6.1. Rights and obligations of Merchant

6.1.1. Merchant is responsible for the procurement, installation of Acquiring Device, to bear the resulting equipment cost and communication cost, and ensure the safety of Acquiring Device system. Merchant should specifically refer to technical details such as data transmission protocol, security mechanism, hardware requirement and physical connection etc. To make it convenient for Third Party Payment Providers Users to use the Third-Party Payment Providers Services, requirements of acquiring equipment installation include:

6.1.2. Acquiring Device position should be stable, safe and easy to operate;

6.1.3. Acquiring Device should avoid direct sunlight, high temperature, be damp or near a strong magnetic field;

6.1.4. Power supply, communication lines should be consistent with the Acquiring Device application;

6.1.5. Other conditions required for normal use of acquiring equipment.

6.1.6. If the installation conditions do not meet the above requirements, which result in Merchant not being able to accept Third Party Payment Provider Services, it will be Merchant's sole responsibility and has nothing to do with ePayments.

6.1.7. Merchant shall use the Acquiring Device within the scope of the Agreement. Without ePayments' written consent, Merchant shall not to transfer, rent, lend, mortgage, pledge, lien or in any other way to dispose of the Acquiring Device. Merchant cannot transfer the Acquiring Device arbitrarily or move it to the other place of business or exchange between different cashier, otherwise, all losses incurred to Third Party Payment Providers' Users and the Company shall be borne by Merchant.

6.1.8. The Company shall request the Merchant to paste, display, hang and maintain "Third Party Payment Services" accepted identifying material in a prominent position of the Acquiring Device and place. Merchant shall not use Third Party PaymentProviders' or "ePayments" name or the corresponding English name for any other usage.

6.1.9. Merchant shall use the Acquiring Device and the acquiring bank settlement account in accordance with this Agreement and shall not use the accepting terminal engaged in or assist others for any commercial fraud or other illegal activities.

6.1.10. Merchant shall not charge Third Party PaymentProviders' Users for using Third Party Payment Provider Services or collect disguised additional fee, or reduce the service level, other than those additional fees permitted at law.

6.1.11. The Merchant guarantee the legal qualification or aptitude to fulfil this Agreement, shall not use the Third-Party Payment Provider Services beyond Merchant's business scope respectively. Merchant shall provide its customer services telephone number to Third Party PaymentProviders Users.

6.1.12. All information released and commercial activities conducted by the Merchant shall comply with the applicable laws and regulations, and requirements of the relevant government departments and administration of industry and commerce Merchant shall assume the corresponding liabilities arising therefrom. Merchant shall be solely responsible for complaints, return of goods, and disputes in relation to the products and services of the Merchant.

6.1.13. Without the written authorization of ePayments, Merchant cannot reproduce, copy, intercept, tamper the content on ePayments' website arbitrarily, or create derivative products which relate to the above contents.

6.1.14. When Merchant use the related services provided by the Company under this Agreement, Merchant shall ensure that the order processing, services providing procedures match the settlement process on ePayments' Third-Party Payment Providers Services.

6.1.15. The Merchant shall ensure the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the information provided in purchase orders. Where loss is caused to the Company or Third-Party PaymentProviders Users as a result of inter alia, untruthfulness, inaccuracy, incompleteness of Third-Party PaymentProviders User's purchase orders or incorrect operation of Merchant, the Merchant shall assume liabilities accordingly. Meanwhile, the Merchant shall assist the Company in handling properly in relation to Third Party PaymentProviders Users' complaints on payment service and co-operate to implement suggestions put forward by ePayments. The Merchant shall keep properly the relevant transaction data and receipts for at least five years from the date of transaction. For notice of enquiry and request for checking receipts by ePayments, Merchant shall upon receipt of notice from ePayments, reply to the Company by sending the relevant original receipts within five business days by mail or by facsimile.

6.1.16. The Merchant shall not assist Third Party PaymentProviders Users in engaging in any illegal activity, inter alia, cash advance, money-laundering by Third Party PaymentProviders, or breaking the transaction into several purchases. No acts involved in serious risks, inter alia, false application, skimming, malicious closure are allowed. Otherwise, the Company shall have the right to submit the information of Merchant to the relevant regulatory authorities. The Merchant shall ensure that any Transaction initiated through Third Party Payment Services is made in a real scenario. The Merchant shall provide sufficient evidence to prove the existence of the trading relationship between the Third-Party PaymentProviders' User and the Merchant.

6.1.17. Merchant agrees they shall actively take precautions against chargeback of credit to Third Party PaymentProviders' Users, and promptly resolve all issues relating to customer service. The Merchant shall solve on its own the disputes, such as claims, arising from such circumstances. If the Merchant delays in resolving these disputes, the Company shall have the right at its own discretion to debit directly an amount equivalent to the loss from the settlement payment payable to Merchant. Where the settlement payment of Merchant is insufficient to cover the amount of loss, the Company shall have the right to claim the shortfall from Merchant.

