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This Merchant Agreement Form for Cellnext cellPAY Mobile Payment Service (“MAF”) is entered into on
this ………… day of ……………… 2009 (“Effective Date”), by and between:
CELLNEXT SOLUTIONS LIMITED, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and
having its Registered Office at A – 186, Okhla Phase – I, New Delhi – 110 020 (hereinafter referred to as
“Cellnext”, which expression shall, unless it be repugnant to the subject or context thereof, include its
successors and assigns) of the ONE PART; And
Cellnext and Merchant are hereinafter also referred to as ‘Party’ or ‘Parties’ as per the context.
WHEREAS Cellnext is engaged, inter alia, in the business of mobile commerce and has an existing
mobile payment platform “cellPAY” through which customers of Merchant can make payments to the
Merchant using their mobiles for purchasing goods and services offered by Merchant.
AND WHEREAS, Cellnext has agreed to provide the said mobile payment service to the Merchant
through its cellPAY mobile payment Platform, as Agent for collecting the payments from the end
Customers for Merchant provided goods & services, on behalf of the Merchant.
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein, the
Parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Definition:
1.1 “MAF” or “Agreement” refers to this document entered into by and between Cellnext and
Merchant and all the Schedules/ Annexures/ Appendices if any hereto, and shall be deemed to be
and read as integral part of this Agreement.
1.2 “MRF” shall mean the “Merchant Registration Form” which describes the DSA details (in case
service activated through Distributor), Merchant details like, name, address, contact/mobile
number, email id & bank details of Merchant, transaction confirmation, Merchant General
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Configuration, product configuration, pricing/charges payable by Merchant, Payment Schedule &
Mechanism and start date of service, to be signed by Merchants with Cellnext at the time of its
Registration for availing the cellPAY mobile payment service of Cellnext. MRF is annexed hereto
as Annexure I, and forms an integral part of this MAF.
1.3 “Cellnext Site” shall mean the website with the domain name “http:// www.cellpay.co.in”
established by Cellnext for the purposes of enabling mobile payments by the Customers.
1.4 “CellPAY” is a mobile payment platform of Cellnext that enables customers to make payments
using their mobile phones using various payment modes such as credit card, debit card, direct
bank transfer. The Customers can make payment via SMS also using various payment modes.
1.5 Without limiting the generality of Clause 9 “Confidential Information” in relation to a
Customer shall include the information relating to Customer’s Credit Card and PIN, or that of the
Card Number, Card Expiry date, Bank Account information, Customer Name (including address,
e-mail, address, telephone numbers, and data regarding bank accounts or financial instruments),
Transaction amount and other customer details, etc. of whatsoever nature used by the customers
during payment transaction through cellPAY.
1.6 “Customer” means any person holding a Valid Credit Card/Debit Card/Mobile Banking Account
and who desires to purchase Goods & Services from the Merchant and makes payment for the
same using his/her mobile phone for making payment through Cellnext Platform “cellPAY” using
a Valid Payment Mode.
1.7 “Distributor” shall mean any person being an individual, a firm, an association of persons or a
body corporate, which is registered & authorized by Cellnext to promote and market the cellPAY
Service of Cellnext to the Retailers/Customers.
1.8 “Payment Facility Provider(s)” shall mean and include the mobile payment Facility
Provider(s) like the Acquiring Banks who have provided the Payment Gateway facility to Cellnext
and such other payment facility providers, by whatever name called as may be appointed by
Cellnext, from time to time, for effective provisioning of the mobile payment facility by Cellnext to
the Merchant Customers.
1.9 “Issuing Bank” in respect of a Customer, means the bank which has issued the Valid Credit
Card to the Customer or facilitated the Customer with the Mobile Banking Services with which
Customer makes the payment for the goods / Services.
1.10 “Merchant” shall mean any person being an individual, a firm, an association of persons or a
body corporate, having a physical presence and location, who wants to avail of the cellPAY
services of Cellnext in order to facilitate receipt of payment from its own end customers for goods
& services only through mobile phone.
1.11 “Order” means an order for the purchase of goods and/or services placed by the Customer
through cellPAY Mobile Payment Platform.
