Govt blocks 87 illegal loan lending applications after due processThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has blocked 87 illegal loan lending applications under Section 69A of the Informatio...
01 Dec, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
How to sidestep the great app trap: Instant money, dire resultsDigital loans have become increasingly popular in India, with a 49% surge in disbursements in the financial year 2023-24. However, this gro...
26 Jul, 2024, 02.51 PM IST
Zerodha's Nithin Kamath warns against shady loan apps, sheds light on key red flagsNithin Kamath, the founder of Zerodha, has issued a stark warning about the alarming rise of predatory digital lending apps.
09 Jan, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
Bihar Police seek ban on over 100 gambling, gaming, 'illegal' loan apps"The decision was taken after confirming that these apps attract Section 69 of the Information Technology (IT) Act as they contain material...
08 Jul, 2023, 07.21 PM IST
Bihar police reach out to IT ministry seeking ban on 100 gambling, gaming and illegal loan appsThe Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar police recently approached Meity urging it to ban more than 100 such apps, Nayyar Hasnain Khan, A...
08 Jul, 2023, 01.03 PM IST
Chase India report proposes self-regulatory organisation for digital lending industryThe report on whitelisting framework for digital lending apps (DLAs) intends to support the industry, as it will add legitimacy to the prac...
02 May, 2023, 05.47 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 probing criminal proceeds of Rs 2,116 crore acquired from illegal loan apps: GovtTotal proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 2,116 crore have been identified, out of which proceeds of Rs 859.15 crore have been seized by ED u...
08 Feb, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
ED attaches Rs 859 cr proceeds of crime in illegal loan app cases: MoS FinanceIn a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, Karad said Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has furnished the list of Digital Lending Apps (DLAs) ...
07 Feb, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
Illegal digital lending apps driving citizens to suicide, says Ministry of Home AffairsThe ministry has noted that "many of these illegal lending apps may not be regulated entities by RBI and are using bulk SMS, digital advert...
31 Oct, 2022, 12.19 AM IST
Borrowing money via digital apps? Know your rights to avoid being exploitedThe RBI digital lending guidelines will be applicable to the digital lending by banks, co-operative banks, NBFCs including housing finance ...
16 Sep, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
Reserve Bank of India to prepare "whitelist" as government cracks down on illegal loan appsThis comes after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday held detailed deliberations in respect with legal, procedural & technical ...
10 Sep, 2022, 07.50 AM IST
India to prepare a 'whitelist' of digital lending appsThe central bank has been asked to prepare a list of legal digital lending apps while the government will help ensure that only such apps c...
09 Sep, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
RBI to issue whitelist of all legal loan apps, app stores can host only theseFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to prepare a list of all the legal loan applications
09 Sep, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlines steps to ward off illegal loan appsThe points of concern during the meeting included increasing instances of illegal loan apps offering loans/micro credits, especially to vul...
09 Sep, 2022, 03.03 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
Fake loan App racket: Mumbai Police take 3 accused on remandMallik was arrested by EOW, Odisha, on July 2, while Sushant and Rakhit, were arrested on June 10. The accused ran illegal shell companies ...
07 Aug, 2022, 08.18 PM IST