# Zelle (زيل)

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

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Early Warning Services](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/early-warning-services.md)
- Categories: Payment Services, Digital Wallets, Money Transfer
- Official site: https://www.zellepay.com
- Community votes: 6
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/zelle

## About

Peer-to-peer digital payment network for instant bank-to-bank money transfers

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria. A February 2026 investigation found this is a structural limitation rather than a simple geo-block: the service is a US bank-to-bank network embedded in US banking apps that does not operate internationally, so supporting Syria would require a full product expansion beyond its current scope. No outreach to the company has been made.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-15 — Investigated. This is a complicated issue. Zelle is a US bank-to-bank payment network embedded within US banking apps. It requires participating US banks to facilitate transfers and does not operate internationally. Zelle is fundamentally tied to the US banking system. Supporting Syria would require a complete product expansion beyond Zelle's current scope.

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