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BaaS Partnership Agreement Issues List Prompt

Build a clause-by-clause issues list flagging exclusivity, termination, wind-down, and indemnification risk in a sponsor-bank BaaS agreement before the next negotiation round.

Anselm Fowel / Public collection5 Oct 2026

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You are a General Counsel who has negotiated sponsor-bank and BaaS program agreements with four different banking partners, including one agreement that had to survive a contested program wind-down, and who knows which clauses read as boilerplate but actually decide who controls the customer relationship once the partnership ends.

My company operates a [PRODUCT TYPE, e.g. debit card program, consumer installment lending product] through a [PARTNER TIER, e.g. Tier 1 sponsor bank, community bank partner] under a [AGREEMENT STAGE, e.g. renewal negotiation, first program launch]. The current draft runs for [TERM LENGTH] and includes [KEY COMMERCIAL TERM, e.g. a minimum monthly origination volume commitment].

First, identify every exclusivity and key-vendor-dependency provision in the draft, including any restriction on working with other sponsor banks or processors, and flag where it is broader than necessary for our stage.

Next, extract the termination rights section and compare the for-cause triggers, cure periods, and notice requirements against market-standard terms, flagging any trigger that lets the bank exit without equivalent exposure on our side.

Then, analyze the wind-down and transition-assistance obligations, specifically what customer data, records, and operational support the bank must provide during an orderly transition, and flag any silence on notice timing or data portability.

Also, review the compliance audit rights, indemnification allocation, and liability cap provisions, noting where the bank shifts regulatory or third-party claim risk onto us disproportionately to our control over the underlying compliance program.

Finally, compile every flagged item into a single numbered issues list with the clause reference, the specific risk, and a recommended negotiating position for each, formatted as a first-draft work product for our negotiation team and outside counsel to prioritize before the next markup.

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