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Money & Machines: Regulators, Reel Stars, Real Money. And 'All Inclusive' — Inside GFF 2025

11 Oct 2025, 13:59 PM

In today’s edition of Money & Machines, we bring to you the honest opinions, critical notes and the whispers gathered on the sidelines of biggest fintech “mela" in the world.

Peak XV-backed Probo under ED lens: Rs 284 crore assets seized amid online betting allegations

Peak XV-backed Probo under ED lens: Rs 284 crore assets seized amid online betting allegations

11 Jul 2025, 19:21 PM

The investigation revealed that the Probo platform defrauds its users by initially promoting a "deceptive image of a legitimate skill-based platform, only to ultimately exploit them through a betting mechanism..."

Wealth-tech startup Stable Money raising $20 million led by Nandan Nilekani

Wealth-tech startup Stable Money raising $20 million led by Nandan Nilekani's Fund, others

29 May 2025, 15:47 PM

Stable Money is raising Rs 173 crore (around $20 million) in a round led by Fundamentum Partnership Fund, with participation from Z47, Lightspeed India...

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Fintech Highlights

  1. PayNearby gets UPI TPAP licence from NPCI

  2. Prosperr.io raises $4 million in seed funding led by Jungle Ventures

  3. Mswipe receives final payment aggregator license from RBI

  4. PowerUp Money raises Series A funding led by Peak XV

  5. How software security standards are reshaping India's payments landscape
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AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Flipkart acquires majority stake in AI startup Minivet AI

  2. Amazon in talks to invest $10 billion in OpenAI

  3. OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT model within a month as competition from Google intensifies

  4. India proposes AI companies to pay royalties for using copyrighted work

  5. Former Amazon exec Jatin Jain joins Accel-backed Spyne to lead tech & AI
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IPO Tales

  1. Fractal IPO: A bountiful harvest for PE investors, now comes the real AI test

  2. Boat IPO: A second shot amid management shake-up, flat revenues, eager to exit investor

  3. From social-commerce darling to e-commerce challenger: Inside Meesho’s IPO

  4. The Bull Run Broker: Inside Groww's $7 billion IPO
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Money & Machines

  1. Visa's utility shift; an AI bet that isn't accidental

  2. A payments scare and an AI funding reality check

  3. ONDC confused me for years — now AGI is confusing everyone

  4. The Paytm Ledger; How Dunzo's Biswas lit up India's next AI deal wave
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  1. ED orders Yes Bank to freeze accounts linked to BranchX, Frenzopay

  2. The shadow economy of online gaming: How money moves beyond the screen

  3. A VC in photos, a different story in business? Behind the facade of Foxhog’s Tarun Poddar