# List of Restricted Countries

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At Sorbet, we’re continuously expanding our services to include more countries. While in open beta, we recommend checking the eligibility of your country before attempting to receive payments.
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## Payments in USDC

**Available Globally.**

Sorbet’s USDC payment feature is available worldwide. You can send invoices and have your clients pay you directly in USDC, no matter where either of you is located. 

## Multi-Currency Accounts

Sorbet offers multi-currency accounts that allow users to send and receive funds in multiple currencies.\
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To get started, users go through a verification process to open their virtual account. Once approved, they can transact globally through our compliant payment infrastructure partner.\
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We support onboarding for businesses and individuals across the majority of countries globally. 

Their compliance approach meets international KYC/AML requirements and adheres to applicable sanctions frameworks, including those governed by OFAC, the EU, UN, UK, and MAS. 

Eligibility may vary based on jurisdictional risk, regulatory requirements, and underlying network policies.

### Prohibited countries

We are unable to onboard entities or individuals that are domiciled in, operate from, or primarily owned by persons in the following jurisdictions:

* Belarus
* Central African Republic
* Cuba
* China
* DR Congo
* Eritrea
* Iran
* Guinea-Bissau
* Iraq
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Mali
* North Korea
* Russian Federation
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Syria
* Territories of Ukraine that are in dispute/ occupied by the Russian Federation, including Donbas, Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea, and other parts of Eastern Ukraine.
* Venezuela
* Yemen
* Zimbabwe

### Industry specific restrictions

Regardless of location, we can't support entities involved in the following industries or activities:

* Arms, defense, military
* Atomic power
* Correspondent banks
* Counterfeit goods production, trading, or distribution
* CSAM
* Human trafficking
* Illicit drug production, trading, or distribution
* Proliferation financing
* Pyramid or Ponzi schemes
* Shell companies
* Unlicensed banks
* Unlicensed gambling or betting services
* Unlicensed pharmaceuticals
* Unlicensed/unregulated remittance agents
* Wildlife trafficking
* z.Any other illicit or criminal activity
* z.Any other unlicensed companies