Grab Reportedly In Talks To Buy Majority Stake In Atome
- ID
- 23096
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 10 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
- Fetched
- 10 Sep 2026, 4:56 PM
- Provider
- Lowyat.NET
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.lowyat.net/2026/403995/grab-majority-stake-atome/
- Source URL
- https://www.lowyat.net/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 5.0
- Created
- 10 Sep 2026, 4:58 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_foundersdevelopers
What happened
Lowyat.NET reports that Grab is in talks to acquire a majority stake in Atome, the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) brand under Advance Intelligence Group. The article body was not captured—only the headline and site navigation are available, so details on deal value, timeline, or regulatory implications are absent.
Why it matters
If Grab absorbs Atome's BNPL rails, founders and builders in SEA payments, e-commerce checkout, or fintech integrations may face a consolidated payments landscape where Grab controls both ride-hailing/delivery and a major BNPL provider. Anyone integrating Atome's API or competing in SEA consumer credit should watch for API changes, deprecations, or merchant-term shifts if the deal closes. However, this is an unconfirmed report with no deal specifics available.
Discussion angle
What does Grab owning a majority of Atome mean for the SEA BNPL competitive map—does this squeeze independent BNPL players and checkout integrators, or does it open new merchant-distribution opportunities through Grab's super-app?