Prohibited Countries

Use of your card in the following countries for any transaction whatsoever is prohibited:

  • Albania (AL)
  • Belarus (BY)
  • Bosnia Herzegovina (BA)
  • Cuba (CU)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD)
  • Eritrea (ER)
  • Iran (IR)
  • Iraq (IQ)
  • Kosovo (RKS/QZ)
  • Lebanon (LB)
  • Libya (LY)
  • Macedonia (MK)
  • Montenegro (ME)
  • North Korea aka Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (KP)
  • Russia (RU)
  • Serbia (RS)
  • Somalia (SO)
  • South Sudan (SS)
  • Sudan (SD)
  • Syria aka Syrian Arab Republic (SY)
  • Tunisia (TN)
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  • Turkey (TR)
  • Ukraine (UA)
  • Venezuela (VE)
  • Yemen (YE)
  • Zimbabwe (ZW)



Countries in bold are recently added.
Date: October 1, 2018

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