This Agreement constitutes a contract between you and TYME and governs your use of all
TYME Services. By using TYME Services you agree with and accept all of the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement.
TYME reserves the right to amend this Agreement at any time by posting a revised version
on our website and mobile app. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it.
Consumers and Vendors are advised to read these terms and conditions carefully for they
govern access to and usage of TYME Services.
TYME may close, suspend, or limit your access to your Account or the TYME
Services, and/or limit access to your funds if you violate this Agreement, the TYME
Acceptable Use Policy, or any other agreement you enter into with TYME.
You are solely responsible for understanding and complying with any and all laws,
rules and regulations of your specific jurisdiction that may be applicable to you in
connection with your use of the TYME Services.
1. PAYMENT SERVICES AND
ELIGIBILITY.
TYME is not a remittance business or a money transfer service and the ReLoad feature may not be
used to remit funds to third parties. This service is strictly for Botswana jurisdiction.
TYME does not have any control over, and is not responsible or liable for, the products or services
that are paid for with our TYME Service. TYME cannot ensure that a Buyer or a Seller you are
dealing with will actually complete the transaction.
You, as the user/vendor, can update your cell phone number or city/town at any time by logging into
the TYME website. If your cell phone number or address becomes invalid TYME may deem your
Account to be inactive, and you will not be able to transact any activity using your TYME Account
until TYME receives a valid, working cell phone number from you.
Payment Services. TYME is a platform that allows users to pay service providers from
anywhere in the country and acts as such by creating, hosting, maintaining and providing our
TYME Services to you via the Internet. Our services allow you to process Pre-paid transactions,
for example buy electricity, buy airtime, pay local and international local companies. TYME
platform allows users/vendors to send payments to anyone with a TYME Account, and, where
available, to receive payments. Money loaded on to the TYME Account is available for use on
the account for a period of 7 days. Any money not utilized should be withdrawn by the user.
Eligibility. You must be 18 years old or older to be eligible to use services rendered by
TYME. If a minor is assisted by an adult and wishes to use TYME services, TYME may process
such transactions at its own sole discretion.
Information. For user/vendor to open and maintain an Account, the user/vendor must
provide TYME with correct and updated Information during the registration process.
Your contact information. It is the user/vendor’s sole responsibility to keep primary contact
cell phone number up to date so that TYME can communicate with the user/vendor via sms.
You, as the user/vendor understand and agree that if TYME sends you an electronic
communication but you do not receive it because your primary cell phone on file is incorrect, out
of date, blocked by your service provider, or you are otherwise unable to receive mobile text
messages, TYME will be deemed to have provided the communication to you effectively.
Transaction Notification. TYME will issue an in-app notification to the relevant party for
each and every transaction that occurs.
Identity Verification. You authorize TYME, directly or through third parties, to make any
inquiries we consider necessary to validate your identity. This may include asking you for further
information or documentation, requiring you to provide a taxpayer or national identification
number, requiring you to take steps to confirm the cell phone number you have entered when
registering for an account or verifying your Information against third party databases or through
other sources.
Beneficial Owner. You must be the beneficial owner of the Account, and conduct business
only on behalf of yourself and customers for a fee as determined by TYME. TYME may close,
suspend, or limit your access to your Account or the TYME Services, and/or limit access to your
funds if you violate the fee structure set by TYME when providing such services to customers as
a vendor.
2. LOADING MONEY INTO YOUR
TYME ACCOUNT
TYME will process any deposit and load the money into the user/vendor`s TYME as quickly as
possible. If the funds are not loaded after 1 hour from depositing, the user/vendor must contact
TYME for assistance.
Deposit Limits. We,at TYME, may at our discretion, impose limits on the amount of money
that you can load into your TYME account. You can view your account limit, if any, by logging
into your Account. If you have a Verified Account, we may increase your account limits.
Methods used to Load money.There is only one method accepted by TYME to load money
into your TYME account; TYME trusted super vendors.
TYME offices and selected users/vendors - contact TYME for a list of our office numbers
and trusted Super users/vendors.
