Stablecoin infrastructure · Asia-Pacific
Does Bridge work in India?
Bridge is limited for businesses registered in India: access is invite-only, in beta, restricted to part of the product set, or limited in what can be sent or received.
What a business in India can use
Bridge’s products, for a company incorporated in India.
Bridge does not offer this.
Off-ramps from stablecoins to bank accounts on local rails such as ACH, SEPA, SPEI and Pix.
Virtual accounts that give each customer fiat deposit details in USD, EUR, MXN, BRL, GBP or COP.
Stablecoin-linked Visa cards, issued with Stripe Issuing, rolling out by country.
Wallets, orchestration across fiat and stablecoins, and Open Issuance to launch your own stablecoin.
Platforms that issue their own stablecoin through Bridge receive the interest earned on its reserves, minus issuance fees. Bridge’s closed-loop USDB coin also earns rewards inside Bridge.
Bridge reviews every platform it works with. The platform’s own customers can be in many countries, excluding restricted jurisdictions; check Bridge’s current country list.
Onboarding confidence: low. Source: Bridge platform overview. Everything about Bridge
Alternatives in India
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Accept payments
Pay people abroad
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Stablecoins
Yield on idle cash
Selling to India
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1UPI
- 2RuPay / Visa / Mastercard
- 3Net banking
- 4Paytm / PhonePe
Stablecoin rules in India
There is no framework, so the legal position is uncertain.
Bridge’s stablecoin products are available to businesses here.
Common questions
Does Bridge work in India?
Partly. Bridge is limited for businesses registered in India: access is invite-only, in beta, restricted to part of the product set, or limited in what can be sent or received.
Which Bridge products can a business in India use?
pay people abroad, multi-currency account, business cards, stablecoins and yield on idle cash, with limits.
What are the alternatives to Bridge in India?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in India: Adyen, Payoneer and dLocal. With limits: Stripe, PayPal, BVNK and Rain.
Can a business in India use Bridge for stablecoins?
Yes, according to our data. Stablecoin rules in India: Unclear (elevated risk). There is no regulatory framework. Crypto is taxed heavily (30% on gains, 1% withheld on transfers), and the RBI is sceptical of private stablecoins.
Bridge elsewhere in Asia-Pacific