1.12 “Payments” through cellPAY include, but not limited to, payments by customers using credit
card/debit card/direct bank debit for the following purposes:
a) Pre-paid mobile re-charge, b) Post-paid mobile payment, c) Landline bill payment, d)
Electricity bill payment, e) DTH re-charge, f) Movies ticketing, g) Airlines/Railways ticketing, h)
Events ticketing such as sports, music, family, amusement, etc, i) Insurance premium payments,
j) Retail shops, k) Online portals, l) Tours and travels’ m) Home delivery of food, music, books,
etc, n) Monthly subscriptions of gym, magazine, newspaper, cable, etc , o) Restaurants, petrol
pumps, p) Other services as may be mutually agreed upon.
1.13 “Payment Modes” as referred to in this Agreement shall include payment made by Customers
through cellPAY Mobile Payment Platform using one or more of the following modes of payment:
a) Credit Card, b) debit card, c) Bank Account and d) Any other modes of payment as may be
made applicable by Cellnext from time to time.
1.14 “Retailer” shall mean any person being an individual, a firm, an association of persons or a
body corporate, who is registered with Cellnext through any authorized Distributor to distribute,
promote and market the cellPAY service of Cellnext to the end Customers.
1.15 “Goods and/or Services”, means any product/merchandise/goods and/or services that the
Merchant offers to provide, and that is availed of by its Customers, the payment for which is to
be made by the Customers using various payment modes, but does not include the Cellnext
cellPAY mobile payment services as defined in Clause 1.16;
2. Scope
2.1 Merchant will use the Services of Cellnext cellPAY mobile payment platform whereby customers
of Merchant will be able to make payments to the merchant using various payment modes using
their mobile phones under this Agreement.
b) Merchant will promote the service through promotion, marketing & communication
through a proper medium so that customers can use cellPAY mobile payment platform to make
payments to the Merchant;
c) Merchant will be solely responsible for dealings with its customers. Cellnext will not be
liable to Merchant or Merchant’s customers for any liability arising out of defect in the
product/merchandise/goods or services of the Merchant availed through the use of cellPAY
mobile payment platform;
d) Merchant will help define and implement the payment mechanism and smooth flow of
funds;
e) As integration between cellPAY and Merchant system is required, Merchant will provide
the required API for integration. Merchant will do the necessary customization in the system to
enable integration, if required, and provide all the help necessary to complete integration,
including development and testing, as per the agreed timelines or otherwise agreed as
mentioned elsewhere in the agreement;
f) Merchant shall duly fulfill all Customer Orders in accordance with the instructions of the
Customer. Merchant will not acknowledge an order as "Delivered" until after the order is
completed/executed;
g) Merchant shall prior to accepting any instructions from the Customer ensure that
appropriate agreements have been executed with the Customer or acknowledgement(s) has
been received by the Customer in accordance with the requirements of applicable law and
regulations;
h) Merchant shall carry out all verifications for the Customer as may be required on an
independent basis. Merchant is aware that Cellnext and its payment Facility Providers are not
guaranteeing any transactions with the Customers in any manner whatsoever. Merchant assures
i) Cellnext and its payment Facility Providers shall not be a party to the Agreement
between the Customers and Merchant in any manner whatsoever;
j) Notwithstanding the aforesaid, Merchant assures and guarantees to Cellnext & the
payment Facility Providers the due performance of all Customer Orders for which the payment
has been transferred through the Payment Mechanism;
k) In the event of any Customer complaining of any deficiency in Service, Merchant shall
take such measures as may be required to rectify the same;
l) Merchant shall ensure that the best service standards in the industry are adopted and
shall ensure delivery of all goods and services purchased for Customers in accordance with the
highest standards;
m) Merchant shall ensure that all licenses and registrations required by Merchant are in full
force and effect to enable Merchant to carry on the business of sale of goods and services.