DISCLAIMER
You shall not use money from criminal activities to execute any transaction in TYME and as the user
you fully indemnify TYME for use of their platform for any illegal activity. TYME reserves the right
to investigate the source of the money loaded into the account and monitor suspicious transactions
and report them to relevant authorities. TYME reserves the right to hold your funds to protect
TYME, Affiliates or a third party against the risk of Reversals, Chargebacks, Claims, fees, fines,
penalties and other liability. You will nonetheless remain liable for all obligations related to your
Account.
3. TRANSACTING USING TYME
ACCOUNT.
TYME account allows the user to execute a number of transactions on behalf of self or a customer.
TYME charges a transaction fee for every transaction processed on the platform. The fee is shared
between the user/vendor as determined by the TYME Transaction fee sharing formula. The
transaction fee structure is set and determined by TYME. TYME may close, suspend, or limit your
access to your Account or the TYME Services, and/or limit access to your funds if you violate the fee
structure set by TYME when providing such services to customers as a vendor
Prepaid Airtime. User/vendor can purchase or sell prepaid pinless airtime for all mobile
networks to customers and self. The amount for each airtime sale transaction will be deducted
from the user/vendor`s TYME account. The transaction fee and transaction fee sharing formula
for this service is determined by mobile operators.
Prepaid Electricity. User/vendor can purchase or sell prepaid electricity to customers and
self. The amount for each transaction will be deducted from the user/vendor`s TYME account.
The transaction fee and transaction fee sharing formula for this service is determined by utility
company.
Payment to Other companies. User/vendor can make payment to third party companies via his or
her account on behalf of self or a customer. Every transaction is charged a transaction fee as
determined by TYME and the transaction fee is shared by the user/vendor based on a formula
defined by TYME. . TYME may close, suspend, or limit your access to your Account or the TYME
Services, and/or limit access to your funds if you violate the fee structure set by TYME when
providing such services to customers as a vendor.
4. CLOSING YOUR ACCOUNT.
How to Close Your Account. You may close your Account at any time by following the
instructions in your Account Profile. Upon Account closure, we will cancel any pending
transactions and you will forfeit any balances associated with Redemption Codes, unless
otherwise legally prohibited. You must withdraw your balance prior to closing your Account.
Limitations on Closing Your Account. You may not evade an investigation by closing your
Account. If you close your Account while we are conducting an investigation, we may hold your
funds to protect TYME, Affiliates or a third party against the risk of Reversals, Chargebacks,
Claims, fees, fines, penalties and other liability. You will remain liable for all obligations related
to your Account even after the Account is closed.
5. TYME USER/VENDOR AND
CUSTOMER PROTECTION.
5.1 Types of Problems Covered. TYME User Protection helps you if you encounter either of these
problems:
or
"Account Not Credited" (ANC): Your TYME account was not credited with the amount
you deposited at the bank,OrangeMoney and any other form accepted by TYME;
"Transaction Not Processed" (TNP): you made a transaction from your TYME account
and the amount for that transaction was deducted from your TYME account but TYME has not
met is transactional obligations.This relates to transactions that you as the User has authorized.
Here are some examples:
The amount deducted from your TYME is more than the transaction amount inclusive of the
transaction fee.
An Amount was deducted from your TYME account but the beneficiary of this transaction
received a different amount from the amount you transacted.
A transaction has been on "PENDING" status for more than 4hours.
5.2 Eligibility Requirements.
A. To be eligible for TYME User Protection you must meet all of the following requirements:
The transaction must be for a legal purpose or service and/or origin of funds from a legal
source or activity
You must be 18 years old or older
Open a Dispute within 2 days from the date you processed the transaction
Have an Account in good standing
You have not received a recovery related to the transaction from another source
TYME will not find in your favor if you escalate a Dispute to a Claim when a transaction is not
eligible for TYME User Protection e.g. proceeds from criminal activities.
5.3 Coverage Amount. If you are eligible for TYME User Protection and TYME finds in your favor
on your Claim, TYME will reimburse you for the full transaction amount and original transaction
fee.
5.4 Dispute Resolution. If you are not satisfied with a certain transaction, you can follow this
process:
Open a Dispute. Open a Dispute within 2 Days of the date the transaction was processed.
TYME representatives will do their best to remedy the problem.
