Terms of Use
Last updated and effective: February 22, 2024
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING SBS
FUNDING GROUP LLC’S WEBSITE, OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO
BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE
TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THIS WEBSITE.
This Terms of Use agreement (“Agreement”) is between you and SBS Funding Group LLC
(“SBS Funding Group,” “our,” “us,” or “we”) and applies to the website located
at www.sbsfg.com (the “Site”), and governs your access to and use of the Site, including any
content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Site (collectively, “Services”). The
Site is owned, controlled, and operated by SBS Funding Group. The Site is intended for
individuals over the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of 18 years old, please do not
access the Site.
By accessing, browsing, or using the Site, you acknowledge that you understand, accept, and
agree to, and are bound by this Agreement and our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into
this Agreement by reference. You agree to the fullest extent required by the applicable laws of
any state, that you have provided, have received, and agree to all disclosure and consent
requirements. Your use of, or participation in, certain Services may be subject to additional
terms; by agreeing to proceed with any such Services you acknowledge that you have read,
understand, and agree to be bound by any additional terms displayed or referenced that apply to
the Services.
SBS Funding Group is a California limited liability company (LLC) with its corporate
headquarters located at 100 N Barranca Ave West Covina CA 91791
This Agreement is subject to change by SBS Funding Group in its sole discretion at any time
without notice. Such revisions become effective immediately upon posting on this Site. The most
current version of this Agreement will be available to you by clicking the link at the bottom of
the Site. Your continued use of this Site and/or Services constitutes your acceptance and
agreement of such revisions. Compliance with this Agreement grants you a personal, non-
exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
1. Defined Terms
For purposes of this Agreement, “you” or “your” means the person(s) using this Site and/or
Services, and any person(s) for whom such person(s) are acting as an agent with respect to this
Site and/or Services.
Third parties include, but may not be limited to, lenders, service providers, and other entities
offering products and services through this Site.
2. Use of the Site and Services
As a user of the Site or a user registered to use any of the Services (a “Registered User”), you
agree to the following:
- a. Exclusive Use. Your account is to be used only by you and only for your business
needs. You may not authorize others to use your account on your behalf, and you may
not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You
acknowledge that SBS Funding Group is not responsible for third-party access to
your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your username(s) and
password(s).
- b. Information Submitted. You are solely responsible for and assume all liability
regarding: (i) the information and content you provide through your use of the Site
and any Services; (ii) the information and content you make available in any manner
through the Site or any Services; and (iii) your interaction with all third parties.
- c. Risk Assumption and Precautions. You assume risk when using the Site and
Services.
- d. No Guarantees. SBS Funding Group makes no guarantee as to any outcome using
the Site or Services.
- e. No False Information. You will provide accurate, true, current, and complete
information.
- f. Legal Purpose. You will only use the Site or Services in accordance with applicable
federal, state, and local laws.
- g. Business Purpose. You will only use the Site or Services for bona fide business
purposes. You will not use the Site or Services for personal, family or household
purposes. You will not use the Site or Services to obtain information about or make
decisions about anyone but yourself and/or your business.
- h. Age. By using or accessing the Site, you acknowledge you are at least 18 years of
age.
- i. Errors and Delays. We are not responsible for any errors or delays in responding to
a request or referral form caused by incorrect information provided by you or any
other technical problems beyond our reasonable control.
3. Intellectual Property
- a. Ownership of Proprietary Information. You hereby acknowledge and agree that
SBS Funding Group is the owner or licensee of all rights in and to the Site and
Services, including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, names, logos,
patents, videos, images, and designs. All trademarks, service marks, trade names,
trade dress, and related intellectual property rights in the Site and/or Services are
proprietary to SBS Funding Group or our licensors or licensees and these proprietary
rights are protected by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Site and its
entire contents, features, and functionality (including, but not limited to, all web
pages, user interfaces, information, design, software, source code, displays, graphics,
images, videos, audio recordings, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof),
are owned, controlled, or licensed by SBS Funding Group. You are permitted to use
the Site and Services only as expressly authorized by this Agreement. You may not
copy, display, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works, reverse engineer, or
reverse compile any of the Site or Services or technology.
