Singapore's Grab, Singtel take stakes in Indonesia's Bank Fama

Superapp provider and telecom major increase bets on promise of banking sector

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Grab and Singtel expand their financial businesses by investing in an Indonesian bank. (Source photos courtesy of Grab and Reuters) 

SHOTARO TANI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Superapp provider Grab and Singapore Telecommunications have invested in an Indonesian bank, weeks after the city-state-based superapp provider poured funds into another lender in the island nation.

The deal is the latest in a slew of transactions Grab has made in Indonesia's financial sector as it chases its ambitions to serve the archipelago's vast unbanked and underbanked population.

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