Stripe's acceptable use policy explicitly lists categories of businesses that are prohibited from using the platform. The list includes online gambling and gaming businesses, cannabis and marijuana-related businesses, certain firearms and weapons accessories, adult content platforms, and businesses in heavily regulated financial services categories. Beyond the explicit prohibition list, Stripe's risk monitoring treats additional product categories as effectively restricted even when they are not listed explicitly, including nutraceuticals with aggressive marketing claims, subscription billing models with high chargeback rates, and international businesses whose transaction patterns fall outside Stripe's domestic risk model.
Merchants in these categories who have been dropped by Stripe, or who are at risk of termination based on their product type, are the core client base 27 Blockchain serves. The cryptocurrency payment gateway 27 Blockchain builds does not apply Stripe's acceptable use policy restrictions, does not apply the same automated risk monitoring that flags high risk category merchants, and does not carry the same category-driven account vulnerability that makes Stripe an unreliable long-term payment platform for businesses in restricted industries. For merchants who want to understand whether their business falls into a category that Stripe is likely to terminate, and what 27 Blockchain's payment processing solution looks like for their specific situation, the assessment conversation is the right starting point.
