High Risk Countries for Cross Border Transactions​

For merchants with cross border exposure, additional assessment is to be conducted regarding their target customer market and destination countries. The list is a guide to countries which are very high risk, are generally unacceptable and, in most cases, Azupay’s position will be NOT to transact with customers that engage with these countries.​

Note:​

  • Not all countries on the list are completely prohibited but are on the DFAT & UNSC sanctions list or the FATF list for specific reasons.​
  • Sanctions for financing are generally targeting the enrichment of specific entities and the purpose of funds i.e., purchase of weapons hence manual assessment of the remitter is required.​
  • However, Azupay’s position is that it will not want to deal with the sanctioned countries from a reputation & risk to the business perspective.​
  • Most banks have an automated system which will flag transactions to these countries for manual review and may decline the transaction based on the purpose and full customer profile.​

🌏 High Risk Countries List

DFAT – UNSC Sanctions and Australian Autonomous SanctionsFATF - Jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)Albania
IranBarbados
LibyaBurkina Faso
SyriaCambodia
Former Federal Republic of YugoslaviaCayman Islands
MyanmarDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RussiaGibraltar
UkraineHaiti
ZimbabweJamaica
AfghanistanJordan
Central African RepublicMali
Democratic Republic of the CongoMorocco
Guinea-BissauMozambique
IraqPanama
LebanonPhilippines
MaliSenegal
SomaliaSouth Sudan
South SudanSyria
SudanTanzania
YemenTürkiye (Turkey)
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Yemen