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MobiKwik IPO: 8 key things investors need to know from the DRHP

The issue size is reduced by 63% from earlier in the current prospectus to Rs 700 crore. However, no existing investors will sell their shares under the latest IPO plans. About 75% of the issue will be available for allocation on a proportionate basis to qualified institutional buyers, 15% to non-institutional investors, and 10% to …

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Ant Group close to buying MultiSafepay in about $200 million deal

Ant, an Alibaba Group affiliate, did not immediately respond outside Asia business hours. Alibaba holds a 33% stake in Ant, according to Alibaba’s interim fiscal year 2024 report published in December. Representatives for MultiSafepay did not respond to requests for comment. The acquisition follows Ant Group’s purchase of Singapore-based payments firm 2C2P in 2022.

Asian consumers could soon be paying with stablecoins

Hong Kong put out a proposal last week to license stablecoins. Singapore has already announced similar intentions. It’s very likely that before the end of 2024, the two financial centers will have come up with rules that US lawmakers have failed to adopt after three years of efforts. Read more:

ONDC crosses record 5.5 million transactions in December

Within the retail category, food and beverages accounted for 32.5% of the orders, followed by fashion (29.6%), with the remaining transactions spread across categories such as home and kitchen (12.6%), grocery (10.1%), beauty and personal care (8.5%), and electronics (5.7%). ONDC’s highest single-day orders so far have been about 217,000.