{"id":106501,"date":"2026-03-26T16:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/google-to-label-verified-investment-apps-in-india-amid-scam-crackdown-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:57:16","slug":"google-to-label-verified-investment-apps-in-india-amid-scam-crackdown-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/google-to-label-verified-investment-apps-in-india-amid-scam-crackdown-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to label verified investment apps in India amid scam crackdown | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allow only brokers and intermediaries registered \u200bwith \u200bSEBI \u2060to carry a verified badge<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet\u2019s dominant advertising business has remained largely resilient despite economic uncertainty and intense competition. PHOTO: AFP   <\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Alphabet&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2599241\/ex-google-executive-brittin-named-new-bbc-boss-to-steer-reform\">Google<\/a> will label verified investment apps on its app \u200bstore in \u200bIndia, a move aimed at \u2060helping users spot \u200blegitimate trading platforms \u200band avoid scams, a senior official at the country&#8217;s \u200bmarkets regulator, Securities \u200band Exchange Board of India, \u200csaid \u2060on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The move will allow only brokers and intermediaries registered \u200bwith \u200bSEBI \u2060to carry a verified badge, \u200bhelping users identify \u200blegitimate \u2060platforms and distinguish them from fraudulent apps \u2060posing \u200bas them.<\/p>\n<p>India has seen a rise in fake trading apps mimicking well-known brokers, promising quick returns while siphoning off user funds. Regulators say these scams often exploit first-time investors who rely heavily on app store listings to judge credibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2599181\/openai-drops-ai-video-tool-sora-startling-disney-sources-say\">OpenAI drops AI video tool Sora, startling Disney, sources say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To earn Google\u2019s new verification badge in India, investment apps must be officially registered with SEBI.<\/p>\n<p>Although unverified apps will remain on the store, the badge serves as a clear marker of regulatory compliance to help users identify safer platforms.<\/p>\n<p>While Google hasn&#8217;t fully outlined the technical processes yet, it will sync its eligibility criteria with SEBI\u2019s database to ensure only legitimate brokers receive the label.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allow only brokers and intermediaries registered \u200bwith \u200bSEBI \u2060to carry a verified badge Alphabet\u2019s dominant advertising business has remained largely resilient despite economic uncertainty and intense competition. PHOTO: AFP Alphabet&#8217;s Google will label verified investment apps on its app \u200bstore in \u200bIndia, a move aimed at \u2060helping users spot \u200blegitimate trading platforms \u200band avoid scams, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/googlealpha1768244909-0\/googlealpha1768244909-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}