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  "id": 7540235,
  "title": "Grab takes majority stake in Atome Financial in US$1.49 billion deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/grab-takes-majority-stake-in-atome-financial-in-us-1-49-billion-deal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T11:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/grab-atome-us149-billion-deal-6386031"
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  "summary": "Grab will take an initial 60 per cent stake in Atome for US$1.49 billion, combining the target's Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loans, consumer cash loans, BNPL cards and digital lending with its own financial services business.",
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        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Grab takes majority stake in Atome Financial in US$1.49 billion deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/grab-takes-majority-stake-in-atome-financial-in-us-1-49-billion-deal-7541790",
        "published": "2026-09-15T11:04:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Grab to buy Singapore-based Atome Financial for $1.49bn to boost consumer lending",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/grab-to-buy-singapore-based-atome-financial-for-1-49bn-to-boost",
        "published": "2026-09-15T11:32:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "e27",
        "title": "Grab’s US$1.49B Atome deal signals a deeper race for SEA’s credit economy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/grabs-us-1-49b-atome-deal-signals-a-deeper-race-for-seas-credit",
        "published": "2026-09-15T12:11:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Grab set to acquire Atome stake for US$1.49bil to expand lending",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/grab-set-to-acquire-atome-stake-for-us-1-49bil-to-expand-lending",
        "published": "2026-09-15T14:25:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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