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FinTech Grab Financial Debuts Payments, Insurance and Lending App
Payment Methods // May 23, 2022

Southeast Asian FinTech Grab Financial has rolled out plans for a new brand for digital payments, insurance, lending and wealth management, called GrabFin, according to a company release Monday (May 23). GrabFin will give a lone entry point to payment, investment and insurance services on...

Grab Financial Lending Boss Leaving for Indonesian Startup
Personnel // April 28, 2022

The head of lending at Singapore’s Grab Financial will leave the company for Indonesian startup BukuWarung. As Bloomberg notes in a Thursday (April 28) report on the departure, Ankur Mehrotra’s departure presents a setback for Grab’s FinTech ambitions. Sources close to the matter say Mehrotra...

Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia
B2B Payments // March 10, 2020

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. In markets like Southeast Asia, high rates of credit-invisible, underbanked small businesses make filling the small business credit gap...

Grab Talks To Ant, PayPal About Spinning Out FinTech Unit
Fintech Investments // March 29, 2019

Grab, the ride-hailing startup, is in discussions with Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Alibaba and PayPal, about spinning out Grab Financial Group. According to a report citing two sources with knowledge of the talks, Grab Financial Group, which is home to GrabPay, the digital payment service...

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

March 10, 2020
The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. In markets like Southeast Asia, high rates of credit-invisible, underbanked small businesses make filling the small business credit gap an even more difficult challenge. At the root of the […]

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FinTech Grab Financial Debuts Payments, Insurance and Lending App

May 23, 2022
Southeast Asian FinTech Grab Financial has rolled out plans for a new brand for digital payments, insurance, lending and wealth management, called GrabFin, according to a company release Monday (May 23). GrabFin will give a lone entry point to payment, investment and insurance services on the Grab app and will address consumer preference for such […]

Grab Financial Lending Boss Leaving for Indonesian Startup

April 28, 2022
The head of lending at Singapore’s Grab Financial will leave the company for Indonesian startup BukuWarung. As Bloomberg notes in a Thursday (April 28) report on the departure, Ankur Mehrotra’s...

Grab Talks To Ant, PayPal About Spinning Out FinTech Unit

March 29, 2019
Grab, the ride-hailing startup, is in discussions with Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Alibaba and PayPal, about spinning out Grab Financial Group. According to a report citing two sources with knowledge...

Grab Financial Gets In SME Lending, Insurance

March 19, 2019
Grab Financial Group, the Southeast Asia FinTech company, announced Tuesday (March 19) the rollout of SME lending and micro-insurance for drivers in Singapore as part of its “Grow with Grab”...