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Below the Quote on Year-End 2025: How Global Payments Are Reshaping Finance by Srikrishna Narasimhan, CEO & Whole-Time Director, GlobalPay

“2025 has been a defining year for the cross-border payments and forex ecosystem. We witnessed a decisive shift toward speed, transparency, and intelligence in the way money moves across borders. With real-time rails gaining global adoption, AI improving compliance and fraud detection, and digital wallets becoming mainstream for students, leisure, and corporate travelers, the industry took a major step toward making international payments truly frictionless.

This global shift is being reinforced by India’s rapidly expanding international footprint. Indian international travel spend surged 25% in FY24 to USD 31.7 billion, underscoring the resilience of outbound tourism and the sustained rise in global mobility. Meanwhile, in 2025, India’s overseas student community crossed 1.8 million, as learners increasingly explore not only the US and UK but also emerging, visa-friendly education hubs across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This rapidly shifting landscape calls for more intelligent and agile cross-border payment solutions that can keep pace with continuous change.

At GlobalPay, we believe that global payments should be seamless, transparent, and as effortless as everyday interactions. Over the past year, we strengthened our platform and have built our card stack to deliver faster settlements, greater cost transparency, and more intuitive experiences for customers across diverse travel ecosystems.

As we look ahead to 2026, the momentum is only growing. Real-time settlement, tokenised currencies, and smarter identity-linked payments will redefine how people and businesses transact across borders. We are committed to shaping this future, building solutions that remove friction, inspire trust, and set the standard for the next era of borderless finance.”

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