA has put in place a series of systems, teams and tools for gathering and analysis of information and documents aimed to create a customer profile. To achieve this aim, the following shall be considered:

1. Identifying and verifying the customer’s identity on the basis of documents, data or information obtained from a reliable and/or independent source, as applicable, according to the risk level of the customer and the type of due diligence required. Such information/documents may vary on a case-by-case basis but at all times should provide comfort regarding the understanding of the customer, structure, beneficial ownership and profile as applicable;
2. If the BO(s) is/are identified, relevant documents and pieces of information shall be gathered to clearly identify and verify the identity of such person/people in accordance with the risk level and the type of due diligence to be applied in each case;
3. Obtaining information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship as well as determining whether the customer is acting on its own behalf or on behalf of a third party;
4. Conducting ongoing monitoring of the business relationship including scrutiny of transactions (when the nature of the services provided involve transactions) undertaken throughout that relationship to ensure that the transactions being conducted are consistent with the acquired customer knowledge, its commercial activities and risk profile, including, where necessary, the source of the funds and ensuring that the documents, data and information held are up-to-date.

In accordance with the relevant regulation, CDD should be performed in all cases and will include the above-mentioned elements.

For customers identified as high risk, the Company's director is responsible for reviewing onboarding requests.

When the customer identification process cannot be duly completed, the Company's employees or subcontractors should:

• Not engage into a business relationship;
• Not execute the transaction;
• End the existing business relationship;
• Stop the internal process of customer acceptance and continuance;
• Notify the Licence Provider.

Timing of CDD

Customers evolve and change over time. In order to respond to this reality, SORA adapts its systems to react to new information, documents or relevant finding both for the acceptance and continuance of customer relationships.

To ensure that relevant information and documents correspond to the current situation of the customer, CDD must be performed and/or updated according to a number of rules which are described here below:

1. When establishing a business relationship;
2. A CDD must be applied on all customers registering, independently of the amount involved;
3. At any time based on a risk assessment (e.g. in the event of high-risk criteria occurring, significant transactions performed, etc.);
4. When there is a suspicion of ML or TF (in which case a notification should be made to the Company's director);
5. When there are doubts about the veracity or adequacy of previous obtained customer identification data.

The CDD must be applied to all registered users of SORA CARD and to all types of services related to SORA CARD independently of the fees applied.

The customer acceptance process involves the identification and the verification of the identity of the registered user of SORA CARD, where applicable the BO and the proxy holder(s), and must be finalised before engaging into a business relationship in accordance with the pre-assessed risk level.

The purpose of the business relationship and the determination of whether or not the customer is acting on its own behalf is an integral part of the CDD.

Any exception to this rule should be explicitly contained in the relevant regulation and the decision to apply such provision should be documented in the user’s file.

Updating CDD

In respect of the professional obligations of the Company, customer information (and relevant verification documents) should be kept up to date.

The compliance of the customer’s file shall be reviewed in accordance with the following cycle of reviews or whenever new information comes to the knowledge of SORA:

• High risk customers’ files have to be reviewed on an annual basis;
• Medium risk customers’ files have to be reviewed every 2 years;
• Low risk customers’ files have to be reviewed every 3 years.

Triggering facts which may prompt a review (and further update if necessary) of the customer’s file include:

• New relevant information comes to the knowledge of the customer relationship team;
• When considered appropriate by a senior management decision;
• When the circumstances of the service or further services require an update of the information, on file.

Documentation of CDD

The customer acceptance and continuance process has been developed to analyse and store the result of the analysis of KYC, AML, CTF and relevant risk rating, knowledge and data as well as to document the formal acceptance of each customer based on various risk factors.

This tool groups together a number of systems which integrate and cooperate in the customer acceptance and customer continuance process as well as interact with different working tools used by relevant teams.

Monitoring of Customers

As part of the monitoring process of CDD, teams are required to perform the necessary duties and conduct business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Official public financial sanctions lists and name screening are integral parts of the customer acceptance process as well as the monitoring of customers. Therefore, the Company provides the necessary tools and to ensure such control at all times.

