Terms and Conditions
Introduction
By using this website (https://www.vpay.africa, https://home.vpay.africa), any of our websites or services, you agree to these Terms and Conditions (the ’Terms’).
The Terms is an agreement between you and us. It details our obligations to you. You agree to be bound by the provision of these Terms throughout your use of this website or any of our services. PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY IT.
These Terms shall govern your access to and use of our services. These Terms apply in full
force and effect to your use of our services and by using any of our services. You must not
use any of the Services, if you have any objection to any of these Terms.
About Us
VPay ('we', 'our' or 'us') provides a payment solution that enables businesses to accept bank
transfer payments which makes it easier for businesses to confirm receipt of payment
instantly and maintain customer loyalty.
VPay, is a product powered by VFD Microfinance Bank Limited and Minerva Technologies
Limited both registered under the laws of Federal Republic of Nigeria. Our registered office
is at Elephant House, 5th Floor, 214 Broad Street, Marina Island, Lagos.
We are an independent contractor for all purposes, providing this website and our services
on an independent service provider basis. We do not have control or assume the liability or
legality for the products or services that are paid for with our service.
Privacy Policy
You agree that all information you provide during your use of our service or otherwise is
governed by our Privacy Policy.
You agree that we may make, directly or using a third party, any inquiries we believe are
necessary to verify the information you provide to us. We may keep records of your due
diligence checks in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Age Restriction
Our website and services are not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly
transact or provide any services to children under 18. To access our Services or some of our
resources, you must accept these Terms and you must be 18 years old or above.
Who May Use Our Services?
You may use the Services only when you agree to form a binding contract with VPay and are
not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. If
you are accepting these Terms and use the Services on behalf of a company, business, or
organization, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so.
Our Services
To use VPay, you are required to register and open a VPay Account with us by providing the
necessary information needed to process you for the use of this service which you agree to.
We offer VPay accounts under the following classifications:
- Merchant Accounts
- Cashier Accounts
Merchant Account: To create a Merchant Account, you must be at least 18 years old.
Merchant Service accounts allow users to manage your business transactions, manage
cashiers, and receive details of each payments that accrue to each cashier.
Cashier Account: A merchant service account holder can create cashier accounts (“Cash
Point”) with out limit to ensure seamless point of sales money collection. Funds collected at
each Cash Point is also recorded on the Merchant Account’s dashboard and ultimately
remitted to the Merchant via the bank details provided at the point of registration.
Receiving Money: Using VPay, you can receive payments from your customers through any
CashPoint under your Merchant Account. You can receive money from your customers or
clients, even if they do not have a VPay Account at the time of payment. They are simply
required to pay by making a bank transfer to the bank details as specified on VPay’s
CashPoint App.
To register and operate a VPay account, you must sign up, create an account and provide
necessary information including but not limited to your name, email address, mobile phone
number, street address, company registration details etc. (hereinafter referred to as “Account
Information”). You represent and warrant that all Account Information provided is true and
accurate.
You hereby authorize VPay, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries we
consider necessary to validate your identity and/or authenticate your identity and Account
Information. This may include asking you for further information and/or documentation about
your Account usage or identity, requiring you to take steps to confirm ownership of your
email address, mobile phone number or financial instruments, or verifying your information
against third party databases or through other sources.
You are required to (a) cooperate in an investigation concerning activity that potentially
violates the law and/or the Service Terms, (b) provide confirmation of your identity, or (c)
provide confirmation of any information you provide us.
You agree that you are responsible for safeguarding your VPay Account, so, use a strong
password and a unique code as your transaction PIN and limit it to use on your VPay
Account. Do not allow anyone to have or use your password or transaction PIN details. In
the event that you share such details, we cannot and will not be liable for any loss or
damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.
Notifications
By providing us with your Account Information, you consent to receiving text (SMS), email
and push notifications from us.
Link Or Unlink Bank Details
At the point of registration of a Merchant Account, you are expected to input your business
bank account details. This is where all monies collected on your behalf, through VPay, is
paid to. If this information changes, you are required to update it as VPay will not be
responsible for payments made to wrong bank account.
Closing and Suspension Of VPay Account
You may close your VPay account and terminate your relationship with us without cost, but
you will remain liable for all obligations related to your VPay account even after the VPay
account is closed. Any incomplete transactions or transfers must be completed or cancelled,
and you must transfer any VPay account balance from your VPay account before closing it.
