Stripe terminated your kava bar. Here is the recovery.

Stripe's September 2026 restricted-business update added kava, grouped with substances designed to mimic illegal drugs. Roughly 500 US kava bars are now on borrowed time. The recovery is a direct merchant account at an acquiring bank that openly serves the vertical, 24-72 hour placement, POS migration continuity across Square, Toast, and Clover, and chargeback ratio management for the tips and split-check patterns common in kava bar operations.