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Article

18 May 2020

Author:
Snigdha Poonam, Business Insider,
Author:
Snigdha Poonam, Business Insider,
Author:
Snigdha Poonam, Business Insider

印度:据报道,即时贷款应用程序使用了粗暴的催款方式,其中很多程序是中国公司在运营

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中国的即时贷款应用程序在印度爆炸式增长。由于工资受到封锁的影响,借款人说他们因还款问题受到暴力和谎报警情的威胁,202057

拥有13亿人口的印度自324日以来一直处于锁国状态,仅4月份就有1亿多人失业。

数据显示,数以百万计的印度人正在下载即时贷款应用程序以维持生计,其中许多应用程序由中国公司拥有,这些公司与印度本土公司合作在印度运营。

借款者说,他们无法在疫情期间偿还债务,并声称他们因欠款面临着可怕的威胁。这些威胁包括收到仿照官方开具的假的催款信,或骚扰亲属。

“现金豆”(CashBean)是一款由中国欧普拉公司(Opera)运营的热门贷款应用程序,它向商业内幕网站(Business Insider)承认,它正在调查或解雇违反其政策的员工,包括发送假催收通知的员工。

“商业内幕”联系的其他贷款服务公司要么没有回应,要么否认有不当行为。

谷歌告诉“商业内幕”,尽管在谷歌应用商店的搜索中仍显示有许多此类应用程序,但它会下架那些以恶劣条款运营的即时贷款应用程序。

……在印度,在紧急关头向私人放债人借钱是一种普遍行为……报告……发现印度成年人平均负债1345美元。随着智能手机使用量的激增,借款人开始转向应用程序……“印度现有的小额贷款应用程序中有60%-70%是中国公司在运营,”……“现金豆”为科技公司欧普拉所有,而欧普拉则为一家中国投资公司所有。另一款名为Moneed的应用程序则在其网站上明确表明其源自中国。“疯狂的大象”(Mad Elephant)同样在公司介绍中列出了一位中国董事。据印度《经济时报》(Economic Times)报道,“现金巴士”(CashBus)正在寻求打入印度市场……

……使用这些应用程序的印度借款人表示,他们因未按时还款而受到羞辱、逮捕、信贷冻结、法庭诉讼或经济惩罚等威胁。……受影响的借款人似乎没有多少官方资源。……还有一个监管漏洞——印度储备银行(Reserve Bank of India)没有审查这些应用程序,……(它)发布了暂停现金贷业务的声明,但似乎主要是由谷歌来监管其应用商店中的那些应用程序。

谷歌的政策目前不允许带有掠夺性借贷条款的应用程序进入其应用商店。但“发薪日”应用程序仍然很容易找到……谷歌表示,其应用商店一直在积极监控贷款应用程序,并取缔那些被发现违规的应用。……“现金豆”发言人表示,公司对员工的违规行为实施“零容忍政策”,称已解雇一名违反行为准则的员工……

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