Annex I: Prohibited and Restricted Activities
Last revised: December 1, 2025
This Annex forms an integral part of Cuanto's Terms and Conditions.
1. Purpose
This Annex lists the products, services and activities that may not be offered through the Platform, and those that require Cuanto's prior authorization.
It applies to all Sellers, regardless of the payment method or the payment service provider through which the transaction is processed.
2. The three states
Unrestricted. The Seller may offer the product or service without any additional step, provided it complies with the law applicable to its activity.
Restricted. The Seller may only offer the product or service by following the review procedure corresponding to its level, in accordance with Section 3. Level 1 activities require a representation and warranty from the Seller; Level 2 activities require Cuanto's prior written authorization, and publishing them without it is treated as a prohibited activity.
Prohibited. The product, service or activity may not be offered under any circumstances. Its detection entitles Cuanto to immediately suspend the Store, withhold any pending sums in accordance with Section 4.5 of the Terms and terminate the Agreement, without any liability.
3. Review procedure for restricted activities
Restricted activities are divided into two levels according to their risk. Section 6 indicates the level of each.
3.1. Level 1 — Representation and warranty
3.1.1. The Seller must declare the category when publishing the product or service. No prior approval from Cuanto is required.
3.1.2. Upon publishing, the Seller represents and warrants that it holds all permits, licenses, registrations, professional qualifications and authorizations required by law for its activity, valid and in its own name, and undertakes to obtain and keep them valid at its own cost and risk throughout the term of the Agreement.
3.1.3. Cuanto may at any time request documentation evidencing the foregoing. The Seller must provide it within the period Cuanto indicates. Failure to provide it entitles Cuanto to suspend the listing and to apply Sections 4.5 and 6.3 of the Terms.
3.1.4. Cuanto assumes no liability whatsoever for the Seller's lack of permits, licenses or authorizations, and the Seller shall hold Cuanto harmless in accordance with Section 10 of the Terms.
3.2. Level 2 — Prior authorization
3.2.1. The Seller must request authorization before publishing the product or service, through the channels Cuanto makes available.
3.2.2. The request must be accompanied by: (i) a description of the products or services; (ii) the licenses, permits, sanitary registrations, professional qualifications or authorizations required by law for that activity, valid and in the Seller's name; and (iii) any additional information Cuanto requires in order to assess the risk.
3.2.3. Cuanto shall assess the request within a reasonable period from receipt of the complete request, and shall communicate its decision to the Seller. Silence does not constitute authorization.
3.2.4. The authorization is specific to the approved products or services, personal and non-transferable, and revocable by Cuanto at any time where the circumstances that gave rise to it change, where the licenses supporting it expire, or where required by law, the card brands, the payment networks or Cuanto's payment service providers.
3.2.5. The Seller must keep valid the licenses and permits that supported the authorization, and must inform Cuanto immediately if any of them expires, is suspended or is revoked.
3.2.6. Publishing a Level 2 activity without prior authorization is treated as a prohibited activity.
4. Jewelry, watches and accessories
A category with graduated treatment by material and by value.
4.1. Unrestricted. Costume jewelry and fashion accessories: pieces made of non-precious metals (steel, brass, copper, aluminum, tin, tungsten, titanium), acrylic, resin, glass, crystal, cubic zirconia, synthetic or imitation stones, imitation pearls, leather, textile, wood or similar materials.
4.2. Restricted. Pieces containing gold, silver, platinum, palladium or other precious metals, or natural precious or semi-precious stones, and watches, with a unit price equal to or greater than USD 500 and less than USD 2,000.
In addition to the provisions of Section 3, the Seller must:
- a) declare the purity, karat weight, weight or application method of the precious material in each piece; and
- b) evidence its registration as a regulated party before the competent Panamanian authorities, where its activity so requires.
4.3. Prohibited.
- a) Loose precious or semi-precious stones, cut or rough, polished or unpolished;
- b) pieces containing conflict minerals;
- c) pieces with a unit price equal to or greater than USD 2,000.
5. Prohibited activities
5.1. Adult content and services
- Sexually oriented content in any format: books, magazines, audio, video (online or DVD), websites, streaming services, pornography and obscene material, pay-per-view, live adult chat, and content subscriptions or memberships
- In-person or live sexual services: gentlemen's clubs, topless bars, strip clubs, sexually oriented massage parlors, saunas, escort agencies, prostitution and escorts
- Dating applications that promote, directly or indirectly, sexual interaction between their users (sugar daddy, sugar baby)
- Any material depicting minors or the absence of consent
- Products that are illegal in and of themselves in the Buyer's jurisdiction
5.2. Financial services, securities and trading
- Unregulated or unlicensed financial services, including: financial advisors; sale of life and general insurance; money transfer and remittance businesses; investment firms, brokerage houses, banking or insurance institutions; wallets or electronic money that can be monetized, resold or converted into physical or digital goods or services; prepaid access or stored value providers or sellers; and any other financial service requiring a license in the United States, the European Economic Area or an equivalent jurisdiction
- Payment service providers whose clients are other payment service providers
- Credit repair and credit protection businesses
- Debt collection agencies, including the collection of fines or penalties of any kind
- Shell banks
- High-risk securities: contracts for difference (CFDs), financial spread betting, initial coin offerings (ICOs), cryptocurrency options, trading and purchase of the foregoing, currency options, binary options
- Virtual currencies; cryptocurrency exchanges and traders; crypto services connected to companies that facilitate the creation, sale, distribution, custody or exchange of cryptocurrencies or digital assets
- Digital assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and carbon credits
- Securities and investment brokers of any kind: securities, currencies, derivatives, commodities, shares, options, precious metals and other financial instruments
