{"article":{"id":28771710754580,"url":"https://mercurytech.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/28771710754580.json","html_url":"https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28771710754580-Prohibited-countries","author_id":25915227402644,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":4,"vote_sum":298,"vote_count":652,"upvote_count":475,"downvote_count":177,"section_id":43481195815188,"created_at":"2024-07-24T17:08:33Z","updated_at":"2026-11-10T21:40:26Z","name":"Prohibited countries","title":"Prohibited countries","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-10-06T20:31:00Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":28735188787092,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":["business","hubble"],"body":"<p class=\"styles__body-default_BZuS2 styles__grey-dark_jESwG styles__normal_pZdxx styles__helpCenterP_I5JOB\" style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #363644; font-family: ' Arcadia Text' , system-ui, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 16px 0px 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: initial; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\">In addition to meeting our <a href=\"https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28770467511060-Eligibility-and-requirements-for-opening-a-Mercury-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eligibility requirements</a>, we support U.S. companies founded by people across the globe as well as founders and venture capital firms. </p><p>However, we're unable to open accounts for founders who live in – or businesses that operate or do business in – any of the countries and regions listed below. This is based on your country of residence, not your citizenship or nationality.</p><p>If you're a citizen of one of the countries below but currently reside elsewhere, your application may still be eligible, pending application review.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KN797CX2K8G9PYPPXS87E47F\">Sanctioned countries and regions</h2><ul>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e4f6e41f0a21d88a971f5b2bc83d4bec0\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Cuba (Republic of Cuba)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e8a4e02169315839662156bb2728c6b93\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e88ea837170a993f2a759bca72211db25\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">North Korea (DPRK - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e2b0361a278845914acef4c9939485081\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, including Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia</span></li>\n</ul><h2 id=\"h_01KN797CX4XR4VKHYK8FF3C1M2\">Prohibited countries</h2><ul>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ecfd92c27f0a249f1743616791b19bb0e\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Afghanistan</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"efb08711ddd4880bf6d6882218ff15450\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Albania</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e96c395b89710512a1e0ec46000a19f87\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Angola</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e88400a0f7dfa61a05fb965031d6bcb2a\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Bangladesh</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"eecae4efcb95d6825af22e72ffc5d766b\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Belarus (Republic of Belarus)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ea3cede760eb4c36b2fc029d48644d193\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Bhutan</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e19259b03d9b59c19df6ee547c9186636\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e219bb49eb9134463cd08971321d546e5\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Burkina Faso</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ecc03cb8fd2f05e21e951877ddbd75cfc\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Burundi</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e6abd7adee6ded2149a2daf3e739c1e46\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Cambodia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ed5bf55932b5a58e79b70e19122979fa1\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Cameroon</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ed90b45610ad1b87bd88d73970b2c8ab9\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Central African Republic</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e9d6864b3f5b7974c68c4edfa013c8357\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e78578193d8fe6fc5c68c556c78efea8a\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Congo (the)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e8a1573cf99a5e84f3b2fd59b9fa4ea43\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Croatia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e481a329d488349632f281de2652a8b20\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Eritrea</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e54a4db3032064177396944cb9059004f\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Gambia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e33e3d57c1fea92eb23aea31cff8374c1\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Haiti</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e5d0d9d0e8f91a82b59e246d6b6cc84a2\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Indonesia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e3bf162c80801b47383aabc9fd78265b4\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Iraq</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e4e3476b7bcbc8375261ce112cfacb6de\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Kyrgyzstan</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e1f8633a9b10370c9a77727859665bd80\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Latvia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e487c3fd879d07e2de4bcbba4324d1c8c\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Lebanon</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e8018b7e98f6664f91ce309950559934f\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Lesotho</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ece70c118938d11424f989ba2de09836d\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Liberia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e8b780feeb2b43e723716ae14a151500e\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Libya</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e3a998f0e7fdc1e736db10c61b66b191d\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Maldives</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e0e3e40b7b853780ef487fbdffcfc9ccf\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Mali</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e24f0ca000afe4b51671d7e5d9b860c07\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Mozambique</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ea80fa422b6e9a57d1e47e76e43923e56\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Myanmar (Burma)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e8f4a66479ce1d411539e5424704991f2\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Nepal</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e21e69c8d49d9db34ff8cc15ff571b702\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Nicaragua</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ebb086d0a947990bd90899c52b50c9b86\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Nigeria</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e9114939e37be392ddd0f0a3563efd3ab\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Pakistan</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e1f6f849f838ff583f6b1dc43cfac1061\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Palestine (State of)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ef24c54fab1bb168d3e9bbfe900960d99\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Philippines</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e40830506d0cdd638ec5a4ad5bd85911f\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Russia (Russian Federation)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e964386a2b3f2fd550e258e7f37111dfb\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Somalia</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e5c323a50f27573bd86950238690d3230\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">South Sudan</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e97938a0fb14452619e0428a18221a6d1\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Sudan (the)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ea9cbe782a525325f994f0563601862cd\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"ed1bd081fdebb28daf5bbe6916023e4d2\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Ukraine</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e1d882b9859ba01076076d433d0257ac9\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Uzbekistan</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e4acbd84fac2f0bffb1e2f121bb2a6b49\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Vanuatu</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e31db3cd79201262230ca190a8d308287\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e6d0a9e02eb03b387b3fec276ff4ad1b3\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Vietnam</span></li>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-color\" style=\"--wysiwyg-list-marker-color: #363644;\" data-list-item-id=\"e37cbf9fb9548134f31ec5d165f61ef56\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Yemen</span></li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eb322306715576ce606d54374c3f77823\">\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #363644;\">Zimbabwe</span><br> </li>\n</ul><p class=\"styles__body-default_BZuS2 styles__grey-dark_jESwG styles__normal_pZdxx styles__helpCenterP_I5JOB\" style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #363644; font-family: ' Arcadia Text' , system-ui, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 16px 0px 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: initial; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;\">If you are domiciled outside of one of these countries, please <a href=\"https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28771710754580-Prohibited-countries#contact-footer\">reach out to our Support team</a> for assistance in opening your account.</p>","user_segment_ids":[]}}