# VeraBank (فيرا بنك)

> VeraBank is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-09-05.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [VeraBank](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/verabank.md)
- Categories: Banking
- Official site: https://www.verabank.com
- Community votes: 2
- Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/verabank

## About

Texas community bank whose online banking rejects login attempts made from Syria.

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria: online-banking logins from Syrian addresses are blocked. Asked to review it, VeraBank answered in August 2026 that the block is a decision made by its online banking vendor and not by the bank, without naming the vendor.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-31 — Company Responded. VeraBank answered that the block is a decision made by its online banking vendor and not a decision of the bank, without naming the vendor or offering to raise it with them.
- 2026-08-31 — Follow-up Sent. The volunteer clarified that no account information was being requested and asked for the question to be routed to compliance, legal, sanctions, risk or information security as a policy matter.
- 2026-08-31 — Company Responded. VeraBank replied that because the message arrived through its general contact form it could not share account-specific information, and directed the request to secure online banking or the phone line. It did not address the policy question.
- 2026-08-29 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer asked VeraBank to review its published block on online-banking logins from Syria, and to say whether a current legal requirement mandates it or whether it is an internal geographic risk control dating from the former sanctions framework.

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