Terms and conditions

The Telleroo Account Agreement

Effective From: 31st July 2024

Acceptance of Terms

By accepting these Terms and Conditions or using Telleroo ("the Platform"), you agree to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must not use the Telleroo Platform.

If you have any questions or a complaint about this Agreement, Privacy Notice or Services, please check out our Help Center or get in touch with us:

  • Through our LiveChat function at telleroo.com
  • By email at support@telleroo.com
  • By calling our customer service team on +44 (0) 203 6334 810

About Telleroo

Telleroo Limited, incorporated and registered in England and Wales at registered office Telleroo Limited, St Mary's Court, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, HP7 0UT with registered number 10175644. 

Referred to in these terms as “Telleroo”, “We”, “Our” or “Us” Any reference to “You”, “Your”, “Member” or “Company” in this agreement, means the legal entity in whose name the Business account has been opened and any legal representative of them.

Telleroo Regulatory Status 

Telleroo (Firm Reference 902767) is an agent of Moorwand (Firm Reference 900709). Moorwand is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Firm Reference 902767, under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 and the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Telleroo distributes electronic money issued by Moorwand and can provide other payment services on behalf of Moorwand. Moorwand holds all relevant client funds in a safeguarded account at ClearBank Ltd (Firm Reference 754568), regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the FCA.

Key Definitions

The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply in this Agreement.

  • Agreement” this agreement and any Schedule(s) to it.
  • Authorised Partner” accounting firm, payroll software, expense software, bookkeeping software, or accounting software.
  • Authorised Users” your employees, officers, agents and independent contractors who are authorised to use the Services and the Documentation.
  • Business Day” a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England when banks in London are open for business.
  • Confidential Information” information relating to the business or affairs of a party to this Agreement.
  • Charges” means the charge set only in clause 10.
  • “Convert and Send” means the conversion of funds from your GBP E-Money account to a destination currency and approval of the sending of money to the desired recipient.
  • “Data protection law” means any data protection legislation from time to time in force in the United Kingdom including, but not limited to, the Data Protection Act 2018, any legislation which succeeds that Act, EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), any other directly applicable European Union data protection or privacy regulations (for as long as, and to the extent that, the law of the European Union has legal effect in the United Kingdom), and, where applicable, guidance and codes of practice issued by any relevant data protection supervisory authority or authorities.
  • “Documentation” the documents made available to you online via www.telleroo.com or other such web addresses which set out a description of the Services, technical installation and support information, or user instructions for the Services.
  • “E-Money Account” electronic money means monetary value issued on receipt of funds. Electronic money is a prepaid product. Unlike credit provided through a credit card, the customer pays for the spending power in advance.
  • “Faster Payments” Faster Payments is an electronic payment system that facilitates real-time payments of up to £1m.
  • “FCA” Financial Conduct Authority. 
  • “Minimum Volume Transaction Fee” £5.00 a month for any active account with no transactions in a given month. This is charged at Telleroo’s discretion.
  • “Normal Business Hours” 9.00 am to 5.00 pm local UK time, each Business Day.
  • “Payee” an individual or business that could receive funds from Telleroo.
  • “Payment Information” information provided by you in relation to Payments, including without limitation payee account names, account numbers, sort codes, amount to be transferred, denominated currency and payment date.
  • “Payment Services” payment service means a transaction carried out through our Online Services.
  • “Payment Submission” refers to the act of creating payments, regardless of the payment, file import or submitted by an authorised third party.
  • “Payments” payments made by you using the Services. If not stated otherwise these refer to UK Faster Payments. 
  • “Pay Run” Combining one or more individual payments into one aggregate value, including the total amount and number of payments.
  • “Periodic Review” a review conducted by Telleroo at periodic intervals throughout the agreement. The frequency varies depending on Telleroo’s internal risk appetite. 
  • “The Principal Firm” a firm that is authorised for certain activities in the UK.
  • “Safeguarding” a requirement for e-money issuers to protect their customers' funds by holding them in a separate account or trust arrangement. This ensures that if the e-money issuer were to become insolvent, customers' funds would not be at risk of being lost or used to pay the issuer's debts.
  • “Services” the services made available under this Agreement, as described in clause 5.
  • “Software” is the online software application provided by Telleroo as part of the Services.
  • “Sub-processor” a person or entity subcontracted by you to process your data in accordance with your obligations under or in connection with this Agreement.
  • “Subscription Term” the amount of time that a subscription lasts.
  • “Transaction” a payment to an entity through the Telleroo account.
  • “Telleroo account” your electronic money account for the purpose of using the Service.
  • “Telleroo platform user” anyone to whom you give access to Telleroo and its services.
  • “Virus” any thing or device (including any software, code, file or programme) which may: prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect the operation of any computer software, hardware or network, any telecommunications service, equipment or network or any other service or device; prevent, impair or otherwise adversely affect access to or the operation of any programme or data, including the reliability of any programme or data (whether by re-arranging, altering or erasing the programme or data in whole or part or otherwise); or adversely affect the user experience, including worms, trojan horses, viruses and other similar things or devices.
  • “Your Data” is the data, including Payment Information, inputted by you and/or Authorised Users into the Service.

