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Now there are 64 million RuPay Global cards

National Payments Corporation of India has reached a milestone by issuing over 64 million RuPay Global cards, since 2014. The RuPay Global cards are run on the Discover Network when used outside India. The partnership helped RuPay to expand its footprint globally as well.  Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI, said NPCI has been focusing on growing international acceptance for its 64 million RuPay Global Card consumers. The acceptance of RuPay Global cards with the partnership of Discover reaches 41 million plus merchants, across 190 countries and is constantly growing, she added. The RuPay Global Debit and Credit cards are currently issued by 40 banks. Joe Hurley, senior vice president and head of Global Business Development at Discover, said Discover’s relationship with NPCI allows RuPay Global cardholders to use their cards at millions of locations while traveling abroad via the Discover Global Network. As the cardholder numbers grow, Discover is providing more people the ability to use their card of choice while out of the country, he added.

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