6.1.18. Without the written authorization of ePayments, Merchant shall not reveal, transfer, paid or unpaid for any third party's usage of interface technology, security protocols and certificates. At the same time, Merchant shall not use the resources dedicated to Third Party Payment Provider Platform acceptance for other purposes beyond the Agreement, nor shall transfer to any third party, nor counterfeit transaction by the other merchants and make settlement with ePayments.

6.1.19. The Merchant is entitled to collect and use Third Party PaymentProviders Users' information in accordance with the Merchant's privacy policies.

6.1.20. The Merchant shall not employ any reverse engineering method to decipher all systems and procedures including but without limitation to software systems and procedures of ePayments, and shall not copy, amend, edit, consolidate and alter the systems and procedures abovementioned (including but without limitation to source program, object program, software files, data processing in local computer storage devices, data from terminals of clients to servers, server data, etc.) and shall not amend the original functions of or add further functions to the software system of The Third Party Payment Provider provided by ePayments.

6.1.21. In case of relocation, suspension of business, change of domain name, telephone number and other merchant information of the Merchant, Merchant should inform the Company in advance. the Company has the right to suspend services according to specific circumstance. If Merchant fails to notify resulting in the loss of ePayments, the Merchant shall bear the responsibility.

6.1.22. In the occurrence of the following circumstances, Merchant agrees and authorizes the Company full rights to deduct the compensation amount equal to ePayments' loss directly from The Third-Party PaymentProviders' account under Merchant's Merchant ID, Merchant shall have no objection if:

6.1.23. Merchant does not pay the Third-Party PaymentProviders Services fee to the Company in accordance with this Agreement;

6.1.24. Merchant violates clauses under this Agreement which causes loss to ePayments.

6.1.25. Rights and obligations of ePayments

6.1.26. The Company shall be responsible for the establishment, operation and management of the Third-Party Payment Provider Platform. Details of the administrative rules and functions of Third-Party Payment Provider Platform are set out on the website of ePayments. The Company may formulate or amend those administrative rules and functions if necessary and announce the same on its website. If Merchant disagrees to those changes made by ePayments, it shall forthwith notify the Company in writing and cease to use the relevant service provided by ePayments, and the parties shall proceed with the relevant formalities to discharge the Agreement. If Merchant continues to use the relevant service provided by ePayments, Merchant shall be deemed to have confirmed and undertaken to comply with the administrative rules and functions formulated or amended by ePayments.

6.1.27. When this Agreement takes effect, according to Merchant's application, the Company will open Customer Certificate services for Merchant.

6.1.28. Merchant understands and agrees that the Company only provides cross-border offline and online payment services for Merchant, the Company is solely responsible for complaints and disputes related to ePayments' Third-Party Payment Provider Platform and settlement System. It is the Merchant's responsibility to solve the complaints and disputes between Merchant, Third Party PaymentProviders' Users and any third party in relation to products and services of the Merchant.

6.1.29. The Company shall have a telephone number for business enquiry and contact to answer questions encountered by Merchant when using the payment platform of ePayments. The Company shall promptly deal with any relevant issues in the course of account reconciliation and fund settlement of the Parties.

6.1.30. The Company shall provide Merchant with the required information and guidance relating to interface technology, files, etc. necessary for the performance of the Agreement. The Company shall be responsible for the system's operation and maintenance, such as payment system upgrade, the Company shall provide free upgrade service to Merchant promptly.

6.1.31. If the Merchant fail to promptly notify the Company of any termination of its business or contact method and the Company receives no response from the Merchant within 3 business days after contacting the Merchant, the Company may upon request for refund from the Third Party PaymentProviders' User directly refund to the account of the Third Party PaymentProviders' User the payments already made by the Third Party PaymentProviders' User but not yet settled with Merchant.

6.1.32. All information published and commercial activities by the Company must be in strict compliance with the current laws and regulations, and current requirements of the relevant government departments and administration of industry and commerce. The Company shall assume the corresponding liabilities arising therefrom.

6.1.33. The Company has the right to audit the Merchant's business in relation to the transactions involving the Company only, periodically. In case of any change of information or business of the Merchant, Merchant shall promptly notify ePayments. The Company shall be entitled to immediately terminate the Agreement in its absolute discretion without any liability to Merchant if the Company reasonably believes Merchant can no longer satisfy its obligations under the Agreement or comply with the applicable laws and regulations, and requirements of the relevant government departments and administration of industry and commerce because of the change. If Merchant fails to use the System for any Transaction for 90 consecutive days, the Company shall be entitled to terminate the System and this Agreement without any liability.

6.1.34. The Company shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement or to suspend, interrupt or terminate the System by giving 10 business day's written notice to the Merchant without incurring any liability to the Merchant or any other person the Company has the right to conduct operations according to Merchant's issued instructions, all disputes and legal liability resulting shall be borne by Merchant solely.

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