# Plaid (بلايد)

> Plaid is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Plaid](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/plaid.md)
- Categories: API Services, B2B Payment Processing, Identity & Authentication
- Official site: https://plaid.com
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/plaid

## About

Financial data API connecting apps to users' bank accounts securely

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026. The main website and documentation load and are fully browsable from Syrian connections, but Syria does not appear in the country dropdown when creating a developer account, so API access and account registration are blocked. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-03 — Investigated. Community testing from Syria revealed that Plaid's main website (plaid.com) loads and is fully browsable from a Syrian IP on the Syriatel mobile network. However, when attempting to create a developer account at dashboard.plaid.com, Syria does not appear in the country dropdown — typing "sy" returns "No options." This means the marketing site and documentation are accessible, but developer API access and account registration are restricted for users in Syria. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ypru117cjz6d0c5jpvarc8wa/h866uwgt2m81mmw1hh0kzp8t-1000069682.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ka09lo9uchjd48ajaivjt0ic/kns1o9n3fwnq6vx240i8pr40-1000069686.jpg, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/he0jb0hodwv3d7vmky58ud87/u7fmcslj1d9zhz04pq2lnx45-1000069685.jpg)

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