Firms

Conditions

Disclosure of testing status
1. The Licensee must disclose prominently on its website, in any written communication that it provides to a Client or potential Client, and in any form of electronic media that it makes accessible to a Client or potential Client, that:
(a) its Licence is a restricted “Innovation Testing Licence” and it is restricted under the Licence to testing its Services; and
(b) due to the restricted nature of its Licence, normal requirements and Client protections may not apply and Clients may have limited rights if they suffer loss as a result of taking part in testing of its Services.
Test Plan
2. The Licensee must ensure that it complies with its programme for testing its Services as set out in its Test Plan.
Exit Strategy
3. No later than one month after the end of the Testing Period, the Licensee must submit to the DFSA either:
(a) a duly completed application to remove the restrictions on its Licence, that includes all information necessary to demonstrate to the DFSA that it can meet the requirements to hold an unrestricted Licence; or
(b) a request in writing to withdraw its Licence.
4. If the Licensee applies to the DFSA to remove the restrictions on its Licence and the DFSA refuses to remove the restrictions, the Licensee must no later than one month after it is notified by the DFSA of the refusal, submit a request in writing to the DFSA to withdraw its Licence.
Third Party Service Provider
5. The Licensee must disclose in writing to its Clients that it is outsourcing some of its activities to a third party service provider that uses screen scraping techniques and the risks relating to the use of such techniques.