- b. No Use of Proprietary Information. You will not duplicate, publish, copy, modify,
participate in the transfer of, create any derivative works from, post on the world wide
web, distribute, display, reproduce, or in any way distribute or exploit the Site, or any
portion of the Site, for any public or commercial use without the express written
consent of SBS Funding Group. You also agree that you will not (i) remove or alter
any trademark or other proprietary notice, or legend displayed on the Site (or printed
pages produced from the Site); and (ii) make any other modifications to any
documents obtained from the Site other than in connection with completing
information required to transact business with SBS Funding Group.
- c. License to Provided Content. By providing information or content to any account
or public area of the Site or Services, you automatically grant, and you represent and
warrant that you have the right to grant, to SBS Funding Group, an irrevocable,
perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, reproduce, publicly
perform, publicly display and distribute such information and content, and to prepare
derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content,
and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing. From time to time, we may
create, test, or implement new features or services on the Site in which you may
voluntarily choose to participate, in accordance with the additional terms and
conditions of such features or programs. By your voluntary participation in such
features or programs, you grant us the rights stated in this subsection in connection
with the additional terms and conditions (if any) of such features or services.
4. Prohibited Conduct and Activities
While it is not possible to define all prohibited or banned behaviors or activities, the following
conduct and activities are examples of prohibited or banned conduct and activities: (i) obscene,
crude, or violent posts; (ii) false or misleading content; (iii) violations of law; (iv) spamming or
scamming the service or other Registered User(s) (defined below); (v) hacking or tapering with
our Site or services; (vi) violating copyright laws; (vi) harassing other Registered User(s); (vii)
not causing an unreasonable or disproportionately large processing load on our Services or
systems; (viii) not introducing or transmitting any virus, worm, Trojan horse, or other material
that may harm or disrupt our Services or Site; (ix) unauthorized use of the Site or Services; (x)
misuse of passwords; (xi) misuses of any information or material posted on the Site; or (xii)
stalking other Registered User(s). Your use of the Services, including the Site, imposes on you an
obligation of appropriate use and conduct.
5. User Information
- a. Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated by reference into this
Agreement. For information about the collection and possible use of information and
material you voluntarily provide us, please visit our Privacy Policy. By using this Site
or Services, you are consenting to the terms of our Privacy Policy.
- b. Disclosure by Law. You acknowledge and agree that SBS Funding Group may
disclose information you provide if required to do so by law, or if we, in our sole
discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to: (i) comply with applicable law,
requests, or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such
disclosure is required by applicable law); or (ii) protect or defend SBS Funding
Group's rights or property.
- c. Use of Anonymous Information for Research. By using the Site and/or Services,
you agree to allow us to anonymously use the information you provide us and your
experiences through the Services to continue SBS Funding Group's research into
successful business practices and to improve the Services.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty
- a. No Warranties. THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. SBS FUNDING GROUP PROVIDES THE
SERVICES ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND GRANTS NO
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY,
OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR THE SITE
(INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SBS FUNDING GROUP,
ITS DIRECT OR INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES, NOR ANY OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, OR
LICENSORS DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL
BE SECURE UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE
SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. SBS FUNDING GROUP DISCLAIMS
LIABILITY FOR, AND NO WARRANTY IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO, THE
CONNECTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES. SBS FUNDING
GROUP, ITS EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, ALSO MAKE NO WARRANTY AS
TO THE TIMELINESS, SEQUENCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
COMPLETENESS, OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES, OR
PRODUCT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES.
- b. Computer Viruses. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SBS FUNDING GROUP BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING LOSS
ASSOCIATED WITH ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES WHICH MAY INFECT YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR
BODILY INJURY, WHETHER CAUSED BY ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE
SERVICES OR THE SITE.
