Merge pull request #358 from swan-io/DOC-509/denied-allowed-countries

DOC-509 Denied and allowed card payment countries

Author: ntombing

docs/topics/payments/cards/index.mdx

@@ -85,6 +85,53 @@ For a smoother user experience, both `international` and `nonMainCurrencyTransac
 Unless your Terms and Conditions state differently, a **2% fee** applies to international card transactions.
 Note that [Mastercard's exchange rate](https://www.mastercard.com/content/mastercardcom/global/en/personal/get-support/convert-currency.html) applies to card transactions outside of [SEPA](../index.mdx#sepa).
 
+### Allowed and blocked countries
+
+Review the following lists to check where card payments are allowed or blocked. Payments are only supported in countries on the allowed list. 
+
+<details>
+  <summary>🌍 Allowed and blocked countries</summary>
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem value="allowed" label={<><Yes /> Allowed</>} default>
+    #### <Yes /> Allowed countries for **card** payments
+
+    Card payments are available in these countries. Transactions may still be rejected for other reasons (such as insufficient funds or card restrictions).
+
+    **Allowed countries**:
+
+    | First letter | Countries |
+    |--------------|-----------|
+    | A - B | Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria |
+    | C - E | Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini |
+    | F - G | Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana |
+    | H - J | Haiti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan |
+    | K - L | Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirghizistan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg |
+    | M - N | Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martin, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova (Republic of), Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway |
+    | O - Q | Oman, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar |
+    | R - S | Réunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (Dutch part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland |
+    | T - U | Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan |
+    | V - Z | Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Zambia |
+
+  </TabItem>
+
+  <TabItem value="blocked" label={<><No /> Blocked</>}>
+    #### <No /> Blocked countries for **card** payments
+
+    Card payments are blocked in the following countries. Any attempt to make a transaction in these countries will be rejected.
+
+    **Blocked countries**:
+
+    | First letter | Countries |
+    |--------------|-----------|
+    | A - G | Afghanistan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau |
+    | H - R | Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Pakistan, North Korea, Russian Federation |
+    | S - Z | Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic), Yemen, Zimbabwe |
+
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+</details>
+
 ## Authorization and clearing {#authorization-clearing}
 
 Processing card payments involves two key steps: