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☆ Singapore's Grab says its ride-hailing unit is on track to hit pre-Covid levels by the end of the year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSingapore-based Grab said on Wednesday that its ride-hailing unit is on track to hit pre-Covid levels by the end of this year. Grab, which also offers food delivery and mobile payments, said that its mobility GMV has recovered to 85% of pre-Covid levels. We remain on track to exit 2023 at pre-Covid GMV levels. "We remain on track to exit 2023 at pre-Covid GMV levels," Oey said during Grab's earnings call on Wednesday. Grab's Hungate said driver supply levels are currently at 84% of pre-Covid levels and that the firm will "continue to focus on improving driver supply."

Persons: Alex Hungate, Peter Oey, Oey, GrabShare, Sachin Mittal, Grab's Hungate, Kai Wang, Jonathan Woo, Woo Organizations: Grab Holdings, Bloomberg, Getty, Getty Images, CNBC, DBS Bank, DBS, Trans, Morningstar Asia, Revenue, Phillip Securities Research Locations: Singapore, Getty Images Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Grab's U.S

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Time to rethink the rally?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 14, 2023 in New York City. This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Rally haltedU.S. markets closed in the red Tuesday, halting a rally that drove stocks to their highest levels in more than a year. The dinner symbolizes the White House's — and corporate America's — turn to India at a time when U.S.-China ties are fraying.

Persons: Hong, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Biden, Tim Cook, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Raj Subramaniam, Anthony Tan, Alex Hungate, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Japan's Nikkei, U.S, House, CYVN Holdings, Reuters Locations: New York City, Asia, Pacific, Hong Kong, India, China, Abu Dhabi, Nio, Singapore

☆ Singapore ride-hailing firm Grab beats on revenue, pulls forward profitability timeline
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022 grew 310% to $502 million, up from $122 million a year ago. We should be getting back to pre-Covid levels by fourth quarter this year. The company said that it is bringing forward its group adjusted EBITDA breakeven guidance to the fourth quarter of 2023, half a year earlier than its previous guidance. Deliveries reboundDeliveries revenue increased to $268 million in fourth quarter 2022, up from $1 million in the same period in 2021. Incentives dropped to 8.2% of gross merchandise volume in the fourth quarter from 9.4% in the previous quarter.

☆ Our advantage is to be hyper local: Alex Hungate, Grab COO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOur advantage is to be hyper local: Alex Hungate, Grab COOAlex Hungate, chief operating officer of Southeast Asian tech giant Grab, says its business spans transportation, food delivery, grocery delivery, and financial services.

☆ Exclusive: Grab to implement cost cuts, cites uncertain macroeconomic situation- CEO in memo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Anshuman Daga | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Grab Holdings Ltd (GRAB.O), Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, is rolling out cost-cutting measures to cope with an uncertain macroeconomic situation, the Singapore-based company's chief executive told staff in a memo. Tan said in the memo that Southeast Asia has not, and will not, be spared from rising prices and interest rates, and the consequent effects on growth. Grab, which operates in 480 cities in eight countries, had about 8,800 staff at the end of 2021. The memo circulated on Wednesday said Grab would "freeze the majority of current open job requisitions which are not in offer stage". These measures, Tan said, had helped Grab get closer to its profitability goals.

☆ Grab's steady steering offers a smoother ride
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Caroline ChiaHONG KONG, Sept 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A rising tide once lifted all of Southeast Asia's technology giants. With a global recession looming and markets in turmoil, their fortunes are starting to diverge. It's a sharp contrast to its $24 billion Singaporean rival Sea (SE.N), which is retrenching globally to achieve financial "self-sufficiency". With shares down over 60% this year, Grab's confident and careful hand at the wheel gives shareholders something to cheer. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Like its rivals, it has benefited from a boom in food services during the COVID-19 pandemic, while ride-hailing suffered. read moreHungate, a veteran of the financial services, logistics and food sectors, has spearheaded a push away from low-margin business lines as Grab races to turn profitable. "The other area where we've really tightened our strategic intent is in financial services where we were growing payments, wallets and non-bank financial lending quite significantly off-platform and on our platform," said Hungate. Grab is betting on growing financial services by offering banking and other products with partner Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI) in key markets. read moreHungate said Grab would provide details of its progress towards profitability and other metrics at its first investor day on Tuesday.

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