Many such apps have come under the spotlight for predatory behaviour, which includes harassing, abusing and threatening borrowers for repayment.
In November 2019, Google introduced a new developer policy<\/a>, which mandated that apps that offer loans with a repayment period of less than 60 days would not be allowed on the Play Store.
It also asked loan apps<\/a> to disclose the minimum and maximum period for repayment, the interest rate plus fees, and the total cost of the loan. Experts say these policies need to be further strengthened.
Srikanth L, a coordinator at Cashless Consumer, a citizen-led initiative to raise awareness around digital transactions, has studied 750 lending apps on Play Store and found that only 90 of them provide their office address.
“It’s essential for apps uploaded on Play Store to have a privacy policy. But there is no requirement for developers to provide an address. It would be really easy for Google to mandate an address that exists in Google Maps as a precondition for uploading loan apps, which could make it harder for fly-by-night operators,” said Srikanth.
He said although the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated that online lending be regulated, there is a clear “lack of supervision” when it comes to lending apps. “There are fair code practices that have been laid down, but there is no one to monitor if these practices are being followed.”
According to Srikanth, there is an urgent need for a regulatory arm of the government that looks at the digital ecosystem. “In the absence of a data protection<\/a> law, users are left vulnerable. The Data Protection Authority<\/a>, proposed in the Personal Data Protection Bill<\/a>, could have served as the regulatory body to oversee financial apps as well, but there is no such provision right now.”
Suman Kar, CEO of Banbreach, a cybersecurity consultancy, told TOI that predatory lending is supposed to be curbed by the Usurious Loans Act, 1918, that caps maximum interest at 30%. But most micro-finance and credit card companies charge much higher rates. According to Kar, while consumers can still raise complaints about regulated transactions, rogue lending apps have been largely ignored.
According to fintech experts, organisations that lend money to the public must be approved by RBI, but these ‘rogue’ online lending modules operate in a policy vacuum.
“When such apps came to light, the RBI issued a circular mandating certain requirements for the protection of users. The guidelines mandate that digital lending platforms (DLPs) must disclose the names of the banks\/NBFCs backing them, and the banks\/NBFCs backing them must disclose the names of DLPs associated with them on their websites,” said Asheeta Regidi, fintech policy head at Cashfree, a payment gateway.
“We need to prevent traditional banks and NBFCs from forming clandestine partnerships with such (bad) actors,” Kar added.
According to Regidi, users can raise complaints regarding ‘rogue’ lending apps through the RBI Sachet platform, an online portal that gathers “information regarding any unauthorised acceptance of deposits\/ money through different schemes by any entity.”
Drop apps, say cops<\/strong>
Recently, Telangana Police busted several rackets involving fraudulent loan apps offering credit to users at exceptionally high rates.
The police had also asked Google to remove 158 apps from Play Store. Google did not respond to TOI’s request for a statement about the police’s demand.
