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Prohibited Activities

Marble Bank Ltd · Last updated: 23/10/2026

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Prohibited Clients and Activities
Prohibited Countries and Territories
Contact Us

1. Prohibited Clients and Activities

1.1Marble Bank Ltd (the "Bank") does not accept, and will exit, any client or relationship that falls within the categories listed below. No exception or approval can be granted for these categories.

1.2The list applies to every applicant and client, including the beneficial owners and the businesses they carry on, to all of the Bank's services, and to correspondent, payment partner and financial institution relationships.

Category	Description
Shell Banks	Shell Banks and institutions that permit their accounts to be used by Shell Banks.
Anonymous accounts	Anonymous, fictitious or numbered accounts, and accounts for undisclosed third parties.
Bearer shares	Entities that have issued or can issue bearer shares, unless the shares are immobilised or converted and the owner is verified.
Sanctioned persons	Persons designated under Sanctions, persons owned or controlled by them or acting on their behalf, and activity in breach of Sanctions.
Prohibited countries	Persons resident, established or operating in a country or territory that the Bank has designated as prohibited, including residents of Russia and Belarus. Citizens and residents of Dominica are not accepted without the written approval of the Minister.
Unlicensed gambling	Gambling, betting or gaming services without the licences required in each jurisdiction where they are offered.
Unlicensed financial services	Banking, payment, money transmission, foreign exchange, lending, investment or deposit-taking without the required licence or registration.
Unlicensed VASPs	Virtual asset service providers, exchanges, OTC desks, peer-to-peer exchangers and custodians without the required licence or registration.
Anonymity services	Operators of mixers, tumblers and other services designed to obscure the origin or ownership of Virtual Assets.
Privacy-coin services	Services whose business is issuing, exchanging or transferring privacy coins or other anonymity-enhanced Virtual Assets.
Darknet	Darknet markets, their operators and vendors, and businesses selling illegal goods or services online.
Arms	Manufacture, trade or brokering of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and components of weapons of mass destruction.
Illegal adult content	Adult content involving minors, non-consensual material, trafficking or other illegal elements.
Pyramid schemes	Multi-level marketing with pyramid features, Ponzi schemes and investment schemes promising unrealistic returns.
Shell companies	Companies without economic substance where the purpose of the structure is unclear.
Narcotics	Production or trade of narcotics, including cannabis businesses where legal locally.
Other illegal activity	Human trafficking, illegal wildlife trade, counterfeit goods, unlicensed pharmaceuticals and any other activity that is illegal in Dominica or in the client's jurisdiction.
Concealment	Applicants using forged documents, front persons or nominees to conceal beneficial owners, or refusing due diligence.
Payable-through accounts and unapproved nested activity	Any request to use the Bank's services directly by third parties, or for undisclosed nested customers.

1.3The Bank reviews this list at least once a year and may add categories at any time. Terms used above that begin with a capital letter, such as Sanctions and Virtual Assets, have the meaning given to them in the Bank's policies.

2. Prohibited Countries and Territories

2.1The Bank does not accept clients that are resident, established or operating in the countries and territories listed below, and payments to or from them are blocked.

Afghanistan
Belarus
Central African Republic
Crimea, Sevastopol and the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine
Cuba
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gaza
Haiti
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Libya
Mali
Myanmar (Burma)
Russian Federation
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Venezuela
Yemen

2.2The Bank may add a country or territory at any time, for example when it becomes subject to comprehensive sanctions or to a call for action by the Financial Action Task Force.

2.3Download the list of prohibited countries and territories (PDF)

3. Contact Us

If you have a question about this list, please contact hello@marblebank.app.

3.1Last updated: 23/10/2026

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