Paytm Not Available On Play Store
A search for the Paytm app on the Play Store confirmed the app’s removal. Other apps from the company like Paytm Money, Paytm Mall and Paytm for Business are still available for download. In a rather sudden move, Google has pulled the Paytm app off the Google Play Store. The payment app is not available for download for Android users for now. Reports suggest that Google might have removed the app due to its fantasy games offerings. Login to Paytm.com 2. Click Google Play Icon 3. Enter the amount for Google Play Recharge 4. Pick Google Play promo codes of your choice and get Cashback & other offers 5. Choose payment method of your preference i.e. Debit/Credit Card, Net Banking, Paytm Wallet or UPI (UPI is only available on Paytm. Paytm App Not Available On Google Play Store. On the elimination of the Paytm App, Paytm on twitter tweeted that the Paytm app has taken down temporarily by the Google Play Store. Hence it not possible for the users to download or update the application for the time being. Mar 24, 2017 1 min read Some of our users on Lava Iris X8 and Intex Aqua series devices have reported that they’re unable to download the Paytm app from the Google Play Store. If you are unable to install the app from Google Play Store, we recommend you download it from here. Please note: The app you download might not be the latest version.
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Hours after being taken down by Google from Play Store, the search engine giant has restored Paytm on Play Store. Paytm's founder - Vijay Shekhar Sharma through a tweet announced that the app is live on Google Play Store and was taken down because they launched a UPI cashback campaign.
Google on Friday took down one of the most used online payment apps Paytm from the Google Play Store. This meant, android smartphone users were not able to download or install the app for the time being. Google has also taken down PaytmFirstGames from the app store. The company has recently roped in Sachin Tendulkar as its ambassador.
Other Paytm apps such as Paytm For Business, Paytm Money and Paytm Mall are still available on the Play Store.
Paytm through its official Twitter handle had earlier said that the app will be back very soon.
“All your money is completely safe, and you can continue to enjoy your Paytm app as normal,” the company tweeted.
Paytm Not Showing On Play Store
In a blog the company wrote: 'We recently launched the ‘Paytm Cricket League’ on our consumer app for users to engage in their passion of cricket and get cashback. The game allows users to get player stickers after each transaction, collect them and receive Paytm Cashback.
Today afternoon, we received communication from Google that they are suspending our app because they believe this to be a violation of their Play Store policies on gambling. The Paytm Android app has thus been unlisted from Google’s Play Store and is temporarily unavailable to users for new downloads or updates.'
The company had said that it has temporarily removed the cashback component in an effort to meet the Play Store policy requirements.
Meanwhile, Google’s vice-president of product, Android security and privacy, Suzanne Frey in a blog dated September 18 wrote: “We don’t allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. This 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.”
She further wrote that if an app violates their security policies then Google notifies the developer team and then removes the app from Google Play Store until the developer brings the app into compliances.
She said that if an app repeatedly violates Google’s policy, then Google can take serious action which may include terminating Google Play Developer accounts.
The blog did not, however, named Paytm.Paytm Not Available On Play Store Free
According to reports, Google has dropped more apps from the Play Store.
Akash Karmakar, partner, Law Offices of Panag & Babu said, 'While PayTM did not directly engage in, or promote sports betting or gambling, it did have links to third-party sites which did. The ease of using PayTM on these third-party apps may have been viewed by Google as the element which makes PayTM as supporting these sites. Google appears to have taken an ethical stand against apps which promote or even advertise unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. Since many other apps are also promoting betting and gambling websites through ads and pop-ups, if Google applies the same standard, I would expect more apps will get taken off the Play Store.'