# Xoom (زوم)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [PayPal](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/paypal.md)
- Categories: Money Transfer, Payment Services
- Official site: https://www.xoom.com
- Community votes: 20
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/xoom

## About

International money transfer service for sending remittances to over 130 countries

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A February 2026 investigation noted that Xoom, owned by PayPal, cannot deliver funds without disbursement infrastructure in Syria, so unblocking depends on PayPal establishing financial channels. The team sent a follow-up to PayPal in March 2026, naming Xoom as a blocked product, but no response has been received.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Follow-up Sent. Official follow-up email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to executiveoffice@paypal.com. Xoom was explicitly named alongside PayPal as a blocked PayPal-owned product. The email requested a single corporate-level compliance review.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-15 — Investigated. This is a complicated issue. Xoom (owned by PayPal) is a remittance service that requires local banking partnerships or cash pickup networks in the destination country. Without disbursement infrastructure in Syria — either bank deposits, mobile wallets, or agent locations — Xoom cannot deliver funds. Unblocking depends on PayPal establishing financial channels into Syria.

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