PayGlocal, India's leading cross-border payments platform, has announced the launch of Google Pay Card Payments on its International Payment Gateway, making it one of the first payment platforms in India to enable Google Pay for international transactions. This move, combined with Apple Pay already live on the platform, allows Indian merchants to collectively reach over one billion customers across major global markets including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the UAE, Singapore, and Western Europe.
Seamless Checkout for Global Buyers
With this integration, a global customer of an Indian merchant can now complete a purchase in a single tap, paying in their own currency using Google Pay Card Payments. Outside India, Google Pay is the card-linked NFC and online checkout wallet for hundreds of millions of Android users worldwide. It operates across 86+ countries, supports 60+ currencies, and is integrated with over 6.4 million merchants globally. In the US, 87% of merchants accept it at checkout. In the UK, Australia, and across Europe, it is the default tap-to-pay experience for a generation of consumers who rarely use physical cards.
These consumers—high-intent, digitally native buyers in high-purchasing-power markets—have often faced friction at Indian merchant checkouts, such as foreign card declines or unfamiliar payment forms, leading to lost sales. Google Pay Card Payments on PayGlocal eliminates that friction entirely.
Strategic Impact and Merchant Benefits
Yogesh Lokhande, Co-founder and CTO of PayGlocal, stated: "Google Pay is how hundreds of millions of people across the world's biggest markets pay every day. Bringing it to Indian merchants is not just a feature addition - it is a fundamental shift in who Indian brands can sell to and how seamlessly they can do it. Combined with Apple Pay, we have now built the payments stack that puts every major global consumer within reach of every Indian merchant on our platform. This is what it means to take India to the world."
PayGlocal anticipates a nearly 40% increase in merchant activations following the Google Pay launch, as Indian businesses move quickly to eliminate checkout friction for their global customers.
What This Unlocks for Indian Merchants
- One billion+ users reached: Google Pay and Apple Pay together span 90+ countries—both available through a single integration on PayGlocal's International Payment Gateway.
- Full Android coverage: Google Pay serves hundreds of millions of Android users in key export markets, complementing Apple Pay's iOS user base.
- Up to 40% higher conversion: Payment methods like Google Pay and Apple Pay consistently outperform manual card entry at checkout, increasing the likelihood of purchase completion.
- Secure by design: Every Google Pay transaction is tokenized and biometrically authenticated at the device level—no card details are exposed, and no credentials are stored on merchant servers.
- 60+ currencies: Customers pay in their local currency while merchants settle in theirs; PayGlocal handles the conversion.
The Checkout Experience Global Buyers Expect
For a shopper in London, Sydney, or San Francisco, buying from an Indian brand should feel no different from buying from a local one. PayGlocal's intelligent routing and fraud prevention layer works underneath every transaction, combining Google's global security framework with PayGlocal's deep expertise in cross-border payment flows, ensuring every checkout is fast, secure, and seamless.
India's Digital Payment Leadership
India recorded over 208 billion digital payment transactions in 2024, among the highest of any country in the world. The country has set a global benchmark for fast, seamless, and trusted payments. PayGlocal aims to carry that standard across borders, ensuring that the trust, speed, and confidence Indian consumers feel when tapping their phone to pay is replicated for customers in London or Sydney when they buy from an Indian brand.
About PayGlocal
PayGlocal is India's leading cross-border payments platform, purpose-built for Indian businesses selling to global customers. Founded in 2021 by payments veterans from Visa, PayGlocal offers international card processing, multi-currency accounts, alternate payment methods, and advanced fraud detection—all engineered to maximize payment success rates for Indian businesses operating globally. PayGlocal is RBI-authorized as a Payment Aggregator, both cross-border (inward and outward), and domestic (online).
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