Merchant assures and guarantees to Cellnext that Merchant shall comply with all rules, byelaws
and standards set by the statutory bodies;
n) Merchant assures and guarantees that Merchants shall not sell or deal with any of the
following goods & services through the cellPAY:
i) any goods and services which includes pornography, ii) Alcohol and Drugs & drug
paraphernalia, iii) Counterfeit and unauthorized goods, iv) Gaming/gambling, v) Hacking
and cracking materials, vi) Tobacco and cigarettes, vii) Weapons which includes
firearms, ammunition, knives, brass knuckles, gun parts, and other armaments, viii)
Any goods or service which is not in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations
whether federal, state, local or international including the laws of India or which is
prohibited by any judicial authorities;
o) The Merchant further confirms, undertakes and assures Cellnext that in the event of
violation of any of the byelaws and standards of Statutory Bodies by Merchant AND any penalty
imposed by the said statutory bodies or banks on Cellnext for any violation by Merchant,
Merchant shall on receipt of the claim from Cellnext undertakes forthwith without any demur,
protest, dispute or delay, to pay to Cellnext, the amount of the penalty / fine imposed by the said
statutory bodies or banks;
p) Merchant shall ensure confidentiality of all information submitted by the Customers via
cellPAY. Merchant shall ensure that there are proper encryption and security measures to prevent
any hacking into the information of Merchant’s customers and other data;
q) Merchant shall ensure that it is acting in compliance with and shall at all time act in
compliance with all laws, rules and regulations and shall at all times comply with the guidelines
set by Visa/Master Card/Cellnext/ Banks and payment Facility Providers;
r) Merchant hereby grants to Cellnext and the payment Facility providers, a non-exclusive,
royalty-free, limited license to use, display and reproduce the trademarks, service marks and
logos of Merchant solely in connection with the marketing of cellPAY facilities and services to the
public. Merchant shall prominently display, on its marketing materials, a statement/logo/image of
cellPAY provided by Cellnext.
s) Cellnext shall be entitled to prohibit the display of any material on the Merchant System/
marketing materials if the act or manner of such display is contrary to any applicable law,
regulation, government policy, order or guideline including all applicable foreign laws and
t) Merchant shall bear and be responsible for the payment of all relevant taxes (including
any applicable withholding taxes) due upon the services related to the Customer Orders received
through cellPAY Platform.
v) Merchant shall use Cellnext’s services and other facilities offered on cellPAY only for
Merchants provided goods and/or services as mentioned herein this agreement and not for any
other purpose unless agreed otherwise by both the parties.
w) In case the Merchant is unable to deliver any part of the Customer’s Order within 12
calendar days from the date on which the order was placed the Merchant shall cancel the order
and the customer shall be refunded. In such an event amount paid by the Customers will be
refunded back to the Customers by Merchant. In case amount is not refunded by the Merchant,
Cellnext shall be entitled to set off and deduct such amount from any payment due to Merchant
as per MRF.
9. Confidentiality
9.1 Under this Agreement, both the parties may have access to information that is confidential in
nature ("Confidential Information"). Confidential Information shall include, but is not limited
to:
i) All information which is not in public domain at the time of disclosure to the other Party; ii)
Cellnext software, products including all source and object code and documentation related to
such software; iii) Information relating to the disclosing party's software or hardware products,
API data files, specifications, data bases, networks, system design, file layouts, tool combinations
and development methods as well as information relating to the disclosing party's business or
financial affairs, which may include business methods, marketing strategies, pricing, competitor
information, product development strategies and methods, customer lists and financial results;
and iv) All tangible material which contains Confidential Information, whether written or printed
documents, computer disks or tapes, whether user or machine-readable. However, a party's
Confidential Information shall not include any information which: a) Becomes part of the public
domain through no act or omission of the other party; b) Is lawfully acquired by the other party
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from a third party without any breach of confidentiality; c) Is disclosed by a party to a third party
without any obligation of confidentiality; d) Is independently developed by the receiving party; or
e) Is approved for release by prior written authorization of the disclosing party.
9.2 The parties agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information and to protect as
a trade secret all portions of the other party's Confidential Information by preventing any
unauthorized copying, use, distribution, installation or transfer of possession of such information.
