With Google Pay Card Payments now available alongside Apple Pay on PayGlocal's gateway, Indian businesses can collectively reach more than one billion customers across the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Western Europe. The integration enables international shoppers to complete purchases with a single tap in their local currency using Google Pay Card Payments on PayGlocal's platform.
Outside India, Google Pay functions as a card-linked Near Field Communication and online checkout wallet for hundreds of millions of Android users worldwide. The platform operates in more than 86 countries, supports over 60 currencies, and is integrated with more than 6.4 million merchants globally. In the United States, 87 percent of merchants accept Google Pay at checkout. Across the United Kingdom, Australia, and several European countries, it has become the preferred tap-to-pay option for consumers who rarely use physical payment cards.
These markets represent the digitally active, high-spending international consumers that Indian exporters have long sought to reach. However, unfamiliar payment experiences, declined foreign cards, and complex checkout processes have often resulted in abandoned transactions and lost sales for Indian merchants.
The introduction of Google Pay Card Payments on PayGlocal's International Payment Gateway is designed to eliminate these barriers by offering a seamless and trusted payment experience for international buyers.
Yogesh Lokhande, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of PayGlocal, said that Google Pay is the preferred payment method for hundreds of millions of consumers across the world's largest markets. He stated that bringing Google Pay to Indian merchants represents more than a feature enhancement, describing it as a major step toward enabling Indian brands to sell globally with greater ease. He added that, together with Apple Pay, the company has created a payments ecosystem capable of connecting Indian merchants with nearly every major international consumer through a single platform.
PayGlocal expects the launch of Google Pay Card Payments to drive nearly a 40 percent increase in merchant activations as businesses seek to remove checkout friction for overseas customers and improve payment completion rates.
The combined availability of Google Pay and Apple Pay on a single integration allows Indian merchants to reach customers across more than 90 countries. Google Pay strengthens coverage among Android users in major export destinations, complementing Apple Pay's presence within the iOS ecosystem. According to the company, payment methods such as Google Pay and Apple Pay consistently deliver conversion rates of up to 40 percent higher than manual card entry because customers are more likely to complete purchases using their preferred digital payment option.
Security remains a central feature of the platform. Every Google Pay transaction is protected through tokenization and biometric authentication at the device level, ensuring that payment card details are never exposed and customer credentials are not stored on merchant servers. The platform also supports transactions in more than 60 currencies, allowing customers to pay in their local currency while merchants receive settlements in their own currency, with PayGlocal managing the complete cross-border payment process.
The company stated that the enhanced payment experience enables customers in cities such as London, Sydney, and San Francisco to purchase products from Indian brands with the same convenience they experience when shopping from domestic businesses. Every transaction is supported by PayGlocal's intelligent payment routing and fraud prevention systems, integrated with Google's global security framework to ensure fast, secure, and reliable international payments.
India recorded more than 208 billion digital payment transactions in 2024, placing the country among the global leaders in digital payments. PayGlocal said this achievement demonstrates India's leadership in delivering fast, secure, and trusted payment experiences, and the company aims to extend that standard to international commerce. With Google Pay joining Apple Pay on its International Payment Gateway, PayGlocal believes Indian businesses now have a comprehensive payments infrastructure designed to support global expansion while providing international customers with a secure and seamless purchasing experience.
Founded in 2021 by payments professionals with experience at Visa, PayGlocal specializes in cross-border payment solutions for Indian businesses serving international customers. The company provides international card processing, multi-currency accounts, alternative payment methods, and advanced fraud detection technologies designed to improve payment success rates. PayGlocal is authorized by the Reserve Bank of India as a Payment Aggregator for cross-border inward and outward transactions as well as domestic online payments.
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