# Halocard (هالو كارد)

> Halocard is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-09-05.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [Halocard](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/halocard.md)
- Categories: Payment Services
- Official site: https://halocard.co
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/halocard

## About

Virtual card service issuing single-use and merchant-locked cards for personal and business accounts.

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria: cards cannot be issued to residents personally or through a company. Halocard's founder says the restriction comes from its issuing bank, and at the team's request took the question to that bank in September 2026. The bank kept its position and gave no reasoning.

## Community reports

- 2026-09-01 — Escalated. Asked to put the question to the issuing bank directly, Halocard's founder did so. The bank kept its position that Syria is not supported and gave no further reasoning; he suspected the card network's own risk policy but would not assert it without confirmation.
- 2026-08-28 — Company Responded. Halocard's founder replied that Syria is still listed as a restricted country by its issuing bank, so the card cannot be offered to residents personally or through a company entity, and that this is not something Halocard controls.
- 2026-08-28 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer asked Halocard to review the Syria entry on its business accounts guidance, which attributes the restriction to card issuer and banking partners, and to say whether an issuer, a card network or a regulator currently requires it.

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