Xoala is committed to keeping customer funds safe. Xoala is regulated and licensed in jurisdictions where it needs licences to operate. Xoala's services are provided in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. How Xoala protects its customer funds depends on the regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions where the relevant Xoala entity is licensed to operate.
Sweden
In Sweden, Xoala's operating company, Steven AB holds an Electronic Money Institution licence issued and regulated by the Finansinspektionen. As an e-money institution, Steven AB has implemented customer funds safeguarding procedures and measures that comply with rules set by Finansinspektionen under the Swedish Electronic Money Act.
As part of our EMI licence, we are required to ensure that customer funds are kept in designated safeguarding bank accounts and separated from Steven AB's own funds that it uses for its business operations. Customer funds are protected from the moment Steven AB receives the funds, until the moment our customers make a payout or request a redemption (withdrawal) from their account with Steven AB (“Wallet”). This means our customers' Wallet is fully backed by money that we hold in the Safeguarding Accounts, therefore, in the unlikely event of Steven AB ceasing business operations or going into insolvency, liquidation or bankruptcy, our customers' funds are unaffected and will be returned.