Corporate affairs ministry probing Chinese companies linked to loan apps; investigations at advanced stagesIn recent times, Indian authorities have been cracking down on entities that are operating loan apps illegally and the ministry has also be...
27 Feb, 2024, 03.54 PM IST
Corp affairs ministry probing Chinese cos linked to loan apps; investigations at advanced stagesThe Indian corporate affairs ministry is investigating several Chinese companies, particularly those connected to loan apps, for alleged vi...
27 Feb, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Chinese syndicates to keep hurting India via loan app scams: Cyber expertChinese loan apps, operated by Chinese criminal syndicates and gangs, are causing significant financial losses in India. Pavan Duggal, a cy...
21 Jan, 2024, 12.35 PM IST
MHA wants 100+ apps linked to China, Philippines blockedThe Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), in the past, has sought a ban on as many as 500 apps that were sending data of Indians to...
30 Mar, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
ED attaches ₹106cr assets in Chinese loan app caseThe agency, in a statement released on Wednesday, said that its probe has revealed the modus operandi of these entities, wherein these enti...
30 Mar, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
Chinese loan apps case: Karnataka HC says investigation must for Kerala-based firmThe assistant director of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) passed an order on September 2, 2022, freezing the bank account of Inditrade ...
02 Mar, 2023, 12.55 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: why are quick-loan apps under the government scanner?The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology through its latest orders has banned a total of 232 apps. Some of these apps have Ch...
07 Feb, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
India to ban Chinese-linked betting and loan lending appsIndia's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has begun a process to ban and block 138 betting apps and 94 loan lendin...
05 Feb, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Coordinated efforts taken to contain Chinese loan apps: FM in Rajya SabhaThe minister said she had in the last 6-7 months held several meetings with representatives of the central bank, her ministry officials and...
16 Dec, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
Chinese loan app case: ED seizes Rs 78 cr after search ops in BengaluruThe Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on October 19 carried out search operations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 a...
21 Oct, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
Crackdown begins on Indian entities supplying fake directors to Chinese shell companiesAccording to these sources, Indian citizens with zero or little education and working in menial jobs, were being provided as directors to s...
08 Sep, 2022, 06.28 PM IST
Immediately ban illegal Chinese loan apps: CongressAsking why the government has not acted against these apps yet, the All India Congress Committee said the Reserve Bank of India has already...
30 Aug, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Govt has no strategy to tackle Chinese Apps duping Indians: Congress"As per RBI, there was a jump of 12 times in loans on digital platforms between 2017 to 2020. Till now, 52 individuals in our country commi...
30 Aug, 2022, 03.41 PM IST
India cracks down on China-backed fintech lenders in the countryThe Enforcement Directorate and CIDs have launched probe against more than two dozen China-backed loan apps and directed Paytm and Razorpay...
22 Jan, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
Loan app racket: Telangana cops pick one more Chinese from ThaneTelangana police on Wednesday arrested Chinese national He Jian and an Indian associate from Thane in the ongoing illegal instant loan app ...
14 Jan, 2021, 09.27 AM IST
Online chit fund apps under the scannerThe government is examining complaints against some online chit fund apps, which are allegedly functioning in absence of clear regulatory g...
08 Jan, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
426 'rogue' lending apps currently on Play Store: Citizens' collectiveMany of these apps, researchers say, indulge in "abusive lending practices” and seek wide-ranging intrusive permissions from users.
29 Dec, 2020, 08.17 AM IST