Transactions considered out of the profile of the customer will be scrutinised, analysed and submitted for senior management approval.

In this case, regardless of the decision to perform or reject the operation, documentation of the decision shall be stored in the appropriate software for control of documentation.

Operations, transactions, or orders which raise a reasonable doubt of being linked with bribery and corruption, money laundering, or financing of terrorism should be brought to the attention of the Company`s director for further analysis.

As a stakeholder in the process of AML/CTF procedures, within the regulated scope of operations, Unlimint, PayWings Holding BV, and PayWings Technologies d.o.o. will jointly control and conduct the AML/CTF procedures on behalf of the SORA.

Complex Operations or Unusual / Suspicious Activities

The ongoing monitoring duty implies the detection (according to the services provided) of complex operations or unusual / suspicious activities by taking into account:

• The size of the amounts involved;
• The type of customers;
• Their profile;
• The information available;
• Other factors considered as relevant by the technical team.

The level of understanding of the transactions will be determined by the specific services provided and in accordance with the access to the information required to perform such service.

AML / CTF Blacklists, Sanctions, Control and PEP Lists - Screening

The names of registered customers, BOs, and appropriate related parties shall be screened using the tools provided by SORA and the result analysis and documentation of this process is to be considered as part of the customer acceptance process.

SORA will consult on a regular basis and at minimum after each publication, all the official sanctions’ lists like the European Union and UK financial sanctions’ lists which are published i.a. on the HM Treasury and OFSI website and control them against its client database.

Additionally, an automatic system is in place to ensure the monitoring and trigger a reassessment of the registered customer and a potential update of the file as applicable.

The name screening system is updated regularly with the latest information provided by the service provider in cooperation with the provider of the tool to handle potential matches.

SORA might create its own series of internal lists, which will not necessarily mean the imposition of a sanction, blacklisting or any other restrictions. The actions related to such a list will be documented according to internal practice.

If the names of any of SORA`s pending or existing customers appear on a sanctions list, the account will be flagged as such and automatically sent to the EDD process, where the Company will immediately manually review all the matched results. Any negative hits (e.g. duplicate names or spelling errors) will be removed. If the hit indeed turns out to be a positive hit, the company will refuse to enter the relationship.

In case of a PEP, the Company will perform the appropriate investigation to determine whether it is a real match or a false positive. In case of a real match, an assessment shall be produced and documented in order to determine further actions to be taken, and will treat PEPs in the following way:

1. have approval from the director for establishing or continuing the business relationship with that person;
2. take adequate measures to establish the source of wealth and source of funds which are involved in the proposed business relationship or transactions with that person;
3. where the business relationship is entered into, conduct enhanced ongoing monitoring of the business relationship with that person.

Prohibited and Refused Relationships

In the cases in which the relevant regulation prohibits entering into a business relationship with a customer or a type of customer, SORA will not accept the customer and will refrain from performing transactions with such prohibited individuals or entities. As a matter of example, it is prohibited to establish or maintain a business relationship with shell banks and/or sanctioned individuals or companies.

The Company shall keep a log of all prohibited and refused business relationships together with the reasons for such refusal.

Cooperation with the Licence Provider

The Company’s directors, officers and employees must cooperate fully with the Licence Provider, and shall:

• Inform without delay, on their own initiative, the Company`s director when they know, suspect or have reasonable grounds to suspect that money laundering or terrorist financing is being committed or has been committed or attempted, in particular in consideration of the person concerned, its development, the origin of the funds, the purpose, nature and procedure of the operation.
• The Company's director is responsible for making disclosures to the Licensed Provider.
• Any report must be accompanied by all supporting information and documents having prompted the report. The obligation to report suspicious transactions shall apply regardless of whether those filing the report can determine the predicate offence.
• The Company's director shall provide without delay to the Licence Provider, at its request, any information. This obligation includes the submission of the documents on which the information is based.

In combating TF, the obligation to report also applies to funds where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are linked to or to be used for terrorism, terrorist acts, by terrorist associations, organizations or groups or by those who finance terrorism.

