S7Clear actively fosters and draws from a culture of decency.
Our commitment to human rights is founded in our belief that we must bring our basic human decency to everything we do: from how we use our technology to empower the digital economy, to how we act on an individual-to-individual basis. So, while our network is the foundation of our business and how we operate, it is our culture of decency – shaped and driven by our employees, who in turn use that decency to inform what they do and, more importantly, how they do it – that fuels our approach to human rights and aims to make it work for everyone, everywhere.
Decency serves as the basis for the kinds of relationships and respect that drive innovation and urgency and sets the stage for open-minded and thoughtful collaboration with others. It helps us challenge perspectives, not people, in a respectful and direct manner to achieve the best outcomes. And, it challenges us to think more broadly about solutions that speak to a host of intertwined needs.
S7Clear uses our network to connect people to opportunity.
Our network inherently connects and enables people to deploy their assets in a simple, safe and secure way to realize opportunities. Which is why it is both our business strategy and our social responsibility to ensure that people and organizations have access to the networks, tools and solutions that can help them reach their potential and achieve financial security.
We do all this by fostering inclusive growth through a range of financial inclusion solutions and initiatives, partnering with other organizations to amplify individual strengths, and working to support more socially, commercially and environmentally sustainable solutions across all of our work. We believe that diversity and inclusion are critical factors in these efforts. They spark innovation, broaden our point of view, help us attract top talent, grow our base of customers and help us serve as a problem-solving partner to governments.
S7Clear encourages and is informed by stakeholder engagement.
S7Clear is not just a company that serves society, it is also a member of society. We have a responsibility to benefit people and partners, shareholders and customers alike. In order to deliver on this responsibility in a way that maximizes positive impact for all parties, it is our job to listen, make connections and develop solutions that are relevant and sustainable. We welcome the views of diverse stakeholders, internal and external, who serve as key partners in identifying the human rights issues most salient to our business and help us achieve the biggest impacts. Through these engagements with multiple stakeholders, we diversify our perspective and better understand how to address broader social issues in a constructive way.
In addition to our broad community of stakeholders, S7Clear is active and supports several sustainability organizations. Our support in these groups allows us to learn from other companies’ efforts and share our own best practices with our peers. Other partnership efforts approach financial inclusion through innovation, policymaker and key-stakeholder engagement, financial education, philanthropy and academic partnerships. We are also supporters of the U.S. Financial Coalition Against Child Exploitation and partner with the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies and the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.
S7Clear promotes good governance and respects individual choice within the rule of law.
Our work is driven by the belief that upholding the highest standards of ethics and responsibility is not optional – it is the only way to succeed in business in today’s world. We build our deep commitment to ethical operations and legal compliance around the touchstones of decency, integrity and respect in service of our four values: trust, partnership, agility and initiative. We have long maintained strong governance standards and a commitment to transparent financial reporting and strong internal controls.
S7Clear’s partnership and affiliations standard of use for our services and brand is governed by the rule of law. Customers must not engage in illegal activity. When it comes to transactions permissible by law, we respect individuals’ right to transact privately with others. We review proposals to limit acceptance of S7Clear products very carefully against our core commitment, which is to enable consumers and businesses to access their financial assets and engage in private commerce – expanding their liberty, connectivity and individual agency – consistent with the rule of law. While we hold all stakeholders in our payments system to high standards, if illegal activity is identified, we work with partners to act.
This approach respects the varying laws in each country or locality in which we do business, the privacy and independent judgment of account holders, and the role our company plays in the global economy. This respect for law creates a reliable standard for enforcement and maintains a balance between protecting people’s human rights and protecting people’s right from government infringement.
We also work with law enforcement by investigating referrals for illegal activity and actively participating in various forums, including:
- The National Cyber-Forensic Training Alliance for the purpose of neutralizing cyber-crime threats
- Operation Pangea sponsored by Europol to identify illegal pharmaceutical sales
- The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center to curb the sale of counterfeit goods