Diwali Around the World: How Global Communities Keep the Festival Alive Abroad
Every October, millions around the world celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights — a time for family, gratitude and new beginnings. For many living abroad, it’s also a moment to feel closer to home, even when oceans apart.
Celebrating across borders
From London to Toronto, Dubai to Sydney, Diwali shines in every corner of the world. Families light diyas, share sweets and honor the triumph of light over darkness. Yet for many, the celebration also means sending support, love, and blessings to those back home.
Tradition meets technology
Today, connection is not only through rituals but also through technology - digital money transfers have become part of the modern tradition. Sending funds for gifts, groceries or festive meals helps families celebrate fully and bridges the distance between loved ones. A simple transfer can mean your family preparing a festive dinner that carries your love across borders.
How Paysend helps families stay close
With fast, secure and affordable international transfers, Paysend makes it easy to send support home for the holidays. Whether you’re sending to India, Sri Lanka or beyond, your money arrives quickly and safely, so families can focus on what matters most: being together in spirit.
Keeping the light alive
Diwali isn’t only about lamps and fireworks — it’s a reminder that love and connection shine brightest when shared. Wherever you celebrate, Paysend helps keep the light of family and tradition burning strong.
Happy Diwali from all of us at Paysend.
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Here's the short answer: yes, you can use a credit card to get money into someone's bank account abroad. "Credit card to bank transfer" means exactly that — you fund the transfer with your credit card, and your recipient receives it in their bank account. Or on their card, in their wallet, or as cash to collect, depending on where they are.
The card and the bank account do different jobs. Your card pays for the transfer. A provider like Paysend then pays the money out through local systems on the other end. It's one flow, and it takes about a minute in the app.
One thing worth knowing before you start: a credit card is usually the most expensive way to fund a transfer. Some issuers treat it as a cash advance, and credit tends to carry higher payment fees than debit. You'll always see the full cost, exchange rate included, before you confirm anything. What follows is: the ways your money can arrive, what each one costs, how fast it gets there, and the cheaper routes worth checking first.
Every month, thousands of people working in the Czech Republic send part of their payday home — many of them Ukrainians supporting family across the border. And the traditional route makes it harder than it should be: bank wires that ask for IBANs and SWIFT codes, fees that only show up after the money's gone, and days of waiting while someone at home is counting on it.
Pavel Štich has spent years helping his readers solve exactly that. He's Co-Founder and Lead Financial Editor at Moneyo.cz, an independent Czech platform that compares money transfer services, stock brokers, and alternative investments — and a Paysend Ambassador, which means he tests what he recommends, explains it plainly, and brings his readers reader-only perks. We asked him how Moneyo started, who reads it, and why he chose Paysend.
