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Does the Authorised Push Payment Scam (APP) Code apply to Business and Commercial customers?

Does the Authorised Push Payment Scam (APP) Code apply to Business and Commercial customers?

The APP Scam Code applies to:

  • All personal customers
  • Charities with an annual income of less than £1 million
  • Micro-enterprises – an enterprise which employs fewer than 10 people and whose annual turnover and annual balance sheet total does not exceed €2 million

The APP Scam Code does not cover:

  • Any payments completed before the APP Scam Code comes into force on 28 May 2019
  • Any disputes relating to unauthorised payments (such as where you haven't consented to the payment) or other payments which aren't related to an APP Scam. This is a fraud and will be covered by other regulation
  • Commercial disputes, for example, where you've paid a legitimate supplier for goods, services or digital content but have not received them, or they are in some way defective
  • Payments made overseas. The APP Scam Code applies to UK customers and UK Sterling payments only