{"id":590,"date":"2025-06-24T09:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:10:37","slug":"indian-payment-apps-strengthen-controls-against-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/?p=590","title":{"rendered":"Indian Payment Apps Strengthen Controls Against Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/712cbdd04dc034a097b7837a1bd08415c644e084e53a00f157d38c2f37202a8b.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/712cbdd04dc034a097b7837a1bd08415c644e084e53a00f157d38c2f37202a8b.webp 640w, https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/712cbdd04dc034a097b7837a1bd08415c644e084e53a00f157d38c2f37202a8b-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/712cbdd04dc034a097b7837a1bd08415c644e084e53a00f157d38c2f37202a8b-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To combat the surge of illegal gambling, Indian fintech companies like PhonePe and Paytm are tightening controls on suspicious transactions. Algorithms are flagging payments with keywords like \u201cbet\u201d or frequent transfers to unregistered merchants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blocked accounts are notified and may be frozen for review. Some users have complained of false positives, but officials say it\u2019s necessary to curb financial fraud and digital addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reserve Bank of India supports the move and is working on national guidelines for identifying and responding to gambling-related digital payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To combat the surge of illegal gambling, Indian fintech companies like PhonePe and Paytm are tightening controls on suspicious transactions.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gambling","tag-gambling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian Payment Apps Strengthen Controls Against Gambling - 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