Google removes 2,000 loan apps from India Play Store

Technology giant Google has removed over 2,000 loan apps from India Play Store between January and July 2022 for violating terms, misrepresenting information, and questionable offline behaviour, a senior official said on Thursday.

The Big Tech firm is also looking at tightening policies in the coming weeks for greater checks in this space. It is also working with government agencies, media and user referrals, apart from deploying its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, to penalise dubious players on the Play Store, the official said.