Escalate the Dispute to a Claim. If you and TYME representatives are unable to reach a
solution, you can escalate the Dispute to a Claim within 20 Days after opening the Dispute. If
you do not escalate the Dispute to a Claim within 20 Days, TYME will permanently close the
Dispute
Resolution meeting. If you and TYME representatives are unable to reach a solution, have
escalated the Dispute to a Claim within 20 Days after opening the Dispute; a meeting will be
convened between you and TYME top management to reach an amicable solution. You
(user/vendor) are allowed to bring a representative to the meeting.
Respond to TYME's requests for information in a timely manner. During the Claim
process, TYME may require you to provide documentation to support your position.
5.5 Claim Resolution Process. Once a Dispute has been escalated to a Claim, TYME will make a
final decision in favor of the user/vendor or customer. You may be asked to provide receipts (sms
notifications from TYME), third party evaluations, police reports, or anything else that TYME
specifies. TYME retains full discretion to make a final decision in favor of the user/vendor or
customer. In the event that TYME makes a final decision in favor of the user/vendor or customer,
each party must comply with TYME`s decision. TYME may refund the transaction in full or in part
depending on the nature and current status of the disputed transaction all in good faith.
5.6 Claims filed with Seller or other third parties. You may not file a Dispute/Claim under TYME
User Protection if you have already filed a claim with the Seller or another third party.
5.7 No Double Recovery.You may not receive reimbursement for a transaction under TYME User
Protection if you have already received payment for that transaction from another third party.
6. ERRORS AND UNAUTHORIZED
TRANSACTIONS.
6.1 Protection for Unauthorized Transactions and Errors. When an Unauthorized Transaction or
an Error occurs in your Account, TYME may cover you for the full amount of every eligible
Unauthorized Transaction or Error so long as you follow the procedures below.
An Unauthorized Transaction occurs when a payment is sent from your Account that you did not
authorize and that did not benefit you. For example, if someone steals your password, uses the
password to access your Account, and sends a payment from your Account, an Unauthorized
Transaction has occurred. If you give someone access to your Account (by giving them your login
information) and they conduct transactions without your knowledge or permission, you are
responsible for any resulting use.
6.2 Notification Requirements.
A. You should immediately notify TYME if you believe:
there has been an Unauthorized Transaction or unauthorized access to your Account;
there is an Error in your Account history statement (you can access your Account history
statement by logging into your Account and clicking on a link to "Transaction History") or in
your transaction confirmation sent to you by sms;
your password has been compromised;
your TYME registered cell phone has been lost, stolen or deactivated; or
you need more information about a transaction listed on the statement or transaction
confirmation.
B. To be eligible for protection for Unauthorized Transactions, you must notify us within 2 Days
after any Unauthorized Transaction first appears in your Account history statement. We will extend
the 2 Day time period if a good and demonstrable reason, such as a hospital stay, kept you from
notifying us within the stipulated period.
You should regularly log into your Account and review your Transaction history to ensure that there
has not been an Unauthorized Transaction or Error. TYME will also send an sms to the primary cell
phone number you have provided in order to notify you of each transaction from your Account. You
should also review these transaction confirmations to ensure that each transaction was authorized and
is accurate.
For Unauthorized Transactions or Errors in your Account, notify us as follows:
Email us at errors@TYME.co.bw
Write to TYME
Call TYME Customer Service at +267 7171 3305
When you notify us, provide us with all of the following information:
Your name and cell phone number registered to your Account;
A description of any suspected Unauthorized Transaction or Error and an explanation as to
why you believe it is incorrect or why you need more information to identify the transaction; and
The amount of any suspected Unauthorized Transaction or Error.
If you notify us orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question in writing within
7 Business Days. During the course of our investigation, we may request additional information from
you.
6.3 TYME Actions after Receipt of Your Notification. Once you notify us of any suspected
Unauthorized Transaction or Error, or we otherwise learn of one, we will do the following:
We will conduct an investigation to determine whether there has been an Unauthorized
Transaction or Error that is eligible for protection.
We will complete our investigation within 20 Business Days of the date we received your
notification of the suspected Unauthorized Transactions or Error. If your Account is new (the
first transaction from your Account was less than 30 Business Days from the date you notify us),
we may take up to 10 Business Days to complete this investigation. If we need more time, we
may take up to 45 Days to complete our investigation.