Telleroo E-Money Account

Telleroo E-Money Account is a virtual pre-paid account; e-money can only be issued on receipt of funds. The account can be pre-funded via Open Banking, BACS or Faster Payments. The e-money can be distributed as payments to Suppliers, Employees and HMRC.  The funds can be held for an indefinite period. E-money is stored in GBP in exchange for corresponding funds on your behalf. Electronic Money is not the same as money held in a bank.

To ensure your money is safe, we hold your funds in segregated accounts, meaning it is separate from Telleroo’s or our principal Moorwand's funds. The funds are also 'safeguarded', meaning there are assurances from the bank that in the unlikely event Telleroo or Moorwand were to go out of business, the money is protected for use.

  • Telleroo/the principal firm will not use the funds received, in exchange for Electronic Money that has been issued to lend to other persons or entities. 
  • The Electronic Money will not accrue interest for the user. 
  • The Electronic Money is not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
  • It is not permitted to have a negative account balance.

In the event of Telleroo or Moorwand becoming insolvent, an insolvency practitioner would be appointed to return the funds we have safeguarded to customers. This means you would get most of your money back, except for the costs deducted by the insolvency practitioner for distributing the money to our customers. In addition, due to the insolvency process, it could take longer for money to be returned to you than if the account was held by a bank.

      Telleroo Platform Services

      Telleroo provides financial technology services allowing users to submit payment instructions through:

      • Pay run submission via file import.
      • Pay run submission by an authorised third party, such as an accountant
      • Pay run submission by authorised partners, such as payroll or accounting platforms.
      • Payment submitted via Telleroo’s API.

      Telleroo also provides invoice and payment verification services through:

      • Confirmation of payee checks for new and updated payees for domestic payments not submitted via our API.
      • Flags on new and updated recipient bank details and name.

      Platform users depending on their permission can also:

      • See all payments made.
      • Add, or remove users.
      • Connect Telleroo to integrated accounting, payroll or expense platforms.
      • Give users permission to submit and approve payments on the company's behalf.
      • View the balance and currency of the Electronic Money you hold in your Telleroo E-Money Account.

      Telleroo shall use reasonable endeavours to make the Platform Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, subject to the following:

      • Downtime may occur during planned maintenance undertaken by Telleroo, which Telleroo shall use reasonable endeavours to carry out during a daily maintenance window of 10.00 pm to 2.00 am UK time, or in the circumstances described in clause 5 and clause 18 (Force Majeure).
      • Telleroo will, as part of the Platform Services, provide you with standard customer support services during Normal Business Hours, Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm, excluding UK Bank Holidays.

      Using your Telleroo Account

      Registration for the Service must be completed on the registration page of http://www.telleroo.com/ or via an invite from a verified Telleroo partner. The account sign-up request must be approved by one of the company’s statutory directors or VAT Registered Sole Trader.

      • Users must provide accurate and complete information during the registration process.
      • Users must inform us of the significant changes in ownership or control.
      • Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials.
      • Users must notify Telleroo immediately of any unauthorised use or suspected breach of security.

      Telleroo may refuse access to the Service for the following reasons:

      • Business Activity, Location, Reputation or Anticipated Account usage is Outside Telleroo Risk Appetite.
      • Inadequacy or incompleteness of the information provided.
      • Compliance Reasons.

