Announcement
PayGlocal, described as India’s leading cross‑border payments platform and founded in 2021 by payments veterans from Visa, announced that Google Pay Card Payments are now live on its International Payment Gateway. The addition follows the earlier launch of Apple Pay, making PayGlocal the first Indian platform to support both Google Pay and Apple Pay for international transactions.
Reach and Coverage
The combined Google Pay and Apple Pay integration spans more than 90 countries, giving Indian merchants access to over one billion consumers in major markets including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Western Europe. Google Pay itself operates in 86+ countries, supports 60+ currencies and is linked with over 6.4 million merchants worldwide; in the United States, 87% of merchants accept Google Pay at checkout.
Expected Impact on Merchants
PayGlocal expects the new Google Pay option to drive roughly a 40% rise in merchant activations as Indian businesses adopt the solution to eliminate checkout friction for global buyers. The company also notes that payment methods such as Google Pay and Apple Pay typically deliver up to 40% higher conversion rates compared with manual card entry.
Technical and Security Features
Every Google Pay transaction processed through PayGlocal is tokenized and biometric‑authenticated at the device level, meaning no card details are ever exposed or stored on merchant servers. The platform handles payments in more than 60 currencies, allowing customers to pay in their local currency while merchants receive settlement in their own currency. PayGlocal’s intelligent routing and fraud‑prevention layer works beneath each transaction, combining Google’s global security framework with PayGlocal’s cross‑border payment expertise.
Regulatory Status and Market Context
PayGlocal is authorized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a Payment Aggregator for both cross‑border (inward and outward) and domestic online transactions. The press release cites that India recorded over 208 billion digital payment transactions in 2024, underscoring the country’s advanced digital payments ecosystem.
Executive Quote
"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," said Yogesh Lokhande, Co‑founder and CTO of PayGlocal. "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."
About PayGlocal
PayGlocal offers international card processing, multi‑currency accounts, alternate payment methods and advanced fraud detection, all engineered to maximise payment success rates for Indian businesses operating globally.