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Checkout behaviour
US and EU sanctions — including OFAC's Syria sanctions programme and EU Council Regulation 36/2012 — bar international payment networks and processors from operating in Syria, effectively excluding Visa, Mastercard, and SWIFT-connected banking from the market.
SamaPay is the primary domestic electronic payment platform, linking banks, merchants, and billing authorities for bill payments and retail transactions.
Facts
- ISO 3166
- SY · SYR · 760
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Population
- ~21M
- Currency
- SYP £S
- Methods live
- 1
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