Grab-Singtel group to hire 200 people for Singapore digital bank

[Homelander]

 

(Bloomberg) -- A Grab Holdings Inc.-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. venture, one of two successful bidders for a digital full bank license in the city state, will hire 200 people before the virtual lender’s launch in early 2022.

 

The new entity seeks to recruit veteran bankers, and will have positions available in technology and financial technology, Charles Wong, who will lead the bank as chief executive officer, said in a virtual briefing Friday night. The lender has recruited 10% to 15% of its planned workforce so far, he said.

 

Grab, which owns 60% of the venture, has won approval to begin offering a full range of digital banking services to local consumers, a milestone for the affluent city and an advance in the car-hailing startup’s efforts to break into the realm of fintech.

 

“There is no other platform in Singapore that delivers daily essential services to the lives of our customers, multiple times a week,” said Reuben Lai, senior managing director of Grab Financial Group, Grab’s fintech arm. “That gives us a touch-point that enables us to embed financial services.”

 

Singtel, which provides mobile, fibre broadband and TV services and is 52% owned by Temasek Holdings Pte, holds the remaining 40% of the venture. Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed Sea Ltd. was the other successful bidder for the full digital banking license announced on Friday.

 

Four Winners

Name	Digital Bank Category
Grab-Singtel	Full
Sea entity	Full
Greenland Financial consortium	Wholesale
Ant-owned entity	Wholesale

 

 

The granting of the license boosts the companies’ ambition of offering online finance services to their millions of customers. SoftBank Group Corp.-backed Grab is one of a plethora of tech firms now hoping to benefit from their user bases and in-app payment operations through the potentially lucrative market of online lending and investing.

 

Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co., and a consortium involving China’s Greenland Financial Holdings Group Co. were awarded the so-called digital wholesale banking licenses.

 

Digital full banks will be allowed to take deposits and provide banking services to both retail and corporate customers. Digital wholesale banks can only target small and medium-sized businesses and other non-consumer segments.

 

Sea shares climbed 8.3% to $198.78 in New York on Friday, their biggest gain in almost four months. The company is worth about $90 billion and is the most valuable in Southeast Asia.

 

Sea will aim to address the financial needs of young customers and small companies in Singapore, CEO Forrest Li said in a statement.

 

Under criteria set by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, digital full banks are required to have total capital of at least S$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion), with S$15 million at entry and progressively increasing the capital.

[meng.huat]

dont need to jjww so much la... hire 100 CECA, 50 pinoy, 40 jiuhu kia.... the rest 10 are sinkie cleaner aunties and security uncles.

[Homelander]

2 minutes ago, meng.huat said:

dont need to jjww so much la... hire 100 CECA, 50 pinoy, 40 jiuhu kia.... the rest 10 are sinkie cleaner aunties and security uncles.

 

I guess to put out there is jobs opportunities like small space say

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5 minutes ago, Homelander said:

 

I guess to put out there is jobs opportunities like small space say

 

Some jobs u Apply but no reply

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Grab can go jiak sai.

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Anyway..whatis all this digital bank?? I don't understand and see the point