<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":80279957,"title":"Google removes 30 loan apps from Play store after RBI red flag","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/google-removes-30-loan-apps-from-play-store-after-rbi-red-flag\/80279957","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[{"msid":"80265561","title":"mobile 2","entity_type":"IMAGES","seopath":"business\/india-business\/money-lending-apps-need-stricter-scrutiny-experts\/mobile-2","category_name":"Money-lending apps need stricter scrutiny: Experts","synopsis":"(Representative image)","thumb":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/thumb\/img-size-97520\/80265561.cms?width=150&height=112","link":"\/image\/business\/india-business\/money-lending-apps-need-stricter-scrutiny-experts\/mobile-2\/80265561"}],"msid":80279995,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Money-lending apps need stricter scrutiny: Experts","synopsis":"Digital platforms like the Google Play Store should not host lending apps without strict scrutiny, fintech experts say. Many such apps have come under the spotlight for predatory behaviour, which includes harassing, abusing and threatening borrowers for repayment.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/money-lending-apps-need-stricter-scrutiny-experts","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Anam Ajmal","author_link":"\/author\/479246060\/anam-ajmal","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479246060.cms?width=100&height=100&hid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":false,"msid":479246060,"author_name":"Anam Ajmal","author_seo_name":"Anam-Ajmal","designation":"Journalist","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"TNN","artdate":"2021-01-15 10:46:10","lastupd":"2021-01-15 10:47:30","breadcrumbTags":["loan apps","Personal Data Protection Bill","Data Protection Authority","money lending apps","Data Protection","Data privacy","digital platforms","policy"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/money-lending-apps-need-stricter-scrutiny-experts"}}" data-authors="[" anam ajmal"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2021-01-15" data-index="article_1">
- Telecom乐动扑克News
- 3分钟阅读
应用程序需要更严格的审查:信贷专家
数字平台像谷歌商店不应该玩主机贷款应用程序没有严格审查,fintech专家说。许多这样的应用程序已经在聚光灯下的掠夺行为,包括骚扰、虐待和威胁借款人偿还。
数字平台像谷歌商店不应该玩主机贷款应用程序没有严格审查,fintech专家说。
许多这样的应用程序已经在聚光灯下的掠夺行为,包括骚扰、虐待和威胁借款人偿还。
2019年11月,谷歌推出了一个新的开发人员政策,要求应用程序提供贷款的偿还期限小于60天不允许在游戏商店。
它还要求贷款程序披露的最小和最大还款期限,利率+费用,贷款的总成本。专家说这些政策需要进一步加强。
Srikanth L,无现金消费的协调员,市民引导计划来提高认识数字交易,研究了750贷款应用程序商店,发现其中仅有90提供他们的办公室地址。
“这是必不可少的程序上传游戏商店有一个隐私政策。但是没有要求开发人员提供一个地址。会很容易让谷歌授权一个地址存在于谷歌地图上传贷款应用的先决条件,这可能会更难不可靠的运营商,”Srikanth说。
他说,虽然印度储备银行(RBI)规定,网上贷款监管,有明显的“缺乏监督”贷款时的应用。“有公平的代码实践已经放下,但没有一个监控这些实践是否被跟踪。”
根据Srikanth,迫切需要政府监管部门,看着数字生态系统。“在缺乏数据保护法律,用户离开脆弱。的数据保护机构提出了在个人数据保护法案,可以担任监督管理机构监督金融应用程序,但是现在却没有这样的规定。”
Banbreach首席执行官Suman凹地,网络安全咨询公司告诉本报,掠夺性贷款应该是遏制高利贷的贷款法案》,1918年,这一限制最高利率为30%。但大多数小额信贷和信用卡公司收取更高的利率。根据凹地,消费者仍然可以提高抱怨监管事务,流氓贷款应用程序很大程度上被忽视。
根据fintech专家,组织借钱给公众必须经央行批准,但这些“流氓”在线贷款政策真空模块操作。
“这样的应用程序曝光时,印度储备银行发出通知要求一定的保护用户的要求。准则要求数字贷款平台(dlp)必须披露银行的名称/ nbfc支持他们,和银行/ nbfc支持他们必须公开dlp的名字与他们在他们的网站上,“说Asheeta Regidi, fintech Cashfree政策主管,支付网关。
“我们需要防止传统银行和nbfc形成秘密与这样的合作(坏的管理者)演员,“凹地补充道。
根据Regidi,用户可以提高投诉关于“流氓”贷款应用程序通过RBI香囊平台,一个在线门户网站,收集“信息任何未授权接受存款/钱通过不同方案的实体。”
警察说,减少应用程序
建邦者最近,纳警方逮捕了几个球拍涉及欺诈贷款应用程序为用户提供信用以极高的利率。
警察也要求谷歌删除158应用程序商店玩。谷歌没有回应钢铁洪流的一份声明中要求对警察的需求。
许多这样的应用程序已经在聚光灯下的掠夺行为,包括骚扰、虐待和威胁借款人偿还。
2019年11月,谷歌推出了一个新的开发人员政策,要求应用程序提供贷款的偿还期限小于60天不允许在游戏商店。
它还要求贷款程序披露的最小和最大还款期限,利率+费用,贷款的总成本。专家说这些政策需要进一步加强。
Srikanth L,无现金消费的协调员,市民引导计划来提高认识数字交易,研究了750贷款应用程序商店,发现其中仅有90提供他们的办公室地址。
“这是必不可少的程序上传游戏商店有一个隐私政策。但是没有要求开发人员提供一个地址。会很容易让谷歌授权一个地址存在于谷歌地图上传贷款应用的先决条件,这可能会更难不可靠的运营商,”Srikanth说。
他说,虽然印度储备银行(RBI)规定,网上贷款监管,有明显的“缺乏监督”贷款时的应用。“有公平的代码实践已经放下,但没有一个监控这些实践是否被跟踪。”
根据Srikanth,迫切需要政府监管部门,看着数字生态系统。“在缺乏数据保护法律,用户离开脆弱。的数据保护机构提出了在个人数据保护法案,可以担任监督管理机构监督金融应用程序,但是现在却没有这样的规定。”
Banbreach首席执行官Suman凹地,网络安全咨询公司告诉本报,掠夺性贷款应该是遏制高利贷的贷款法案》,1918年,这一限制最高利率为30%。但大多数小额信贷和信用卡公司收取更高的利率。根据凹地,消费者仍然可以提高抱怨监管事务,流氓贷款应用程序很大程度上被忽视。
根据fintech专家,组织借钱给公众必须经央行批准,但这些“流氓”在线贷款政策真空模块操作。
“这样的应用程序曝光时,印度储备银行发出通知要求一定的保护用户的要求。准则要求数字贷款平台(dlp)必须披露银行的名称/ nbfc支持他们,和银行/ nbfc支持他们必须公开dlp的名字与他们在他们的网站上,“说Asheeta Regidi, fintech Cashfree政策主管,支付网关。
“我们需要防止传统银行和nbfc形成秘密与这样的合作(坏的管理者)演员,“凹地补充道。
根据Regidi,用户可以提高投诉关于“流氓”贷款应用程序通过RBI香囊平台,一个在线门户网站,收集“信息任何未授权接受存款/钱通过不同方案的实体。”
警察说,减少应用程序
建邦者最近,纳警方逮捕了几个球拍涉及欺诈贷款应用程序为用户提供信用以极高的利率。
警察也要求谷歌删除158应用程序商店玩。谷歌没有回应钢铁洪流的一份声明中要求对警察的需求。
评论
现在评论 阅读评论(1)所有评论
找到这个评论进攻?
下面选择你的理由并单击submit按钮。这将提醒我们的版主采取行动