Dissemination of Confidential Information by each party shall be limited to those employees with
the need to such access for the advancement of the goals anticipated under this Agreement. Each
party agrees to maintain at least the same procedures regarding Confidential Information that it
maintains with respect to its own Confidential Information. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, neither party shall permit any of its personnel to remove any proprietary or other
legend or restrictive notice contained or included in any material provided by the other party and
both parties shall not permit its personnel to reproduce or copy any such material except as
expressly authorized hereunder.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 Cellnext’s relationship with Merchant will be that of an independent contractor and that of an
agent for collection & receipt of mobile payments from customers on behalf of Merchant, and
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, or employer-
employee relationship between the parties hereto or between Cellnext and Merchant’s employees.
Merchant shall have no right to obligate or bind Cellnext in any manner. The employees of the
Merchant shall not have any claim/right/benefits whatsoever against Cellnext.
10.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Merchant shall have no right to use any of
Cellnext’s trademarks, service marks, or trade names in connection with any products, services,
and/or promotion without the prior written consent of Cellnext.
10.3 The Agreement shall be assigned by Cellnext whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of
law, in whole or in part, to any party after discussions with Merchant hereto.
10.4 The terms and conditions and specifications of the Services under this Agreement including but
not limited to the pricing & payment terms of this Agreement may be amended, altered and/or,
modified by Cellnext at its option. Such amendment to or alteration or modification of the
Agreement shall be in writing and signed by the senior designated authorised signatory of
Cellnext.
10.5 All waivers hereunder must be made in writing, and failure at any time to require the other party's
performance of any obligation under this Agreement shall not affect the right subsequently to
require performance of that obligation. The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision
herein will not be taken or held by the other party to be a waiver or any other terms of this
Agreement or of the Agreement in its entirety. Nor shall any waiver of any incident of breach or
default constitute a continuing waiver of the same.
10.6 In the event that any or any part of the terms, conditions or provisions contained in the
Agreement shall be determined invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent such term,
condition or provision shall be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions that
shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
10.7 Both the parties shall not be under any liability to each other or to any other party in any way
whatsoever for the destruction, damage, delay or any other matters of the nature whatsoever
regarding force majeure events.
10.8 Any and all notices required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed delivered when personally delivered to the party to whom it is addressed, or in lieu of
such personal service, if sent by registered post or courier on completion of forty eight (48) hours
after deposit, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the appropriate address set forth below
the signature block of this Agreement. Either party may change its address for the purpose of this
paragraph by giving written notice of such change to the other.
10.9 Merchant agrees that during the life of this Agreement, it will not compete with Cellnext in the
business areas of Cellnext. Merchant also agrees not to enter into any contract for similar
assignments / Agreements as per this Agreement for the Benefit of competitors of Cellnext.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first
written herein above.
___________________________ ____________________________
By: By:
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Witnesses:
1. 1.
2. 2.
DSA DETAILS
Telephone Email
Website
Address
MERCHANT DETAILS
Names of directors/proprietor
Main LOBs/objective
Description of products/services
Telephone Email
Website
Bank details
Branch address
Transaction confirmation
SMS Format □ Merchant short name □ Product short name □ Amount □ Payment mode □ Reference Id
ORDER DETAILS
Product configuration
Denomination configuration
SIGNATURES OF MERCHANT WITH STAMP DSA SIGNATURE FOR CHANNEL ORDER CELLNEXT ACCEPTANCE
Signature:
Name:
Designation:
1. Transaction shall mean every order that results in the Delivery by the Merchant to the Customer of the Product(s) / Services in
respect of which the Order was placed. Cellnext Transaction Charges referred to herein above, relates to the amount payable by the
Merchant to Cellnext, when its end customers use the cellPAY mobile payment platform for making payments to the Merchant. Such
transaction charges will also include payments made to the Banks payment Gateway. Taxes would be payable extra by Merchants in
addition to above charges. Cellnext reserves the right to modify the above charges from time to time.
2. This Merchant Registration Form ("MRF") shall form part of the Merchant Agreement Form (MAF ) and unless otherwise expressly
stated herein, all terms and conditions of the MAF shall apply to this MRF. The terms not defined in this MRF shall have the same
meaning as assigned to them in the MAF.