In certain cases, you may not be allowed to close your VPay Account, including:
- To evade an investigation.
- If you have a pending transaction or an open dispute or claim.
- If you owe amounts to us.
- If your VPay Account is subject to a hold, limitation or reserve.
We may suspend or terminate your account or cease to provide you with all or part of the
services at any time, including but not limited to, if we reasonably believe; (i) you do not
comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) you create risk or possible legal
exposure to us, (iii) we are required by law to do so, and (iv) you have engaged in fraudulent
or suspicious transactions.
Bank Transfer Reviews
We review account and transaction activity at various times, including when bank transfers
are initiated by you to third parties. This review checks for, among other things, suspicious or
illegal activity, and whether your account activity and the activity of users with whom you've
transacted comply with this Terms. In connection with our review process, you may be
required to provide us with additional information and/or documentation to verify your
identity. We may limit your account and your access to money in it or that is sent to you until
verification is completed.
Reviews may result in:
- Delayed, blocked or cancelled transfers;
- Money or payments being held by us;
- Money or payments being applied to amounts you owe to us or used to offset loss incurred by us
- Account limitation, suspension or termination;
- Money or payments being seized to comply with a court order, warrant or other legal process; add/or
- Money or payments you previously received being reversed (i.e. sent back to the sender or to the card or bank account that was used to fund the payment).
Among other reasons, we may take the above actions if you knowingly or unknowingly were
a participant in a payment that was made from a stolen card, compromised bank account, or
compromised VPay Account.
Dispute & Reversal
Payments may be invalidated and reversed by us if, among other reasons, the payment was
sent to you in error, the funding transaction is declined or reversed, the payment was unauthorized or unfunded, or if the payment was for activities that violated these Terms or any other agreement with us.
As the recipient of a payment that is later invalidated for any reason, you may be liable to us
for the full amount of the payment and we may recover the amount of the payment (plus any
fees) from you.
When recovering the amount of an invalidated payment from you, we may apply any money
sent to you on VPay, request that you add money to your account for the amount of the
payment and apply that money to amounts owed, engage in collection efforts to recover
such amounts from you or place a limitation or take other action on your account;
If you believe that a transaction initiated with your VPay account was not authorized, then
you must notify us immediately.
Where you reasonably believe that there is an unauthorized or otherwise problematic
transaction using our service, you shall notify us immediately upon becoming aware, to
enable us take action that may prevent financial loss or further financial loss.
Where you have any financial claim against us, you agree to bring the claim within 45 (forty-
five) days from the date the transaction occur. Should you fail to report the claim within 45
(forty-five) days. It will be deemed that you have waived your rights to the claim to the fullest
extent of the law.
Your transaction ID and/or transaction details will be required to resolve all disputes.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for
downloading from the internet or our websites will be free of viruses or other destructive
code.
You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your
requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for
maintaining a means external to our websites or for any reconstruction of any lost data.
WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED
DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL
MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER
PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF OUR
SERVICES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITES OR
FROM DOWNLOADING ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED
TO IT.
YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS
OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. OUR WEBSITE, ITS
CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY
PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKE ANY WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY,
RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS
CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL
BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS
WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT
AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT
THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE
WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CAN NOT BE
EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Non-Reliance
We work with third parties, including affiliates, to provide the best financial
services. If you receive information from a third party you bear all risk and responsibility of
relying on the information and will not have any claim against us for your reliance on such
information.
Our website may also contain third party advertisements, if any. The display of such
advertisements does not in any way imply an endorsement or recommendation of the
relevant advertiser, its products or services. You shall independently refer to the relevant
advertiser for all information regarding the advertisement and its products and/or services.
The Company accepts no responsibility for any interaction between you and the relevant
third party and is released from any liability arising out of or in any way connected with such
interaction.
Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL, WE, OUR
AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY
LEGAL PROVISIONS OR THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT, ANY
CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR
ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITE, INCLUDING
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND
SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS
OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL,
LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE),
BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE
EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, VPay and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights and
materials on the website subject to the license below. All text, formatting (including without
limitation the arrangement of materials on the VPay website and the graphics, animation,
tools, commercials, music, video, articles, sound, copy, trade names, logos and other
materials and information on the website are subject to the intellectual property rights of
VPay and its affiliates and their licensors and licensees (collectively the 'Content'). We do not
grant you any right, license, title or interest to any of our intellectual Property rights which
you may or may not have access to. These Content may not be copied, reverse engineered,
decompiled, disassembles, modified or reposted to other websites. Nothing on the VPay site
should be construed as granting by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any
trademark displayed on the VPay website without the written permission of VPay or such
third party that may own the trademark. You agree to take such actions including any legal or
official document or other documents that may be needed to further affirm our intellectual
property rights.
