Originally Posted by
SeeBuyFly
Does a US-account Google Pay, charging a US credit card, work in India, given India's mandatory security rules? I saw a report that it does not, but iI don't know if it is correct.
I tried it once and neither the salesperson nor I could find how to ask the app to read the merchant's QR code, so I gave up and paid cash.
Uk Google pay does not work in India..I tested it last month on my last trip and so US one is also unlikely to work
As far as I know you need to set it up with the indian version of Google pay with an Indian card
What worked very well for me was contactless transactions with my UK cards . Most of the larger shops / supermarkets had contactless payment terminals ( This is called a WIFI card / WIFI payment in India) .
I know that there is a lot of fear about contactless cards but my personal view is that a card like revolut that can be topped up ( prepaid ) is safer than using normal cards . Also don't have to key in my pin on some strange terminal that I don't know .