PayTM has been removed from Play Store – here is why

With the spree of removing apps from play store – latest in the pack is PayTM. PayTM is the largest financial services app in India with over 100M downloads on play store alone & 50M monthly active users.

Here is why it has happened –

On Friday, Google said that Play Store prohibits online casinos and other unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting in India, a day before the popular cricket tournament Indian Premier League is scheduled to kick off. Paytm app repeatedly violated company’s policies.

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Following are some of the tweets confirming the case –

#Paytm goes missing from Play Store
Official Google statement follows-
"We don’t allow online casinos/support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting." (1/2)

— Digit (@digitindia) September 18, 2020

#Paytm out of Google Play Store.
Google: We don’t allow online casinos/support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. It includes if app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money/cash prizes pic.twitter.com/poeZzXw5nA

— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) September 18, 2020

When is this app going to be live again? Only google knows. Stay tuned for updates related to PayTM.