# HSBC (إتش إس بي سي)

> HSBC is available in Syria with limited functionality, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: limited
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [HSBC Holdings](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/hsbc.md)
- Categories: Banking, Investment, Money Transfer
- Official site: https://www.hsbc.com
- Community votes: 11
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/hsbc

## About

Global banking and financial services corporation headquartered in London

## Activity summary

HSBC is limited in Syria. Its website loads normally on Syrian networks without a VPN, but community testing in July 2026 reported that Syria is not among the countries the bank serves, so the site can be browsed while the banking services cannot be used. A volunteer emailed HSBC in February 2026, with no reply so far.

## Community reports

- 2026-07-27 — Verified. Community testing from Syria confirmed that HSBC's website at hsbc.com loads normally on all Syrian networks without a VPN, with no block page or geographic restriction. The tester reported, however, that Syria is not among the countries listed in the bank's service coverage, so the site can be browsed but HSBC's banking services cannot be used from Syria. Status updated from unknown to limited. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/vaf9cwj86x1r4oykgm2xhwsa/jai0epuvk8f6wzv0qwnxdxqw-screenshot-2026-07-27-231025.png)
- 2026-02-21 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to HSBC at sustainability@hsbc.com requesting that service access be restored for users in Syria. The email referenced the December 2025 OFAC sanctions lift, included links to official U.S. Treasury documentation and supporting resources from unblocksyria.com, and noted that several other companies have already enabled access for Syrian users.

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