      Once the account is set up, the signing director is automatically assigned as an Admin. Admins can create other roles and assign them to users:

      • Viewer: Can view past transactions and pay runs made.
      • Creator: Can create pay runs that require approval.
      • Approver: Can approve pay runs awaiting approval.
      • Admin: Can administer the Telleroo account and add/edit users.

      Your Telleroo account can be used for making Faster Payments in GBP, SEPA Payments in EUR, ACH in USD and other currencies in local payment processing methods along with outbound payments via the SWIFT network.

      Please refer to the Telleroo Help Center for the processing times and payment methods You can top up your account using your corporate bank account. The account can also be funded by the related party such as the Parent Company or a Shareholder.

      To make a Payment from your Telleroo account, all required fields must be populated with the relevant data. The payee field should have the registered name of the receiver, either:

      • Full name of the person you are sending money to.
      • Full Business Name of the Entity you are sending money to.

      If the payee's name does not match, the transaction may be delayed. Telleroo may stop any incoming or outgoing payment if it does not follow the correct format or for other compliance reasons:

      • Potential name match against sanctioned party
      • High-Value payment requiring documentation
      • Payment to the new payee without confirmation on the account name 
      • Unusual activity on the account 
      • Other Compliance and Operational reasons 

      If Telleroo blocks a payment under the above you will be contacted as soon as possible or in advance if possible to explain why we have refused to process the payment unless Telleroo is prohibited by the law or security reasons to do so. In the event of this happening, Telleroo is not liable for any loss this may cause.

      It is your responsibility to ensure correct payee account details and payment amounts are provided when making any payment. You are responsible if you give us incorrect instructions or mistakenly instruct us to process the same payment more than once.

      You can cancel any payments up to the point it has not yet been processed by Telleroo. Once a payment has been processed it isn’t possible to cancel anymore.

      If a payment is sent to the incorrect recipient or for the incorrect amount, a payment recall attempt can be started if the following caveats are met: 

      • The payment has not been automatically returned to the sender. 
      • Every attempt has been made by you to contact the recipient of the money to organise a return of any unwarranted money.
      • The amount in question is greater than £25.00.
      • You complete and provide Telleroo with any required information in a format of Telleroo’s choosing. 

      Telleroo accepts no responsibility for the success of any payment recall attempt.

      Account Charges

      The fees charged by Telleroo for the use of the Telleroo platform are based upon:

      Fixed Pricing

      • Your account is subject to a monthly subscription fee that is dependent on the number of transactions carried out in that calendar month. The fees are available upon request.
      • You will be charged as per the number of transactions you carry out in the month with no deferral of unused transactions allowed to be carried forward to subsequent months.

        The transactions count as all payments out of your Telleroo account via a local payment method, e.g. Faster Payment for GBP, SEPA for EUR and ACH for USD.
        An extra charge is payable for all outbound payments via the SWIFT network.
      • You will always be charged the subscription fee related to the amount of transactions conducted in a given month. Regardless of the fee charged in the previous month.
      • For any month where no transactions are carried out, any minimum volume transaction fee will be charged.

      A charge of £25 will be levied for any payment into your Telleroo account paid via CHAPS.

      A charge of £15 will be levied for any outbound payment from your Telleroo account via SWIFT.

      Telleroo charges aren’t deducted directly from your Telleroo account. Instead, you will receive a monthly invoice via email for the preceding month. Billing is done via Direct Debit, and a received invoice is payable within 10 days. If you wish to change the email we send invoices to, please contact us at support@telleroo.com to request this.

      For any dispute regarding the number of transactions carried out, Telleroo’s record of transactions will be classed as definitive and correct.

      All charges should be paid whilst the dispute is ongoing and both parties will act in good faith to resolve the issue in question. Any unpaid, undisputed amount will accrue interest at a rate of 3% above the Bank of England base rate.

      Privacy and Data Security

      Telleroo respects user privacy and follows a Privacy Policy that can be found at the footer of the website. Users are responsible for maintaining the security of their devices and account information.

      The Parties agree and acknowledge Telleroo acts as a Data Controller in respect to AML (Anti-Money Laundering) obligations and the Data Processor in respect of the Payments. Telleroo will process the Personal Data in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

      While engaging with the Sub-Processor for the purposes of carrying out specific processing activities, Telleroo will ensure that there is a written contract in place with the relevant Sub-Processor and the Appropriate technical and organisational measures applied to ensure the protection of the rights of the data subjects.

