# Bankers Almanac (بانكرز ألماناك)

> Bankers Almanac is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [LexisNexis Risk Solutions](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/lexisnexis-risk-solutions.md)
- Categories: Business Software, API Services
- Official site: https://www.bankersalmanac.com
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bankers-almanac

## About

Global banking reference data platform providing KYC, compliance, due diligence, and payment routing information for financial institutions worldwide.

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. Community testing in April 2026 confirmed the block, with the site returning an "Access denied" page from its hosting provider when reached from Syrian connections, indicating server-side geo-blocking. The block has been verified, but no outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-04-14 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Bankers Almanac is blocked in Syria. Accessing bankersalmanac.com (hosted on LexisNexis Risk Solutions infrastructure at risnexisrisk.com) returns an "Error: Access denied" block page stating the request has been blocked to protect the service. The block page displays the user's IP address and a request ID, indicating server-side geo-blocking. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/h4s5dpbuqyvhr0krgxzf2g5j/ywjuu20isevgvy7sqvekvntb-img-20260414-164227.jpeg)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bankers-almanac?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/bankers-almanac/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/bankers-almanac
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/bankers-almanac.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/bankers-almanac.md