Guess everyone has got used to ride hailing apps but hate to break the bad news as …
You might see the last of Uber in Malaysia!
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Ride hailing apps has been growing more and more popular in Malaysia and it’s now being dominated by Grab and Uber. Malaysian are taking Uber/Grab more then ridding taxi nowaday
Uber has just completed its deal with SoftBank Group Corp (as according to Bloomberg), triggering a slate of governance reforms at the ride-hailing company.
There is now rumour that Uber may be pulling out of Southeast Asia soon. Good news for Grab but not so good for us, the consumer. That means there will be lesser promo codes for us!
Rajeev Mishra, Softbank executive, said, “Uber was better off focusing on its core markets including the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Australia.”. This means that they might pull Uber back from markets such as Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa. Malaysia in there too!!
There was talk that Grab is planning to acquire Uber (as reported by KR Asia) but seems like the Softbank has taken over it now!
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For now, we the consumer just have to wait and see what’s happening next. But surely with on competitor out of the way, there would surely be lesser discount for us on the ride hailing apps …