GrabPay Users Can Now Link Maybank2u Accounts To GrabPay For Easier Top-Up Process
Grab has enabled Maybank2u as a new top-up source for the GrabPay e-wallet. Interestingly, it is more than just a simple bank account linking, but a pretty tight integration between Maybank2u and GrabPay. This can be seen by the seamless reload process: once your bank account is linked to GrabPay, you will no longer need…
Grab and Samsung partner for digital inclusion in Southeast Asia
Grab and Samsung have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help drive digital inclusion in Southeast Asia. The two companies will work together on a wide range of initiatives to bring the benefits of technology, such as enhanced customer experiences and improved income opportunities, to millions of consumers and Grab driver-partners across Southeast Asia. Grab is best…
Grab And Transfer to Partner Up To Deliver Real-Time Digital Payments Across South-East Asia
TransferTo, a global Cross-Border Mobile Payments Network, has been chosen by Grab, the mobile ride-hailing and payments platform in South-East Asia, to enable real-time earnings payouts for Grab drivers using their GrabPay account, across Grab’s operating markets. For the first time, and as a result of this strategic partnership, Grab drivers can instantly collect their daily earnings with their…
E-Money License Granted: Grab Malaysia “Grabs” a Piece of the Payments Pie
Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing app Grab has obtained regulatory approval from Bank Negara Malaysia to launch its mobile payment service in Malaysia following it’s earlier approval from the Singaporean authorities. This move is mirrored by it’s Indonesian counterpart Go-Jek who is also making a foray into the payments market. GrabPay will be rolled out in…
Grab taps HERE Technologies’ 3D maps for better accuracy
If you’re a Grab user, then you can expect more accurate fare estimations, ETAs, and trip routing from now on, thanks to its partnership with HERE Technologies, a global map data and locations service provider. HERE Technologies aim to create the most up-to-date three-dimensional representation of the real world in the virtual one, with a fleet of…
Grab receives US$2 billion investment from Japan’s SoftBank and China-based Didi Chuxing
Grab, ride-sharing service, just received a cool US$2 billion (RM8.57 billion) in investment monies from Japanese telecoms firm SoftBank, and Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing. This amount does not include other Grab investors for its current financing round, which is estimated to be worth an extra US$500 million ~(RM2.14 billion). According to TechCrunch, the new round of investment…
Uber celebrates its third year in Malaysia with discounted rides!
All you have to do is key in the UBER3RDBDAY promo code within the Uber app. Do keep in mind that that the maximum discount per trip is RM5, which means you can’t just hitch a ride to Singapore and expect to be entitled to the 33-percent discount. That’s…
Leaner, meaner, faster: GrabTaxi rebrands as Grab
Ride-hailing app GrabTaxi has rebranded itself as just Grab, the company announced today. The change is effective for all six countries Grab is operating in, and comes complete with a visual rejig, a new logo, and a redesigned app. As the startup’s services include private car and bike ride-hailing, carpooling,…
GrabTaxi’s journey to a billion-dollar start up (INFOGRAPHIC)
In recent years, Asia has experienced a ride booking boom. Uber is aggressively attacking Southeast Asia, while Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi is still fighting hard to gain a strong foothold in the region – sometimes unsuccessfully. GrabTaxi is the only home grown app gaining traction across large swathes of Asia.…