- Micro-lending, including buy now pay later and installment payment methods
- Medical benefit packages, prepaid health plans, medical memberships and health discount cards
5.3. Intellectual property
- Counterfeit products, replicas or design infringements, including products designed to circumvent intellectual property rights
- Essay mills and the sale of academic work intended to be falsely presented as one's own
- Products designed to circumvent copyright protection techniques or facilitate the unlicensed use of protected material
- Video or music streaming platforms lacking the required use and distribution rights
5.4. Commercial and marketing practices
- Investment opportunities operating as get-rich-quick schemes
- Business models based on ransom or extortion practices
- Practices designed to evade chargeback monitoring programs
- Deceptive marketing: false or inaccurate disclosure, false claims, before-and-after images, testimonials, cancellation or refund avoidance, pre-ticked opt-ins, poorly disclosed negative options, misappropriation of incentives, disproportionate discounts and sweepstakes
- False references and other services or products that encourage deception
- Products or services that promote hatred, violence, discrimination, terrorism, harassment or abuse in any form
- Pyramid selling, Ponzi schemes, chain letters and other financial frauds
- Multi-level marketing, including the legally constituted kind
- Inbound telemarketing for postcards or mail order
5.5. Regulated non-financial products and services
- Drugs and tools specifically intended for their production, paraphernalia, illegal drugs, substances designed to mimic illegal drugs and other psychoactive products
- Illegal products or services, or any service providing peripheral support to illegal activities, including illegal gambling
- Legal gambling or games of skill in which participants receive money, money equivalents or prizes of material value, including casinos, poker, bingo, slot machines, betting, lotteries, racing, fantasy sports and sportsbook. The sale of tickets, fractions or shares of the Lotería Nacional de Panamá is the only exception, and is governed by Section 6.2
- Legally authorized marijuana (manufacture or distribution) and related paraphernalia
- Products or services offered or intended to create, produce or grow drugs or their ingredients
- Prescription medicines and substances subject to special control, including those for animal use. Over-the-counter medicines are governed by Section 6.2. Household medical devices (thermometers, blood pressure monitors, gloves, masks and similar) are unrestricted
- Tobacco, smoking articles and tobacco products in general, including their facilitation, sale or distribution
- Trade in fireworks and flammable or radioactive materials
- Extractive industry: extraction or drilling for precious metals, oil, gas, geo-elements and similar
- Trade in weapons, ammunition, military armament, explosive devices and firearm parts
5.6. Technology
- Decryption and descrambling products and services, and devices designed to block, interfere with or disrupt cellular and personal communications
5.7. Other
- Animals and wildlife products classified as endangered or protected (pets and domestic animals excluded)
- Bail bonds and bankruptcy lawyers
- Bid-fee auctions (penny auctions)
- Artificial social network businesses: click farms, sale of followers and likes
- Hazardous materials, including without limitation: hydrofluoric acid, cyanide products, banned ozone-depleting substances, nitric acid, peptides, research chemicals, and bacterial cultures or other products containing E. coli
- Human body parts or fluids (hair and teeth excluded)
- Intravenous therapy: drip bars, vitamin infusions, hangover cures
- Key-entry telecom merchants
- Games with loot boxes
- Mail-order bride and international matchmaking services
- Pawn shops
- Government services, such as embassies or consulates
- Casual dating services
- Cloud storage, VPN, file sharing and cyber lockers
6. Restricted activities
6.1. Level 1 — Representation and warranty (Section 3.1)
- Real estate services
- Rental, sale and import of cars and trucks, and sale of parts
- Art galleries
- Auction houses
- Timeshare and its maintenance
- Live streaming services with in-app currency or donation functionality
- Political, religious or social campaigns
- Nutraceuticals, food supplements and sports nutrition solutions
- Sale of alcohol. The Seller must implement age verification (18 years or older) of the Buyer before confirming the Order, and must ensure that delivery is made only to persons of legal age
- Physical adult products, whatever their theme, including sex toys, lingerie, lubricants and fetish-themed articles. The Seller must: (i) verify the Buyer's age (18 years or older) at the time of purchase and of delivery; (ii) publish catalog images without explicit nudity, with the product against a neutral background; and (iii) ensure the product is legal in the Buyer's jurisdiction. Sexually oriented content and services remain prohibited under Section 5.1
6.2. Level 2 — Prior authorization (Section 3.2)
- Sale of tickets, fractions or shares of the Lotería Nacional de Panamá
- Pharmacies: sale of over-the-counter medicines. Only by pharmaceutical establishments holding a valid operating license and a responsible pharmacist in charge. Prescription medicines and substances subject to special control remain prohibited, in accordance with Section 5.5
- Health practitioners, private medical practices, online or in-person medical and dental services, and health facilities
- Veterinary practices
- Medical, dental, ophthalmic and hospital equipment and supplies
- Charitable organizations
- Crowdfunding
- Jewelry, watches and accessories within the range set out in Section 4.2
7. Closing clause
In addition to the items listed in this Annex, it is prohibited to offer through the Platform any product, service or activity that:
- a) is contrary to the law in force in the Republic of Panama or in the jurisdiction of the Seller or the Buyer;
- b) is prohibited by the rules of the applicable card brands or payment networks; or
- c) is prohibited by the payment service providers, acquirers or financial institutions through which Cuanto processes the transaction.
8. Updates
Cuanto may update this Annex where required by applicable law, the card brands, the payment networks or its payment service providers. Updates shall be notified in accordance with the Preamble of the Terms.
Where an update makes prohibited or restricted an activity the Seller was already offering, Cuanto shall grant the Seller a reasonable period to regularize its situation or cease the activity, except where the law, an authority or a payment service provider requires immediate effect.