We will inform you of our decision within 3 Business Days after completing our
investigation.
If we determine that there was an Unauthorized Transaction or Error, we will promptly credit the full
amount into your Account within 1 Business Day of our determination.
If we decide that there was not an Unauthorized Transaction or Error, we will include an explanation
of our decision in our email to you. You may request copies of the documents that we used in our
investigation.
6.4 TYME Errors. We will rectify any Error that we discover. If the Error results in your receipt of
less than the correct amount to which you are entitled, TYME will credit your Account for the
difference. If the Error results in your receipt of more than the correct amount to which you are
entitled, TYME will debit the extra funds from your Account.
6.5 Your Errors. If you erroneously send a payment to the wrong party, or send a payment for the
wrong amount (based on a typographical error, for example), your only recourse will be to contact
the party to whom you sent the payment and ask them to refund the payment. TYME will not
reimburse you or reverse a payment that you have made in error.
7. RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES.
Restricted Activities.In connection with your use of our website, your Account, the TYME
Services, or in the course of your interactions with TYME, other Users, or third parties, you will
not:
A. Breach this Agreement, any other Policy that you have agreed to with TYME;
B. Violate any law, statute, ordinance, or regulation;
C. Infringe TYME's or any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual
property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy;
D. Pay for counterfeit goods;
E. Act in a manner that is defamatory, trade libelous, threatening or harassing to our employees,
agents or other Users;
F. Provide false, inaccurate or misleading Information;
G. Engage in potentially fraudulent or suspicious activity and/or transactions;
H. Refuse to cooperate in an investigation or provide confirmation of your identity or any
Information you provide to us;
I. Receive or attempt to receive funds from both TYME and recipient, bank or card issuer for the
same transaction during the course of a Dispute;
J. Control an Account that is linked to another Account that has engaged in any of these Restricted
Activities;
K. Conduct your business or use the TYME Services in a manner that results in or may result in
complaints, Disputes, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and other liability to TYME, other Users, third
parties or you;
L. Have a credit score from a credit reporting agency that indicates a high level of risk associated
with your use of the TYME Services;
M. Use your Account or the TYME Services in a manner that TYME and any other electronic funds
transfer network reasonably believes to be an abuse of the financial system.
N. Allow your Account to have a negative balance;
O. Disclose or distribute another User's Information to a third party, or use the Information for
marketing purposes unless you receive the User’s express consent to do so;
P. Take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our
infrastructure;
Q. Facilitate any viruses, trojan horses, worms or other computer programming routines that may
damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or
Information;
R. Use any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers, or interfere or attempt
to interfere with our website or the TYME Services; or
S. Take any action that may cause us to lose any of the services from our Internet service providers,
payment processors, or other suppliers.
8. YOUR LIABILITY - ACTIONS WE
MAY TAKE.
8.1 Your Liability.
A. General. You are responsible for all Reversals, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and other liability
incurred by TYME, a User, or a third party caused by or arising out of your breach of this
Agreement, and/or your use of the TYME Services. You agree to reimburse TYME, a User, or a third
party for any and all such liability.
B. Liability for instructions given by you on your Account. Any instructions given by you on your
Account (whether verbal or in writing) once you have been authenticated will be relied on by TYME.
TYME will not be liable for any loss or damage you or anyone else suffers where TYME acts on
those instructions in good faith, unless it was proved that TYME was grossly negligent.
8.2 Reimbursement for Your Liability. In the event that you are liable for any amounts owed to
TYME, TYME may immediately remove such amounts from your balance. If you do not have a
balance that is sufficient to cover your liability, your remaining balance (if any) will be removed,
your Account will have negative balance up to the amount of your liability, and you will be required
to immediately Add Money to your TYME balance or reimburse TYME through an alternative
method. If you do not do so, TYME may engage in collection efforts to recover such amounts from
you.
8.3 Actions by TYME Restricted Activities. If TYME, in its sole discretion, believes that you
may have engaged in any Restricted Activities, we may take various actions to protect TYME,
Affiliates other Users, other third parties or you from Reversals, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and
any other liability. The actions we may take include but are not limited to the following:
A. We may immediately and without notice close, suspend, or limit your access to your Account or
the TYME Services;
B. We may suspend your eligibility for TYME User
C. We may refuse to provide the TYME Services to you now and in the future; and
D. We may hold your funds for a period of time reasonably needed to protect against the risk of
liability to TYME or a third party, or if we believe that you may be engaging in potentially fraudulent
or suspicious activity and/or transactions.
