Adyen expands India teams after securing domestic and cross-border payments licences

The Dutch payments platform is growing product, commercial and operations teams in Mumbai and Bengaluru, targeting global merchants entering India and Indian businesses expanding overseas. UPI-led local payments capabilities are central to its strategy.

— Source publishedThu, 10 Sept, 2026, 20:24 IST·First seen Thu, 10 Sept, 2026, 20:27 IST·Source Mint · Companies

What happened

Adyen is expanding Indian product, commercial and operations teams after receiving domestic and cross-border payment aggregator licences. It aims to support

Key facts

  • 120 India employees as of H1 2026
  • 102 employees in Bengaluru
  • 18 employees in Mumbai
  • Payment Aggregator and PA-CB licences secured in July 2024
  • India payments market: $409.91 billion in 2025
  • India payments market projected at $958.14 billion by 2030
  • Projected India payments-market CAGR: 18.51%
  • €1.4 trillion global payment transactions processed in 2025
  • Around 5,000 global employees
  • 28 offices across 21 countries

Why this matters

Adyen’s local operating expansion makes it a more credible payments partner or ecosystem target for retail, travel and commerce platforms seeking India-to-global transaction capabilities.

What to watch

  • Named India merchant wins, particularly global fashion, travel, airline, marketplace and hospitality brands.
  • Evidence that Adyen can offer broad UPI coverage, strong payment-success rates and competitive domestic acquiring economics.
  • RBI changes to payment-aggregator, cross-border payment, tokenisation, data-localisation or UPI rules.
  • India revenue, processed-volume growth or merchant-count disclosures in Adyen earnings commentary.
  • New partnerships with Indian banks, UPI-facing providers, e-commerce platforms or systems integrators.
  • Competitive responses from domestic payment aggregators, including enterprise-focused pricing, cross-border products or multinational merchant partnerships.
  • Build India-specific UPI, cards, net-banking, tokenisation, recurring-payment and refund capabilities into its unified enterprise platform.
  • Target existing global Adyen clients in retail, travel, hospitality, marketplaces and digital services that are launching or enlarging Indian operations.
  • Develop partnerships with Indian banks, UPI ecosystem participants, local systems integrators and commerce platforms to improve merchant onboarding and acceptance rates.
  • Use PA-CB capabilities to pitch Indian exporters, airlines, travel sellers and digital merchants on multi-currency acquiring and overseas expansion.
  • Increase local compliance, risk, operations and merchant-success hiring as regulated payment volumes grow.

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