SORA, its officers and employees shall not disclose to the customer concerned or to other third persons the fact that the customer is under investigation or that SORA has reported it to the Licence Provider (“no tipping off” rule).

The Company shall refrain from carrying out a transaction which they know or suspect to be related to money laundering or terrorist financing where it has not received appropriate consent. The Licence Provider can give instructions not to execute one or more operations relating to the transaction or the customer related to the SORA CARD product.

SORA will respond to a request for information from the Licence Provider (hereinafter “Request”) concerning users of SORA CARD and transactions with SORA CARD by immediately searching its records to determine whether the Company maintains or has maintained any customer account for, or has engaged in any transaction with, each individual, entity or organisation named in the Request.

SORA will designate one or more persons to be the Point of Contact (hereinafter “PoC”) for Requests and will promptly update the PoC information following any change in such information.

Unless otherwise stated in the Request, SORA is required to search its files for each individual, entity or organisation named in the Request.

If SORA finds a match, the Company will take any appropriate action. If the search parameters differ from searching through the entire database, for example, if limits to a geographic location apply, the respective employee will structure his/her search accordingly.

If the Company searches the records of the Company and does not find a matching account or transaction, then the Company's director will inform the Licence Provider.

SORA will maintain a register of ML and TF enquiries together with documentation that the Company has performed the required search by saving the logs, which will at all times be available on request.

The Company's director will review, maintain and implement procedures to protect the security and confidentiality of requests from the authorities with regard to the protection of customers’ non-public information.

Unless otherwise stated in the Request, SORA will not be required to treat the information request as continuing in nature, and we will not be required to treat the Request as a government provided list of suspected terrorists for purposes of the customer identification and verification requirements.

Ongoing Training, Recruitment and Awareness

The Company’s employees and collaborators are required to participate in ongoing training programs related to AML and CTF that are organised by the Licence Provider.

Document Retention

SORA will be responsible for holding all elements collected. All customer related data and information will be kept and stored in accordance with the applicable legislation and as requested by the Licence Provider (in order for the Licence Provider to fulfil all of its legal obligations under applicable AML/CTF legislation).

In general, SORA will comply with the provisions of the GDPR.

Policy Compliance

Compliance Management

The Company will verify compliance with the AML/CTF policy through various methods, including but not limited to, internal and external audits, and feedback to the policy owner.

Non-Compliance

An employee found to have violated the AML/CTF policy may be subject to severe consequences including disciplinary action that may trigger various sanctions depending on the nature of the violation. Sanctions may range from notification that will stay in the employee’s file, to dismissal in case of severe violation and repeating offences.

Update and Approval

The AML/CTF policy will be revised annually and updated whenever appropriate.

Validity and Document Management

The AML/CTF policy has been approved by the Company’s director on 28/10/2022. It replaces and supersedes any prior policy and procedures on this subject matter. The AML/CTF policy is valid until a revision is published.

Information on Collection of Data

SORA BIOME

The company SORA BIOME (hereinafter: SORA) does not collect any personal and/or any other data on the users of its website (hosted at: https://www.soracard.com (hereinafter: Website).

Nevertheless, please note that with respect to the SORA`s services available to the users of the Website, the following entities may collect certain data of the users of the Website:

1. PayWings (Holding, Technologies, Intech)
2. Banking partners, including Issuers (Unlimnit, PayrNet)
3. Technical providers (eID, SumSub, InfoBip)
4. Crypto providers (GateHub)

The above-mentioned stakeholders may collect:

• Identification data
  • All info on the person, collected in the KYC process
• Log files
  • the process for onboarding (a,b,c,d)
  • every login or attempted login (b)
  • all adjacent data needed for a particular step (SMS, email, ..) (a,b,c,d)
  • all actions taken on the banking side (every view and every request, including IP's and some limited device information) (a,b,c)
• Transactional data, where all data required for transaction execution and all data for intermittent steps are kept, for
  • All banking activities (a,b,c)
  • All card activities (a,b,c)
  • All requests for exchange to and from crypto (a,b,c,e)
  • Automated processes required to run various activities (AML, statistics, compliance oversight) (a,b,c)

In Sofia, on 28/10/2022

SORA BIOME