Shell x lease agreement for accounts

[a112114]

Hello

So, recently met a problem that EU e-com acquirer requires an office.

And I‌ can't understand:

1) Does the office has to be in the country where the company‍ is registered or office can be in another EU country?
2) How can it impact⁠ if I will have a physical office in the same building where 1100+ companies registered?⁤ (I guess the answer, but I want to make sure)
3) Can we have a⁣ utility bill (water, electricity and etc.) under our company name if we will rent an⁢ office?
4) In addition, we've been asked to change office address in the Company house,︀ but can we do it if we will sub rent office?

Thanks everyone for the︁ answers.

 

[Sols]

While it is part of Visa and Mastercard regulations, not all acquirers enforce this and‌ enforcement is varied.

If you have an acquirer that requires an office in EU/EEA, something‍ like Regus might not be good enough.

Whether you can have utilities in the name⁠ of the company depends on the terms of the lease. Regus and other serviced offices⁤ often do not facilitate this.