[Update] – Paytm has shared more details about the bug that caused the removal of the iOS app from the Apple App Store. As per the company, millions of users have already updated their iOS app and our traffic on iOS is back to normal.
Yesterday, iPhone users were taken aback when the Paytm app went missing from the Apple App Store. The popular digital payments wallet which has benefited a lot owing to the current demonetization situation has now been restored in the App Store.
Paytm had mentioned in the company blog post that it has found bug in the iOS app and was therefore taking it down from the App Store. Several Paytm iOS app users were not able to pay as the app kept hanging following which they were logged out of the system preventing them from further accessing their account.
Paytm users took to social media to complain about the service outage. The company also assured users that customer data and their money was safe. Paytm, which has over 170 million registered users witnessed huge traffic, with downloads growing by 200 percent within 24 hours of the demonetization announcement by the government.