License to Use Our Website
We grant you a non-assignable, non-exclusive and revocable license to use the software
provided as part of our services in the manner permitted by these Terms. This license grant
includes all updates, upgrades, new versions and replacement software for you to use in
connection with our services.
You may not:
- Modify or copy the materials;
- Use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
- Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
- Transfer the materials to another person or 'mirror' the materials on any other server.
This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may
also be terminated by VPay at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or
upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your
possession whether in electronic or printed format.
The services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria and foreign countries. Nothing in this Term gives you a right to use the VPay name
or any of VPay's trademarks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features. All
right, title and interest in and to the services are and will remain the exclusive property of
VPay and its licensors.
If you do not comply with all the provisions, then you will be liable for all resulting damages
suffered by you, VPay and all third parties. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, you
agree not to alter, re-design, reproduce, adapt, display, distribute, translate, disassemble,
reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to create any source code that is derived from the
software.
Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide to us and our services is entirely
voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestion as we see fit
without any obligation to you.
Publicity
You grant VPay permission to use your name and image in our marketing material without
any further consent required, including, but not limited to use on our website, in promotional
materials and in press releases. Such publicity does not in any way imply an endorsement
for your products and services.
Termination
You may terminate this Agreement by closing your VPay Account. We may suspend or
terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the services at any time,
including but not limited to, if we reasonably believe; (i) you do not comply with any of the
provisions of this Agreement, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure to us, (iii) we are
required by law to do so, (iv) you have engaged in fraudulent or suspicious transactions.
Records
You agree that, except in the case of manifest error, our record of the services we offer and
of transactions carried out through our website is conclusive evidence of its contents.
Set Off
We may at any time set off any payment liability you have to us against any payment liability
that we have to you, whether either liability is present or future, liquidated or unliquidated,
and whether the liability arises under these Terms or otherwise. If the liabilities to be set off
are expressed in different currencies, we may convert either liability at the importers and
exporters market rate for the purpose of setoff. Our right to set off includes, but is not limited
to, setting off the amount of any payment you have requested against any amount collected
through any account you have with us.
Severability
If any provision of the Terms is determined to be invalid, unenforceable, or illegal by any
court or tribunal, it will be deemed to have been deleted without affecting the remaining
provisions. If such provision would be valid, enforceable, and legal if some part of it were
modified or deleted, the provision will apply with the minimum modification necessary to
make it legal, valid, and enforceable.
Assignment and Subcontracting
You shall not assign your rights under these Terms, in whole or in part, without our prior
written consent. Any attempt to do so will be void and constitute a material breach of these
Terms.
We may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, or subcontract our obligations under it,
without your consent.
Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms and all disputes and matters arising from our services shall be governed by the
laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In the event of a controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, the
Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve such controversy, claim or dispute promptly by
negotiation between the Parties or their authorized representatives. You shall, before
exploring any other remedy in law, notify us of the dispute or complaint through our contact
details. If parties are unable to resolve the controversy, claim or dispute, the parties shall be
referred to mediation by a single mediator at the Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse (“LMDC”)
under the LMDC Rules and governed by the Lagos Multidoor Courthouse Law.
Each Party agrees that any dispute arising out of or in connection with the Terms will be
conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative
action.
Force Majeure
We shall not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of,
any of our obligations under these Terms that are caused by events outside of our
reasonable control (“Force Majeure Event”).
A Force Majeure Event includes in particular (but without limitation) the following: strikes,
lockouts or other industrial action; civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of
terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war; fire, explosion,
storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic, pandemic or other natural disaster or Act of
God; nuclear, chemical or biological contamination or sonic boom; impossibility of the use of
public or private telecommunications networks; the acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or
restrictions of any government; the non-delivery or late delivery of products or service to us
by third parties; or any other event beyond a Party’s reasonable control.
Our performance under these Terms is deemed to be suspended for the period that the
Force Majeure Event continues.
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