      You acknowledge that Telleroo may disclose the submitted data to its employees, subcontractors (including third-party suppliers), agents, Principle firm, and employees of the Principal firm when Telleroo reasonably considers it necessary:

      (i) for the performance of Telleroo's obligations to provide services
      (ii) for compliance with applicable law; and
      (iii) to defend any actual or possible legal claims

      Telleroo may engage with Technology Suppliers for the provision of services.  Our Supplier's Due Diligence Process includes the following particulars:

      • Suppliers should comply with the industry’s IT security practices comparable with the ISO/IEC 27000 series.
      • Suppliers should, at least once every 12 months, engage an appropriately accredited third party that follows good industry practice to carry out security penetration testing to assess the effectiveness of the Supplier's cyber and information technology security measures.
      • Suppliers should provide us with information about their server location and the safeguards applied.

      Telleroo will promptly notify you if it becomes aware of any unauthorised or unlawful processing, loss of, damage to, disclosure of, access to or destruction of your Personal Data (“Data Breach”) and provide you with full cooperation, information and assistance in respect of any Data Breach.

      Telleroo will not transfer your Personal Data outside the UK and the European Economic Area unless the following conditions are fulfilled:

      • Telleroo has provided appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer.
      • Telleroo complies with the Data Protection Law by providing an adequate level of protection to any of your Personal Data that is transferred.
      • Telleroo complies with reasonable instructions notified to it in advance by you with respect to the processing of your Personal Data.

      You shall own all rights, title and interest in and to all of your Personal Data and shall have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of your Personal Data.

      If you become aware that the personal data transferred or received is inaccurate, or has become outdated, you shall inform us without undue delay so Telleroo can rectify the data. Telleroo will promptly comply with any request requiring you to amend, transfer, return or delete your Personal Data unless otherwise required by law.

      During the term of the Agreement and for 7 (seven) years thereafter, Telleroo may, upon reasonable notice, provide to an Auditing Body unrestricted rights of inspection, access and audit to your information. You may choose to conduct an audit by yourself, to mandate, at its your own cost, an independent auditor. 

      How to Complain

      We try our best to get things right but sometimes things do go wrong, if you would like to make a complaint, please get in touch and we will look into this for you.

      You can raise a complaint by contacting Telleroo via the below.

      • through our LiveChat function at telleroo.com
      • by email to complaints@telleroo.com
      • by calling our customer service team on +44 (0) 203 6334 810
      • Post: Telleroo Limited, St Mary's Court, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, HP7 0UT

      For more details please see our Complaints Procedures at Telleroo.com

      Limitation of Liability

      Telleroo is not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use the Platform.

      Termination

      Telleroo reserves the right to terminate or suspend user accounts at its discretion, for reasons including:

      • Immediately for compliance reasons.
      • As per your confirmation, the account is no longer required.
      • With 2 months' notice for other reasons such as debt, breach of Telleroo’s Terms and Conditions, or unreasonable behaviour.

      You can close your account at any time.

      To close your account, the following steps need to be completed:

      • The balance in the E-Money account is zero (£0.00).
      • Disconnect any automatic feeds between the Telleroo platform and any third-party software.
      • You must submit a request to close your account using the online form found in Telleroo’s help centre at https://help.telleroo.com/en/articles/5989183-closing-account  or any other approved method as designated by Telleroo.
      • You must pay any outstanding charges owed to Telleroo.

      Your account will be closed when all of the above steps have been fulfilled. Failure to do so may result in you continuing to be charged for the use of the Telleroo Platform.

      Changes to Terms

      Telleroo reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time. If we make any changes, we will give you two months' written notice by email or in-app. You will be deemed to have accepted any change to these terms and conditions unless you notify us of any objection before the proposed date of the change.

      If we change these terms and conditions, the new terms and conditions will be available at www.telleroo.com/terms-and-conditions from the date the change takes place.

      Changes that make these terms and conditions more favourable to you may at Telleroo’s discretion come into effect immediately after relevant notice.

      Governing Law

      These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the England and Wales
      By using the Telleroo Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these terms and conditions.

      If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Telleroo at hello@telleroo.com