Restricted Countries and International Payment Types

Restricted Countries

Rho does not support transactions to and from the following restricted countries:

Code Value	Definition	Category
AF	Afghanistan	Restricted
BY	Belarus	Restricted
BI	Burundi	Restricted
CM	Cameroon	Restricted
CF	Central African Republic	Restricted
TD	Chad	Restricted
CG	Congo	Restricted
CD	Congo, The Democratic Republic of	Restricted
CU	Cuba	Restricted
ER	Eritrea	Restricted
ET	Ethiopia	Restricted
IR	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Restricted
IQ	Iraq	Restricted
KP	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	Restricted
XK	Kosovo (temporary code)	Restricted
LB	Lebanon	Restricted
LY	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Restricted
ML	Mali	Restricted
MM	Myanmar	Restricted
RU	Russia Federation	Restricted
SO	Somalia	Restricted
SS	South Sudan	Restricted
SD	Sudan	Restricted
SY	Syrian Arab Republic	Restricted
VE	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic	Restricted
UA	Ukraine	Restricted
YE	Yemen	Restricted
ZW	Zimbabwe	Restricted
AS	American Samoa	Unsupported
BZ	Belize	Unsupported
BQ	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	Unsupported
BV	Bouvet Island	Unsupported
KM	Comoros	Unsupported
CW	Curaçao	Unsupported
DJ	Djibouti	Unsupported
GQ	Equatorial Guinea	Unsupported
TF	French Southern Territories	Unsupported
GU	Guam	Unsupported
JO	Jordan	Unsupported
MG	Madagascar	Unsupported
NG	Nigeria	Unsupported
PS	Palestinian Territory, Occupied	Unsupported
PK	Pakistan	Unsupported
BL	Saint Barthélemy	Unsupported
MF	Saint Martin	Unsupported
SZ	Swaziland	Unsupported
TM	Turkmenistan	Unsupported
BR	Brazil	Payments in USD are not supported. However, payments to individuals and businesses in Brazilian Real are supported.
MD	Moldova	Payments in USD are not supported. You can still send payments in EUR and GBP currency.
CO	Colombia	Payments to businesses in Colombia are currently not supported.
BD	Bangladesh	Payments to businesses in BDT currency are currently not supported. You can still send payments in EUR and GBP currency

Industry Restrictions for International Payments

Currently, entities holding an account at Rho that fall under the following industries are not permitted to send international payments:

Weapons / military-grade security
Pawnbrokers
Political organizations
Precious metals and stones
Adult entertainment
Drug paraphernalia
CBD and related products
Carbon credits
Cryptocurrencies
Gambling
Ponzi / pyramid schemes
Firms involved in the servicing of illegal goods/services including but not limited to: counterfeit goods/trademark infringement, human trafficking, child labor, prostitution.

Additionally, please keep in mind that international payments sent to recipients in these industries may be rejected or subject to additional compliance screenings.