Wall Street Banks will rely more on their Indian business support centers after the shock movement of President Donald Trump to impose $ 100,000 costs on new applications to the commonly used H-1B Visa program.
US Lenders, including Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among the largest employers of the so -called global capacity centers in India, who handle operations of trade support and risk management to technical assistance. Harted with software engineers, quants and accounting specialists, the centers offer cheap services, while companies give access to trained talent that is not immediately available at their home markets.
Although Trump tries to protect the American jobs by curbing immigration, the new rules can encourage banks to deepen their presence in Indian technical hubs such as Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, who have already employed more than 1.9 million people, said analysts.
“Unless new restrictions are placed on Offshoring, foreign banks will lean even more on their Indian capacity centers,” said Umesh Chhazzed, founder of recruitment agency Anlage Infotech, who has been working with American credit providers for more than two decades.
The H-1B VISA program is heavily used by the Indian and American technical sectors to bring in skills employees from abroad, while financing companies and consultancy firms are also large users. Born in India, 72.3 percent of all H-1B beneficiaries in the US tax year until September 2023 were good for initial and continuous employment.
The GCCs have become a $ 64 billion market, with an annual growth of approximately 9.8 percent from 2019 to 2024, according to figures from EY. The number of centers is ready to jump to no less than 2,500 by 2030, an increase of 1,700 currently, with the market value expected $ 110 billion, the consultancy said.
American banks are among the largest employers in the sector, so that they may move to India to India to bypass the new visa curbs. Citigroup has around 33,000 employees in the country, while Bank of America Corp. has more than 27,000 and JPMorgan has 55,000.
“Banks would calibrate a new strategy for global capacity centers. It seems that there will be an attack of jobs to India to add new positions,” said Abizer Diwanji, founder of Neostart Advisors LLP, a financial consultancy firm. “However, nobody will jump on the gun in the midst of evolving situations. They will wait for more clarity.”
A report in the Management Science Journal showed that when countries impose restrictions on trained immigrants, companies tend to hire more staff abroad. According to the 2023 study, the most ‘globalized’ companies rent almost one employee abroad abroad.
Existing holders
JPMorgan is relieved that the new reimbursement does not apply to existing H-1B visa holders, Sjoerd Leenart, the top manager of the Bank for Asia-Pacific told Bloomberg Television in an interview on Monday in Mumbai. He said it was too early to assess the full impact of the proposed changes.
In July, Indian Trade and Minister of Industry Piyush Goyal had said that immigration rules-inclusive who had come to US trade discussions with regard to H-1B-VISA-Niet.
Parvathy Tharamel, a partner at the Trilegal law firm, said that India is already on the rise as the backbone of global capacity centers for international banks, stimulating critical companies, compliance, technology and innovation functions.
“The new H-1B restrictions will only accelerate this trend, so that more cross-border technology and high-quality roles are insisted on in India-Hubs,” she said.
Nevertheless, expansion plans can be tempered by uncertainty about further American measures that can weigh on the worldwide strategies of banks. Although the US has imposed a 50 percent duty on Indian merchandise export, the service sector remains exempt.
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Published on September 23, 2025
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