Google Play’s latest permission policy issues have led to frequent deletion of global financial loan apps

I am GGZC. This month, Google Play Store tightened supervision on developers’ use of sensitive permissions. Any developer who abuses device permissions for any purpose may result in the removal of the app from Google Play. Prior to this month, apps with similar permissions were online and functioning normally. It was not until April 2025 that developers received notification that Google Play had removed malware apps. As shown below

Your app has been suspended and deleted due to the following policy issues.

Your app does not comply with the malware policy. We do not allow apps that contain code that could put users, user data, or devices at risk. At the same time, Google will give a corresponding version prompt with malware issues (this prompt is for reference only, the previous version may also contain malware, but the deletion command was not executed)

Especially for products that provide loan services, it is not realistic not to open the corresponding SMS and location permissions. After all, malicious fraud and malicious loan defaults by bad people happen from time to time. In the scope of permissions without blind spots, debt collection is likely to fail. Moreover, not allowing the corresponding permissions to be captured will cause huge problems in the risk control and debt collection links of the loan platform.