India’s Paytm has withdrawn its POS app a day after it was released amid security concerns. 

Paytm released a new point-of-sale app dubbed Paytm POS to much fanfare on Wednesday, addressing the inadequate availability of POS machines in India. Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma was expecting over 10 million downloads of Paytm POS app by the weekend. 

However, the ecommerce company announced last evening it is rolling back the app, a decision it reached after talking with several stakeholders and realising its app needed to be more secure. Shortly after its release, payment network giants MasterCard and Visa had flagged privacy concerns in how Paytm POS app was handling user details. 

“Based on some suggestions from the industry, we have decided to add additional certifications and features before making it available to merchants,” the company wrote in a blogpost, adding that it will re-launch the app with some amendments later without sharing a firm timeline. 

India has roughly about 1.5 million point-of-sales card machines, and over 700 million with debit cards and credit cards. Paytm POS app was designed to mimic as a terminal machine. 

Shortly after its announcement, however, people began expressing security concerns in the way Paytm POS app handled bank credentials. 

Read the complete story here

About the author

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Sign Up for Our Newsletter

Get notified of our weekly selection of news

You May Also Like

Thailand and China Launch Joint E-Commerce Training Program

Data showed over 2,000 Thai vocational school teachers and students have participated in the e-commerce training programs since they were introduced in 2021.

What shifting supply chains for semiconductors mean for Emerging markets in South-East Asia

The manufacturing of semiconductors is dominated by three countries – China, South Korea and Taiwan – which accounted for 87% of the global market in 2021.

Thailand’s Report of Cybercrime Crackdown in 2022

166 suspects from eight foreign call center gangs were arrested, while 58,463 bank accounts and 118,530 phone lines were discovered to be used for illegal operations and were frozen by authorities