Availability and restrictions
Where Zebec cards can be issued, and where they cannot be used.
Not every Zebec card program is available in every country. This page explains where cards can be issued and where card transactions are prohibited.
Issue location = the country where a user declares their home address and applies for a card. Use location = the country where the cardholder attempts to make a purchase.
Where cards can be issued
Silver programs
Silver cards are regional programs. Apple Pay / Google Pay verification tokens are sent by SMS, so a local phone number in the matching region is required.
Silver USD
For users physically in:
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Guam
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Silver GBP
For users physically in:
United Kingdom
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Silver EUR
For users physically in supported EU countries (all EU member states except Malta):
Austria
AT
Ireland
IE
Belgium
BE
Italy
IT
Bulgaria
BG
Latvia
LV
Croatia
HR
Lithuania
LT
Cyprus
CY
Luxembourg
LU
Czech Republic
CZ
Netherlands
NL
Denmark
DK
Poland
PL
Estonia
EE
Portugal
PT
Finland
FI
Romania
RO
France
FR
Slovakia
SK
Germany
DE
Slovenia
SI
Greece
GR
Spain
ES
Hungary
HU
Sweden
SE
Carbon programs
Carbon cards come in both regional and international programs.
Carbon USD Regional — for US/Canada residents; verification tokens sent by SMS.
Carbon USD International — for approved countries outside the US/Canada; verification tokens sent by email.
Carbon — supported countries
Algeria
DZ
Lithuania
LT
American Samoa
AS
Luxembourg
LU
Angola
AO
Malawi
MW
Argentina
AR
Malaysia
MY
Australia
AU
Malta
MT
Austria
AT
Mexico
MX
Belgium
BE
Morocco
MA
Bolivia
BO
Mozambique
MZ
Brazil
BR
Nepal
NP
Cameroon
CM
Netherlands
NL
Canada
CA
Nigeria
NG
Chile
CL
Northern Mariana Islands
MP
Costa Rica
CR
Norway
NO
Cyprus
CY
Oman
OM
Czech Republic
CZ
Pakistan
PK
Denmark
DK
Papua New Guinea
PG
Ecuador
EC
Paraguay
PY
Egypt
EG
Peru
PE
El Salvador
SV
Philippines
PH
Estonia
EE
Poland
PL
Finland
FI
Portugal
PT
France
FR
Puerto Rico
PR
Georgia
GE
Qatar
QA
Germany
DE
Romania
RO
Ghana
GH
Saudi Arabia
SA
Greece
GR
Singapore
SG
Guam
GU
Slovakia
SK
Guatemala
GT
Slovenia
SI
Honduras
HN
Spain
ES
Hungary
HU
Sweden
SE
Iceland
IS
Taiwan
TW
Ireland
IE
Trinidad and Tobago
TT
Italy
IT
Turkey
TR
Jamaica
JM
U.S. Virgin Islands
VI
Japan
JP
United Kingdom
GB
Jordan
JO
United States
US
Kenya
KE
Uruguay
UY
Korea, Republic of
KR
Vanuatu
VU
Kuwait
KW
Zambia
ZM
Examples by user location
United States
Carbon USD, Silver USD
United Kingdom
Carbon USD International, Silver GBP
Greece
Carbon USD International, Silver EUR
Uruguay
Carbon USD International
Kenya
Carbon USD International
Where cards cannot be used
For compliance reasons, Zebec cards cannot be used in the following countries. This list is updated regularly.
Afghanistan
Belarus
Central African Republic
China
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Cuba
Eritrea
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Korea, People's Republic of
Lebanon
Libya
Mali
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Russian Federation
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Venezuela
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Zebec and its card partners check device origin IP, declared address, and other signals to enforce these restrictions.
Need help?
If your country is not listed or you are unsure which program applies, contact support@zebec.io.
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