MobiKwik gets penalised by Google for Aarogya Setu app link

Popular digital wallet app MobiKwik on Thursday (May 28) was temporarily removed from the Google Play store in India.

Apparently, Google, earlier in the month had warned MobiKwik to remove the Indian government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app Aarogya Setu link. But, after the brief interaction with company CEO Bipin Preet Singh’s team, it was said to be resolved.

Google was told that MobiKwik and other digital payment apps in India were asked by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to show Aarogya Setu app link on their respective applications to spread the word to their customers to install so that they get timely update on COVID-19 and also get alerts if they ever came close to an infected person.