airpay payment services has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval to operate as a Cross-Border Payment Aggregator (PA) completing its full PA licensing and unlocking a unified, regulatory-compliant payment stack for Indian enterprises expanding globally. The approval positions airpay as one of the few Indian players capable of enabling seamless international collections, payouts, and settlements on a single platform.The company now expects 30–40% growth in processing volumes over the next year and plans to onboard 50,000+ merchants, as cross-border flows become a core revenue engine.
Why This Matters
India’s global commerce footprint is expanding rapidly:
- D2C brands are scaling exports to the US, EU, and Middle East.
- SaaS companies are billing globally from India.
- MSMEs are embracing digital exports and cross-border e-commerce.
- Merchants increasingly demand compliance-ready, low-friction payment pathways for international transactions.
RBI’s approval positions airpay to serve this demand with a regulated, interoperable, and scalable payments infrastructure supporting India’s shift from domestic-first to global-first growth models.
Leadership Perspectives
Kunal Jhunjhunwala, Founder, airpay payment services:
“Indian business growth is no longer domestic-only. Our exporters, SaaS firms, digital merchants and local retailers are all engaging globally, and they need reliability, compliance and speed in payments. RBI’s approval positions us to support that shift responsibly and at scale. It strengthens our ability to provide Indian businesses a regulated yet seamless bridge to make or collect payments from Mumbai, Manipur or Madrid.”
The Strategic Implication
The RBI nod enables airpay to:
- Deliver unified cross-border payment capabilities for enterprises and D2C brands.
- Strengthen trust through a fully regulated payment ecosystem.
- Scale merchant onboarding to 50,000+ global-ready businesses.
- Power frictionless international settlements for exporters, SaaS players, and digital-native brands.
- Become a key payments partner for India’s global commerce economy.
This approval is not just compliance it is strategic infrastructure for India’s next decade of outward expansion.
With RBI approving it as a Cross-Border Payment Aggregator, airpay payment services is now positioned at the center of India’s emerging global-payments backbone. The company’s fully licensed platform enables secure, compliant, and scalable cross-border flows empowering Indian businesses to transact confidently across markets.airpay isn’t just facilitating payments.It’s enabling India’s global ambitions.
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