Frankfurt meets India in two places: across a banking desk and across a trade-fair counter. Both conversations can move to WhatsApp, as long as the buyer or client opted in first.
Trade 1
Banking and finance
The city of the European Central Bank and the Bundesbank, and of Deutsche Bank, which invested €571 million in India in 2024.
Trade 2
Trade fairs
Messe Frankfurt's Heimtextil, where India ranks among the ten leading exhibitor countries.
For India-based exporters, banks, fintechs, IT firms and travel desks with contacts in Frankfurt: how a Heimtextil stand conversation becomes a lawful opt-in, which messages count as marketing under §7 UWG, when to send on Frankfurt's clock, and what each +49 message costs in rupees.
See it work
A buyer from a Frankfurt furnishing house stops at an Indian home-textile stand and scans its WhatsApp code. Play the conversation to see where the opt-in happens and which message is which.
The second button matters. A buyer who chose updates only has not agreed to collection news, and §7 UWG asks for prior express consent before advertising by electronic mail, business buyers included. Recording which button was pressed keeps the two apart.
After the fair, the exporter's order system sends the dispatch and delivery templates through the developer API, and the buyer's questions come back into the shared team inbox for whoever handles the account.
Today
Message 7 of 7
Home-textile exporter, IndiaTemplateDelivered (two grey ticks)
A utility template, sent days later once the courier booked it.
A pre-approved template with header, body, footer and buttons — the only way to message a customer outside the 24-hour window.
Message 7 of 7: Home-textile exporter, India, Template, Delivered (two grey ticks). A utility template, sent days later once the courier booked it.
India's consulate general sits in Frankfurt. These lines from its briefs, and from Messe Frankfurt, explain who in India writes to the city.
The consulate general in Frankfurt covers Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.[1]
Its economic brief names North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg as the states where Indian companies cluster.[2]
India–Germany trade reached a record US$33.40 billion in 2024: US$15.09 billion of Indian exports and US$18.31 billion of imports from Germany.[2]
Germany is the 9th largest foreign direct investor in India, with US$15.11 billion from April 2000 to March 2025; the brief lists Deutsche Bank's €571 million in November 2024 among recent investments.[2]
Heimtextil 2026 brought 3,000 exhibitors and over 48,000 buyers to Frankfurt, with India among the ten leading exhibitor countries.[5]
The bilateral brief counts close to 3,22,000 Indian passport holders and people of Indian origin in Germany, around 60,000 of them students.[3]
Since 3 June 2026, Indian nationals changing planes in Germany for a non-Schengen destination no longer need an airport transit visa if they stay airside.[4]
Four kinds of sender, and the first WhatsApp messages each of them needs approved.
India is among Heimtextil's leading exhibitor countries, and each fair ends with a list of buyers to follow up.[5]
Indians living in Germany, many of them professionals and students, keep accounts, investments and family payments in India.[3]
Hesse is one of the four states where the consulate sees Indian companies cluster, with delivery teams in India working to Frankfurt's day.[2]
Travellers changing planes in Germany need the transit rule and their connection details where they will look for them.[4]
Meta approves each language version of a template on its own. A Frankfurt programme usually needs two, sometimes three.
A Heimtextil buyer may be German, Danish or American, so ask for the preferred language in the stand chat and store it with the opt-in. Replies inside the 24-hour window can be in any language an agent writes; InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| German | de | Furnishing buyers, retail and most client messages in the city |
| English | en | International fair buyers and English-speaking finance teams |
| Hindi | hi | Indian professionals and families who prefer it, for NRI services |
Prices in ₹ and EUR
German numbers are billed at the Germany line of Meta's rate card: ₹4.84 for a dispatch notice or KYC reminder, ₹12.01 for collection news, ₹4.84 for a login code and ₹4.84 for a service reply, in rupees before GST. Plans start at ₹999 a month.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ €9.38 EUR
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ €7.83 EUR
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ €28.17 EUR
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ €23.48 EUR
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Frankfurt am Main · Germany
| Category | ₹ INR | EUR |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹12.0088 | €0.113 |
| Utility | ₹4.8386 | €0.0455 |
| Authentication | ₹4.8386 | €0.0455 |
| Service | ₹4.8386 | €0.0455 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | €0.0511₹5.4352 | €0.0215₹2.2874 | €0.0215₹2.2874 | €0.0215₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0031₹0.3254 | €0.0031₹0.3254 | €0.0031₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | €0.0516₹5.4970 | €0.0056₹0.5981 | €0.0056₹0.5981 | €0.0056₹0.5981 |
| Chile | €0.0734₹7.8162 | €0.0165₹1.7585 | €0.0165₹1.7585 | €0.0165₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | €0.0103₹1.0993 | €0.0007₹0.0706 | €0.0007₹0.0706 | €0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | €0.0532₹5.6629 | €0.0030₹0.3167 | €0.0030₹0.3167 | €0.0030₹0.3167 |
