Lists of supported and unsupported countries and industries for international transfers

• Subscription services;
• Clothing and accessories;
• Convenience stores;
• Cosmetics and personal care products;
• Home goods and furniture;
• Home Electronics;
• Auto parts and accessories;
• Automotive Dealers;
• Kids Game, Toy, and Hobby Shops;
• Lumber and Building Materials;
• Commercial Equipment and Supplies (Not Elsewhere Classified);
• Miscellaneous and Speciality Retail Stores;
• Wholesale trade of various product categories (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Pet supplies;
• Wholesale of grain, seeds, and animal feeds;
• Software (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Software as a service (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Books;
• Music or other media;
• Graphic Design and Animation;
• Restaurants and nightlife;
• Grocery stores;
• Caterers;
• Other food and dining;
• Consulting (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Translation services;
• Lead generation (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Direct marketing (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Utilities;
• Blogs and written content, essay writing;
• Telemarketing (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Marketing (reviewed on an individual basis);
• Printing and Publishing;
• Interior Design and Home Decor Services;
• Photography studious;
• Health and beauty spas;
• Salons and barbers;
• Landscaping services;
• Massage parlors;
• Counseling services;
• Health and wellness coaching;
• Laundry or cleaning services;
• Office and Commercial furniture;
• Pet grooming services;
• Other personal services;
• Carsharing;
• Taxis, ridesharing, and limos;
• Parking lots;
• Landscape engineering/construction works;
• General Contractors and Operative Builders;
• Architectural, Engineering, and Surveying Services;
• Window and Door Manufacturing;
• Packaging and Labeling Services;
• Property rentals;
• Hotels, inns, or motels;
• Car rentals;
• Travel agencies;
• Cruise lines;
• Airlines and air carriers;
• Child care services;
• Colleagues or universities;
• Vocational schools or trade schools;
• Elementary or secondary schools;
• Other educational services;
• Event ticketing;
• Tourist attractions;
• Recreational camps;
• Musicians, bands, or orchestras;
• Amusement parks, carnivals, or circuses;
• Movie theaters;
• Theatrical Producers, Ticket agencies;
• Event planning/hosting services;
• Commercial/Professional Sports Clubs, Promoters, and Athletic Fields;
• Medical services and health practitioners;
• Games as digital goods;
• Detective, Guard, and Armored Car Services;
• Other activities (reviewed on an individual basis).

• Gambling;
• Marketplaces;
• Adult services;
• Pharmaceuticals;
• Virtual currencies;
• Financial services;
• Cannabidiol “CBD”;
• Affiliate marketing schemes;
• Crowdfunding and crowdlending;
• UK and Ireland Limited Partnerships;
• Holding companies of private individuals;
• Corporate service provider and other legal and accounting services;
• Charities, social service organizations and other non-profit or political organizations;
• Import/export and cross-border logistics companies, including maritime and land-based shipping.
• Precious metals and stones, arts and antiques, other valuable commodities, sale of vehicles or other merchants dealing with high value goods;
• Weapons (i.e. knives and accessories for weapons intended for hunting, fishing and recreational activities; antique weapons or collectibles).

• Groups, legal bodies, or similar subjects to international sanctions or embargoes, in particular as issued by the CSSF, HM Treasury (UK), EU, the UN, or OFAC;
• “Non-standard” or “non-transparent” activities – those carried out through special-purpose or assimilated legal entities (special purpose vehicles) (structures) or in jurisdictions that impede transparency or which do not meet international banking standards;
• Bidding fee auctions, penny auctions, or any type of all-pay auction in which all participants must pay a non-refundable fee to place each small incremental bid;
• Shell banks (banks based in countries where they have no physical presence involving decision-making and management and which are typically not connected to wider regulated financial groups);
• Shell companies (a company with no physical presence involving effective decision-making, operations, or assets other than cash or equivalents of cash);
• Bearer share corporations and companies connected to the nominee or similar arrangements for the purpose of hiding or masking the true beneficial ownership (some trust structures may be permitted, depending on the merits of the case, and there is no suggestion of untoward behavior);
• Physically present Adult Services – this includes, but is not limited to, Escort services, Solicitation thereof, sale and/or advertising or suggestion of any physical sexual services that may imply or suggest prostitution, regardless of whether it is legal in the specific country involved;
• Unregulated or offshore holding/investment companies involved in managing or investing own- or third-party funds (This does not include regulated investment companies or regulated investment funds in Countries permitted for Correspondent Banking relationships);
• Any involvement in the sale or marketing of Binary Options;
• Weapons of war, automatic weapons, ammunitions, or defense equipment: Includes merchants involved in the sales, intermediation, or commerce of war or automatic weapons, including but not limited to chemical weapons, cluster bombs, ammunitions, or other defense equipment or similar.

Please note that the SHA payment instruction is applied to SWIFT transfers, meaning that the fees are split between the Genome’s client and a beneficiary. The client pays for the transfer order while the beneficiary pays the charges applied by any intermediary bank and their bank.

You can find all the fees applied for incoming and outgoing international transfers on our pricing pages.