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Stripe restricted business checker
The restricted-business checker summarizes Stripe's prohibited and restricted list for the categories people ask about most. It was read on November 9, 2026. It does not name another provider as accepting a category, and it does not replace Stripe's full list. A prohibited category stays prohibited at every processor.
What is Stripe's stance on this category?
Pick a category. The note below is Stripe's stance in summary form, from the list read on November 9, 2026. Stripe publishes the full list, and that page is the one that controls.
Full list: Stripe's prohibited and restricted businesses.
01What is the difference between prohibited and restricted?
Prohibited means Stripe says not to use its services for that business. Restricted means Stripe may review it, refuse it, or revoke an approval. The list was read on November 9, 2026.
02Does switching processors fix a prohibited category?
No. Card networks and banks sit behind a prohibition. Another logo does not make the payment lawful.
03Does this checker say Frame Payments accepts a category?
No. The high-risk page explains Frame's up-front US underwriting. A listing is not an approval, and Frame does not publish an accepted-industry list this site will invent.
04Is this Stripe's full list?
No. The full list is at https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses. This tool covers the categories people ask about. Read the source before you decide a product is outside a category.
05What Stripe rate is unrelated to this list?
Acceptance is not a discount. Stripe's US domestic card rate remains 2.9% + $0.30 on November 9, 2026 for businesses Stripe supports.
Which sources were checked?
Stripe's restricted-business list is the source, read on November 9, 2026. The checker summarizes 16 categories from that list.
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Which related pages should you read next?
These pages use the same November 9, 2026 reading of Stripe's list. Stripe's US card rate, which this tool does not change, is 2.9% + $0.30.