- c. Third-Party Content. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information, or
content made available through the Site or Services, but not directly by SBS Funding
Group, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied
upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. SBS FUNDING GROUP
DOES NOT: (i) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR
USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES, OR
(ii) ADOPT, ENDORSE, OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY
OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY
ANY PARTY OTHER THAN SBS FUNDING GROUP. UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SBS FUNDING GROUP BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANYONE ́S RELIANCE ON
INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SITE OR SERVICES
OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USER(S).
- d. Beta Features. From time to time, we may offer new “beta” features or tools with
which SBS Funding Group’s Registered Users may experiment on the Site or
Services. Such features or tools are offered solely for experimental purposes and
without any warranty of any kind and may be modified or discontinued at SBS
Funding Group ́s sole and unlimited discretion. The provisions of this Disclaimer of
Warranty section apply with full force to such features or tools.
7. Limitation of Liability
- a. Incidental Damages and Aggregate Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL SBS
FUNDING GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR
CORRUPTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF SBS FUNDING
GROUP KNOWS OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SBS FUNDING GROUP ́S
AGGREGATE LIABILITY, IN ANY FORM OF ACTION WHATSOEVER IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR
SITE, EXCEED THE PRICE PAID BY YOU FOR YOUR ACCOUNT, OR, IF YOU
HAVE NOT PAID SBS FUNDING GROUP FOR THE USE OF ANY SERVICES,
THE AMOUNT OF $25.00 USD OR ITS EQUIVALENT.
- b. No Liability for Non-SBS Funding Group Actions. TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SBS
FUNDING GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER,
WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY,
CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE
USE OF THE SERVICES.
- c. Information Verification. SBS Funding Group and its contractors may use various
ways of verifying information that Registered User(s) have provided. However, none
of those ways are perfect, and you agree that SBS Funding Group and its contractors
will have no liability to you arising from any incorrectly verified information.
8. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SBS Funding Group (and all of its direct and
indirect subsidiaries), and each of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
successors, assigns, and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys ́ fees) relating to or arising out of (i) your use of or inability to use the Site
or Services, (ii) any user postings made by you, (iii) your violation of any terms of this
Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third-party, or (iv) your violation of any
applicable laws, rules, or regulations. SBS Funding Group reserves the right, at its own cost, to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by
you, in which event you will fully cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.
9. Suspension of Services
In the event your access to any of the Services is suspended due to a breach of this Agreement,
you agree that all fees then paid to SBS Funding Group by you will be nonrefundable and all
outstanding or pending payments will immediately be due.
SBS Funding Group communicates via text message Services that may include information
about any current or future applications, accounts, products, or services you have with or through
SBS Funding Group. There is no set frequency or maximum amount of text messages sent each
month; it varies. Standard messaging and data rates may apply, and you are solely responsible for
all such messaging and data rates.
We obtain specific data from you in connection with using SBS Funding Group’s text messaging
services, including your mobile phone number, your carrier’s name, date, time, and content of
your messages, or any other information you provide to SBS Funding Group as part of the
Services.
At its sole discretion, SBS Funding Group may terminate its text messaging service or your
participation in such services at any time with or without notice to you. SBS Funding Group is
not responsible for your carriers’ continuous or uninterrupted service or any secure text message
service. We are not liable for any delayed or undelivered text messages. It is your responsibility
to let us know if your mobile phone number is changed or deactivated.
10. Termination
Either you or SBS Funding Group may terminate your account at any time, for any reason or no
reason, without explanation, effective upon written notice to the other party. Without notice, for
any reason or no reason, we reserve the right to immediately suspend or terminate your access to
the Site and/or Services. We also reserve the right to remove your account information or data
and any other records at any time in our sole and unlimited discretion. In the event your access to
any of the Site and/or Services is suspended due to a breach of this Agreement, you agree that all
fees then paid to SBS Funding Group by you will be nonrefundable, and all outstanding or
pending payments will immediately be due. You are free to terminate your use of the Site and
this Agreement by ceasing all access to the Site.