Company: WLTH
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001628280-25-043113
Chunk: 68

Company: WEALTHFRONT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form: S-1
Chunk 68
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 service-provider to our program banks, we are subject to audit standards for third-party vendors in accordance with bank regulatory guidance and examinations by federal bank regulatory authorities and the CFPB. In addition, we offer, in conjunction with our program banks, a referral reward program that allows eligible clients to receive promotional benefits, including a 0.50% annual percentage yield increase from program banks on their Cash Account, for referring new clients to our platform. Referral programs in the financial services industry, particularly those involving cash or yield incentives, are subject to oversight by regulatory authorities, including the SEC, FINRA, CFPB, and state banking regulators. Regulators may view such programs as potentially misleading or improperly structured if they disproportionately benefit certain clients or advertise benefits without appropriate risk disclosures. Any failure by us to comply with these regulatory requirements may result in regulatory inquiries, investigations, fines, or other proceedings or actions, which may have a negative effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Client or third-party use of our cash management services for illegal activities or improper purposes could harm our business.

The highly automated nature of, and liquidity offered by, our cash management services make us and our clients a target for illegal or improper uses, including scams and fraud directed at our Cash Account, Wealthfront-branded debit card, and portfolio line of credit clients, money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, illegal online gambling, fraudulent sales of goods or services, illegal telemarketing activities, illegal sales of prescription medications or controlled substances, piracy of software, movies, music, and other copyrighted or trademarked goods (in particular, digital goods), bank fraud, child pornography, human trafficking, prohibited sales of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products, securities fraud, pyramid or Ponzi schemes, or the facilitation of other illegal or improper activity. Moreover, certain activity that is legal in one jurisdiction might be illegal in another jurisdiction, and a client might be found responsible for intentionally or inadvertently importing or exporting illegal goods, resulting in liability for us. While we invest in measures intended to prevent and detect illegal activities with respect to our cash management services, these measures require continuous improvement and might not be effective in detecting and preventing illegal activity or improper uses.

Any illegal or improper uses of our cash management services by our clients might subject us to claims, individual and class action lawsuits, and government and regulatory requests, inquiries, or investigations that could result in liability, restrict our operations, require us to change our business practices, harm our reputation, increase our costs, and negatively impact