| France | €0.0710₹7.5588 | €0.0248₹2.6393 | €0.0248₹2.6393 | €0.0248₹2.6393 |
| Germany | €0.113₹12.0088 | €0.0455₹4.8386 | €0.0455₹4.8386 | €0.0455₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0215₹2.2867 | €0.0215₹2.2867 | €0.0215₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0288₹3.0700 | €0.0288₹3.0700 | €0.0288₹3.0700 |
| India | €0.0089₹0.9435 | €0.0018₹0.1941 | €0.0013₹0.1402 | €0.0014₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | €0.0339₹3.6133 | €0.0206₹2.1979 | €0.0206₹2.1979 | €0.0206₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0065₹0.6943 | €0.0065₹0.6943 | €0.0065₹0.6943 |
| Israel | €0.0292₹3.1045 | €0.0044₹0.4662 | €0.0044₹0.4662 | €0.0044₹0.4662 |
| Italy | €0.0656₹6.9847 | €0.0248₹2.6369 | €0.0248₹2.6369 | €0.0248₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | €0.0499₹5.3098 | €0.0149₹1.5824 | €0.0149₹1.5824 | €0.0149₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | €0.0654₹6.9671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 | €0.0363₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | €0.0711₹7.5644 | €0.0116₹1.2314 | €0.0116₹1.2314 | €0.0116₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | €0.0328₹3.4877 | €0.0070₹0.7471 | €0.0070₹0.7471 | €0.0070₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | €0.0342₹3.6425 | €0.0190₹2.0218 | €0.0190₹2.0218 | €0.0190₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | €0.132₹14.0494 | €0.0413₹4.3987 | €0.0413₹4.3987 | €0.0413₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0028₹0.2990 | €0.0028₹0.2990 | €0.0028₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | €0.0427₹4.5421 | €0.0055₹0.5898 | €0.0055₹0.5898 | €0.0055₹0.5898 |
| Oman | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0204₹2.1709 | €0.0204₹2.1709 | €0.0204₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | €0.0391₹4.1620 | €0.0124₹1.3200 | €0.0124₹1.3200 | €0.0124₹1.3200 |
| Peru | €0.0581₹6.1843 | €0.0248₹2.6392 | €0.0248₹2.6392 | €0.0248₹2.6392 |
| Poland | €0.0302₹3.2105 | €0.0101₹1.0702 | €0.0101₹1.0702 | €0.0101₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | €0.0282₹2.9992 | €0.0099₹1.0547 | €0.0099₹1.0547 | €0.0099₹1.0547 |
| Romania | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0239₹2.5436 | €0.0239₹2.5436 | €0.0239₹2.5436 |
| Russia | €0.0662₹7.0520 | €0.0330₹3.5173 | €0.0330₹3.5173 | €0.0330₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | €0.0475₹5.0537 | €0.0088₹0.9401 | €0.0088₹0.9401 | €0.0088₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0132₹1.4072 | €0.0132₹1.4072 | €0.0132₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | €0.0314₹3.3385 | €0.0079₹0.8369 | €0.0079₹0.8369 | €0.0079₹0.8369 |
| Spain | €0.0584₹6.2161 | €0.0165₹1.7578 | €0.0165₹1.7578 | €0.0165₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | €0.0605₹6.4397 | €0.0017₹0.1759 | €0.0017₹0.1759 | €0.0017₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | €0.0090₹0.9587 | €0.0007₹0.0792 | €0.0007₹0.0792 | €0.0007₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0246₹2.6138 | €0.0246₹2.6138 | €0.0246₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | €0.0475₹5.0537 | €0.0130₹1.3811 | €0.0130₹1.3811 | €0.0130₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | €0.0524₹5.5795 | €0.0182₹1.9346 | €0.0182₹1.9346 | €0.0182₹1.9346 |
| North America | €0.0206₹2.1976 | €0.0028₹0.2989 | €0.0028₹0.2989 | €0.0028₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | €0.0186₹1.9796 | €0.0033₹0.3516 | €0.0033₹0.3516 | €0.0033₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | €0.0696₹7.4057 | €0.0093₹0.9938 | €0.0093₹0.9938 | €0.0093₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | €0.0710₹7.5596 | €0.0175₹1.8595 | €0.0175₹1.8595 | €0.0175₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | €0.0611₹6.5048 | €0.0093₹0.9934 | €0.0093₹0.9934 | €0.0093₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | €0.0324₹3.4490 | €0.0075₹0.7998 | €0.0075₹0.7998 | €0.0075₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | €0.0489₹5.2054 | €0.0141₹1.5019 | €0.0141₹1.5019 | €0.0141₹1.5019 |
| Other | €0.0499₹5.3098 | €0.0064₹0.6769 | €0.0064₹0.6769 | €0.0064₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. An NRI client in Frankfurt who kept a +91 number is charged the India rate, ₹0.19 for a utility message and ₹0.14 for a login code. The euro column is indicative only; InfiQ invoices in rupees.
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Fairs bring a burst of new contacts; banking brings steady, sensitive traffic. These parts carry both.
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Each Heimtextil contact's opt-in, with the button pressed and the time, is kept, so collection news never goes to a buyer who chose updates only.
Learn moreShared team inbox
Stand staff, the export desk and accounts can answer one number together while buyers write back from their Frankfurt offices.
Account security controls
Banking and NRI teams get two-factor sign-in, role-based access and scoped API keys with IP allow-lists.
Customer data hosted in India
Customer data is processed in data centres in India, which suits Indian banks and fintechs serving clients in Germany.
Nearby
Nearest first, in Germany and the neighbouring countries.
The consent rule and the Germany rate apply across the country; the Germany guide explains them, including the narrow existing-customer exception.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
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