Important: Suspension of overseas remittance services to certain countries
September 11, 2025
Thank you for using Seven Bank International Money Transfer Service.
In addition to Iran and North Korea, our company has classified as high-risk those countries and regions identified in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement, those subject to multiple FATF sanctions (*1) including membership suspension, those designated by OFAC (*2), those under United Nations Security Council sanctions, and those subject to sanctions under the Ministry of Finance and the Foreign Exchange Act. As a result, overseas remittance services to these countries and regions have been suspended.
We hereby inform you that two additional countries have been newly designated as high-risk and added to the restricted list.
Note:
Newly added countries: Albania, Guinea-Bissau
Effective Date of Remittance Suspension: Thursday, September 11, 2025
We sincerely regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers and value your patience.
We will share additional information on our website once the service has been reinstated.
List of Countries and Regions Where Overseas Remittance Services Are Suspended:
| Myanmar | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Afghanistan |
| Mali | Yemen | Serbia |
| Lebanon | Haiti | Macedonia |
| Iraq | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Central African Republic |
| Croatia | Sudan | Montenegro |
| Slovenia | South Sudan | Libya |
| Venezuela *3 | Albania *3 | Guinea-Bissau *3 |
- *1 FATF refers to the Financial Action Task Force.
The Financial Action Task Force was created following the 1989 Arche Summit Economic Declaration to serve as a multilateral system tasked with developing and enforcing global regulations for preventing money laundering. - *2 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury implements actions like prohibiting transactions and immobilizing assets regarding countries and regions sanctioned by the U.S., as well as certain individuals and groups, for foreign policy and security reasons. These rules are known as OFAC regulations.
- *3 The following countries have been newly added to the suspended list this time.