8.4 Actions by TYME - Account Closure, Termination of Service, Limited Account Access;
Confidential Criteria.TYME, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate this Agreement
and/or access to the TYME Services for any reason and at any time upon reasonable notice and
payment to you of any unrestricted funds held in your balance. If we limit access to your Account,
including through a Reserve or hold, we will provide you with notice of our actions, and the
opportunity to request restoration of access if, in our sole discretion, we deem it appropriate. Further,
you acknowledge that TYME’s decision to take certain actions, including limiting access to your
Account, placing holds or imposing Reserves, may be based on confidential criteria that is essential
to our management of risk, the security of Users’ Accounts and the TYME system. You agree that
TYME is under no obligation to disclose the details of its risk management or its security procedures
to you.
9. DEFINITIONS.
"Account Profile" means the location on our website where you can, after logging in, view
and manage your profile, including your personal information,
"Account" or "TYME Account" means a Personal or Business TYME Account.
"Add Money" or "Top Up"means your ability to transfer money from your bank account to
your TYME Account. Other methods eg bank deposits, OrangeMoney are permitted by TYME
"Affiliate"means TYME, Bargain Adds (Pty) Limited or a company that is a direct or
indirect, or otherwise related to TYME through common ownership or control.
"Authorize" or "Authorization" means a user/vendor’s express authorization to a third
party to use the user/vendor’s TYME Account.
"Business Days" means Monday through Friday, excluding the official national holidays
recognized in Botswana.
"Claim" means a challenge to a payment that a User/vendor files directly with TYME.
"Commercial Entity Agreement" means the agreement that commercial entities are
required to enter into directly with TYME's payment processor(s).
"Communications" means any Account or transaction information that TYME provides to
you, including: any Policies you agree to, including updates to these Policies; annual disclosure;
transaction receipts or confirmations; Account history statements; and tax statements we are
required to make available to you.
"Customer" means any person or entity using the TYME Services without a TYME account
but does so via a USER (see definition of a user)
"Customer Service" is TYME's customer support which can be accessed online via LIVE
CHAT
"Days" means calendar days.
"Dispute"means a dispute filed by a User directly with TYME
"Error" means a processing error made by TYME or its suppliers in which your Account is
mistakenly debited or credited.
"Fees" means those amounts stated in Exhibit A (Fees) of this Agreement.
"Information" means any Account information that you provide to us, including but not
limited to personal information, financial information, or other information related to you or your
business.
"Instant Transfer" means a payment funded using the sender's bank account in which
TYME credits the recipient instantly.
"Payment Method" means the payment method used to load money into your TYME
account. The following payment methods may be used to load money into your TYME (subject
to availability): internet transfer, direct bank deposits ,OrangeMoney and eWallet
"TYME Services" means all our products and services and any other features, technologies
and/or functionalities offered by us on our website or through any other means.
"TYME," "we," "us" or "our" means TYME,a division of Bargain Adds (Pty) Limited
"Policy" or "Policies" means any Policy or other agreement between you and TYME that
you entered into on the TYME website, or in connection with your use of the TYME Services.
"Preferred Communication Method" means a Communication Method that you select you
selected as the primary communication channel in which to receive information from TYME;by
default TYME uses instant sms.
"Restricted Activities" means those activities described in Section 7 of this Agreement.
"Substantial Change" means a change to the terms of this Agreement that reduces your
rights or increases your responsibilities.
"Top Up" see “Add Money” definition.
"Transaction History Page" means the page on the TYME website titled "Transaction
History" that displays information about the transaction. This page is accessible from the
individual transaction in your Account on the TYME website.
"Unauthorized Transaction" means as defined in Section 6 of this Agreement.
"User or Vendor" means any person or entity using the TYME Services via the website by
opening an account, including you.
"Verified Account" means an Account status that reflects that TYME has verified that an
Account holder has legal control of one or more of his or her Payment Methods. A Verified
Account status does not constitute an endorsement of a User or a guarantee of a User's business
practices.