3. The above information is being provided to Cellnext without imposing any liability on the part of Cellnext or its officers. The
Merchant will be solely liable for any loss or damage, whether financial or otherwise, suffered by Cellnext or any third party as a result of
use of above information by Cellnext.
4. The amount payable to Merchant will be credited by Cellnext as per the Bank account information provided above. In case someone
representing the Merchant subsequently claims that the above payments be credited to some other account than the account number
mentioned above, Cellnext will not be further obliged to pay the said amount.
5. UNDERTAKING: I/We have read and fully understood the terms and conditions mentioned in the Merchant Agreement Form (MAF)
and unconditionally accept them as binding on me/us. I/We further declare and undertake that above information provided by me/us is
true and correct in all respect. It is certified that the person signing this Application / Agreement has full authority to do so and thereby
binds the Merchant to the terms of the "Merchant Agreement Form".
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ANNEXURE – II
Cellnext cellPAY Platform is connected to the Bank Payment Gateways for receipt / collection of
payments from end customers on behalf of the Merchant via credit card/ net banking/ debit card.
Such funds collected on behalf of Merchant is kept in an Escrow Account maintained separately by
Cellnext with the Bank and amount so collected is transferred to the Merchant Bank Account
electronically via direct bank transfer, within the time frame agreed with the Merchant.
Merchant agrees that payment made in respect of any Order, which proves to be uncollectible from the
Customer and/or in respect of which the Issuing Bank raises a claim on any of Cellnext or the Facility
Providers, shall be the financial responsibility of Merchant. Merchant agrees to the non-payment of such
Order or the charging back of such uncollectible charge as the case may be without any demur or
protest, dispute or delay. The Merchants further agrees, confirms, undertakes and guarantees that the
non-payment of such order or the charging back of such uncollectible charge as the case may be, shall
be the personal responsibility / liability of all the promoters and directors of Merchant in their individual
capacity.
Without prejudice to the provisions of the aforesaid, the following payments shall be deemed to be
uncollectible:
a) Any payments involving the alleged forgery of the Customer’s Confidential Information of whatsoever
nature. In such an event, Cellnext and the facility providers shall not be required to check the veracity of
any alleged fraud and shall be entitled to rely upon the allegation made by the Customer; b) Any
payment which the Customer refuses to honour or demands a refund of because the goods/services
purchased from the Merchant was not as promised or was defective, deficient, incomplete and /or
unsatisfactory for any reason whatsoever; c) Any charge/debit which is a suspect charge; d) Any
charge/debit made on a card other than a Valid Card; e) Any charge/debit for merchandise or services in
an amount in excess of the Price; f) Any charge/debit for undelivered merchandise or services; g) Any
charge / debit arising out of any alleged hacking, breach of security or encryption (if any) that may be
utilised by Cellnext and the facility providers from time to time.
Merchant hereby authorises Cellnext to appropriate Merchant’s current balance amounts with Cellnext to
the extent of the aforesaid uncollectible amounts and any other moneys due to Cellnext by Merchant in
terms of this Agreement in respect of a Customer Charge. If there is insufficient funds available therein,
Merchant shall on receipt of the e-mail from Cellnext and/ or claim from Cellnext undertakes forthwith to
pay to Cellnext, the amount of the dispute / refund to the extent to which such funds proves inadequate.
Cellnext reserves the right to demand and recover Reserve/Security Deposits, of such amount and within
such period as it may deem fit and appropriate, from Merchants as security for the obligations of
Merchant arising in terms of the Chargeback. In case security/reserve deposit is not provided by
Merchants in time, Cellnext reserves the right to terminate the MAF and cancel Merchant registration
forthwith, without any further cost or liability on the part of Cellnext. Without prejudice to any other of
Cellnext rights and remedies, in the event that the Merchant does not make any payment to Cellnext by
its due date or on demand as required under this Agreement, Cellnext shall be entitled to charge daily
interest on such overdue amount from the due date of demand (as the case may be) until the date of
payment in full, at the rate of 2.5% per month.