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Malaysia’s competition regulator wants to fine Grab $20.5m
Malaysia’s competition regulator has proposed a fine of over 86 million ringgit ($20.5 million) on ride-hailing firm Grab for violating competition law. Read more…
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Grab ups the ante in on-going battle with Gojek
Grab is in talks to merge OVO, an Indonesian digital payments firm, with an Ant Financial-backed local peer to build heft and power ahead of archrival Gojek. Read more…
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Ride-hailing firm Grab plans major investment in Vietnam
Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab is set to invest “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam where the company sees its next major growth market. Read more…
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Grab helps Indonesia to be largest digital economy in SE Asia
Grab will invest US$2 billion into Indonesia with the capital invested by SoftBank, to accelerate the development of the country’s digital infrastructure. Read more…
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Grab explores digital-only banking licence in Singapore
Grab is close to hiring a consultancy to advise it on its banking potential and is gearing up to apply for a digital-only bank licence in Singapore Read more…
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Grab looks at spinning off financial services unit
Singapore-based Grab has mandated a few banks to approach potential investors to take minority stakes in its financial services business Read more…
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Grab raising another $2B to ramp up expansion in Southeast Asia
Grab is looking to raise another $2B this year to ramp up expansion in what has become Southeast Asia’s largest round of private financing. Read more…
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Grab bags $200m investment from Thailand’s Central Group
Central Group, Thailand’s largest retail conglomorate, has confirmed it will invest $200m in local entity of Singapore-based ride-hailing application Grab. Read more…
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Indonesia regulations may thwart Grab and Go-Jek expansion
Indonesia is preparing to launch regulations fixing the rates Grab and Go-Jek drivers/riders receive, creating potential obstacles for the companies’ expansion. Read more…
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Grab ordered to pay compensation to Vietnam taxi company
HANOI (Reuters) – Ride-hailing firm Grab was ordered to pay 4.8 billion dong ($206,985) in compensation to a local taxi operator by a Vietnamese court on Friday, sources and state media said. The 18-month-long legal Read more…