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Paytm accuses Google of trying to dominate India's digital ecosystem

Paytm suggested the global tech giant's move as hypocritical as Google, too, regularly runs similar scratch card campaigns in India under its Google Pay app

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The Noida-headquartered company said it had launched a campaign UPI cashback for its users on September 11. | Photo: Bloomberg

Sai Ishwar Mumbai

3 min read Last Updated : Sep 21 2020 | 12:25 AM IST

Indian unicorn Paytm has accused Google of making policies that are over and above the laws of India after the Noida-based startup's app was briefly delisted from the Playstore last week.

The Noida-headquartered company said it had launched a campaign UPI cashback for its users on September 11. However, the company's payments app was delisted on September 18 from Playstore for policy violations without giving it an opportunity to defend itself.

"This was the first time that Google sent us a notification regarding our UPI cashback and scratch cards campaign. Contrary to accepted practice, we were not given any opportunity

Topics : Google Paytm Google Play Store Digital economy cashback UPI Google Pay

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