{"id":5347,"date":"2020-09-18T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2020-09-18T11:05:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T11:05:44","slug":"google-removes-indias-paytm-mobile-app-from-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2020\/09\/18\/google-removes-indias-paytm-mobile-app-from-play-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Google removes India\u2019s Paytm mobile app from Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW DELHI: Google on Friday removed the mobile app of SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Indian fintech firm Paytm from its Android store over violations of its gambling policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting,\u201d the U.S. tech company said in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis includes if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes, it is a violation of our policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-inline bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-312359-1128530925\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-custom_code \" data-adid=\"312359\" data-type=\"custom_code\"><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"rmpPlayer\"><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The blog post did not name Paytm, but Google separately confirmed the removal for policy violations.<\/p>\n<p>Paytm said on Twitter that its Android app was temporarily unavailable on the Google store for downloads or updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be back very soon,\u201d the company said, assuring users that their money was safe.<\/p>\n<p>Paytm, a pioneer in India\u2019s digital payments market, sells everything from digital gold to insurance and also allows for money transfers on a state-backed payments network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Google on Friday removed the mobile app of SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Indian fintech firm Paytm from its Android store over violations of its gambling policy. \u201cWe don\u2019t allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting,\u201d the U.S. tech company said in a blog post. \u201cThis includes if an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5349,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions\/5349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}