[Company responds] Google Pay (for personal use) disappears from Google Play Store for some Indian users

Original story (from August 17) follows:

Google Pay users in India have had a rough week or so to deal with. Not long ago, we reported about an issue with the SBI UPI servers where multiple Google Pay, PayTM, PhonePe and more users got affected.

While we at some point thought SBI had addressed this issue – at least based on a tweet the banking institution made on Twitter – it appears that plenty of people out there are still affected.

At the height of this issue, fresh reports are now popping up on Twitter revealing that for some unknown reason, the Google Pay app for personal use is missing from the Google Play Store.

@GooglePayIndia @GooglePay dear sir / mam, Google pay for personal use not found in play store (India).if there is already installed in mobile (android) are not work properly (like payment to person with the help of mobile contact)
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@GooglePayIndia why google pay removed from Google play store??
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@GooglePayIndia What is wrong with Google pay developers. Why is Google pay not comfortable with Android 10.
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Looking at the screenshots above, it is evident that the Google Pay app is missing from the Google Play Store. While there is a new update available for the app as of this writing, it remains unclear what triggered this issue.

Google has yet to acknowledge or make any statement in an official capacity, so we wait. For now, the only workaround is to access the Play Store via a web browser, at least until Google provides an official fix.