One of the major payment apps Paytm has mysteriously disappeared from Google Play Store. The app owned by One97 Communications Ltd., is not visible on Google Play Store where as all the other apps including Paytm for Business, Paytm Money, Paytm Mall and others owned by the company are still available on Play Store.
Commenting on the removal from Play Store, Paytm in a statement on Twitter said, “Paytm Android app is temporarily unavailable on Google’s Play Store for new downloads or updates. It will be back very soon. All your money is completely safe, and you can continue to enjoy your Paytm app as normal.”
Dear Paytm'ers,
Paytm Android app is temporarily unavailable on Google's Play Store for new downloads or updates. It will be back very soon.
All your money is completely safe, and you can continue to enjoy your Paytm app as normal.
— Paytm (@Paytm) September 18, 2020
Google has apparently removed the Paytm app because it allegedly violates the company’s new rules around online gambling.
Paytm vanished from Google Play Store a few hours after Google’s Suzanne Frey, who is Vice President, Product, Android Security and Privacy, detailed the guidelines in a blog post. “We have these policies to protect users from potential harm. When an app violates these policies, we notify the developer of the violation and remove the app from Google Play until the developer brings the app into compliance. And in the case where there are repeated policy violations, we may take more serious action which may include terminating Google Play Developer accounts. Our policies are applied and enforced on all developers consistently,” she wrote.
Hence it is apparent that Google has removed Paytm from the Play Store because of the new guidelines.
Google have reportedly claimed that they notified the developers of Paytm about the removal and it continues to be in touch with Paytm to get the app back on Play Store.
Paytm might be removed from Google Play for the time being, but the platform still remains functional for active users who have the Paytm app already installed on their phones, which lead to the question is it still safe?
The makers of the app said that users don’t have to remove the app since its security is intact and it wont’t affect the security transactions made through the platforms.
