Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Revolut India seeks passport-equivalent identity for smoother cross-border payments
Revolut, a UK-based fintech company, wants to make it easier for people in India to send and receive money across borders.
They think it should be as simple as using a passport.
Right now, sending money to other countries can take a few days, and people often don't know how much they're being charged.
Revolut wants to make this process faster, cheaper, and more transparent.
They're focusing on areas like travel, education, medical tourism, and business.
For example, they want to help Indian students studying abroad pay their fees and living expenses more easily.
Revolut also thinks that countries should work together to make international payments smoother.
They have a big plan to sign up 20 million customers by 2030, with a focus on young people in India.
Revolut India aims to simplify cross-border payments for travel, education, medical tourism, and business.
The company seeks a passport-equivalent identity to streamline international transactions.
Revolut has partnered with UPI and Visa to facilitate these payments.
They aim to reduce the time, cost, and lack of transparency in cross-border transactions.
Revolut plans to sign up 20 million customers by 2030, focusing on the 'aspirational youth' demographic in India.
- Who
- Revolut India, led by CEO Paroma Chatterjee
- What
- Seeking a passport-equivalent identity for smoother cross-border payments
- When
- Recent developments, with plans to launch payment platform in India
- Where
- India, with operations in multiple countries
- Why
- To simplify and make affordable cross-border payments for travel, education, medical tourism, and business
- Company
- Revolut
- CEO in India
- Paroma Chatterjee
- Target Segments
- Travel, Education, Medical Tourism, Business
- Indian Students Abroad
- 1.5 million
- Indian Overseas Spending
- $40 billion
- Cross-Currency Markup Charges
- $400 million
- Inbound Remittances to India
- $129 billion
- Revolut's India Workforce
- 3,500 employees
- Revolut's Investment in India
- $45 million
- Revolut's Target Customers by 2030
- 20 million