Agency lists 11 suspicious apps

The Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has sent a list of 11 suspicious mobile applications on Google Play Store to the Bank of Thailand to check whether they provide a personal loan service without registering with the regulator. Wetang Phuangsup, acting secretary-general of the PDPC, said the move follows the pre-installation of two allegedly unlicensed personal loan apps on some mobile models of Chinese brands Oppo and its subsidiary Realme. Two apps are related to the Fineasy app, while a third-party loan app is known as "Happy Loan" in English. Both the PDPC and the National Cyber Security Agency expanded investigations of Fineasy and Happy Loan to cover other loan apps, finding 11 suspicious apps in Google Play Store, he said. The agencies sent this information to the central bank for further investigation, said Mr Wetang. He said if the regulator finds these 11 apps ar...