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Grab has unveiled plans to invest US$2 billion in Indonesia where it will look to develop the local digital infrastructure, including an electric vehicle transport network, and introduce "affordable" e-healthcare services. Spanning five years, the investment also will see the ride-sharing company open a second headquarters in the Asian market.The second site would encompass the company's Jakarta research and development (R&D) centre and serve as a secondary headquarters for its GrabFood delivery business. Funded by current investor SoftBank, the $2 billion would facilitate the digitisation of services and infrastructure in Indonesia, said Grab in a statement Monday. It revealed plans to jointly develop, alongside SoftBank, a transport network based on electric vehicles as well as geomapping tools for the local market.  Grab rides on data in bid to offer SEA consumers 'hyper-personal' app As part of efforts to drive its aim of building an "everyday super app", the … [Read more...] about Grab parks $2B for Indonesia expansion, plans ‘affordable’ e-healthcare

Apple's march to be the way people pay for everything continues, with rumoured plans to allow people in Japan to tap their iPhones on buses and trains there. According to Bloomberg , Apple intends to include Sony's Felica RFID contactless chip in a future version of the iPhone. Japan's de facto mobile wallet, Osaifu-Keitai, is powered by Felica, and works across the country's public transportation modes, as well as in convenience stores and fast food outlets. SEE ALSO: Android Pay launches in Asia starting with Singapore Japan's system started 10 years before Apple Pay was announced in 2014, and is so well-established that when Apple Pay came on the scene, the response in Japan was meh . People there were more concerned that iPhones wouldn't work with the 1.9 million Osaifu-Keitai readers around the country. Here's a Japanese user paying at Starbucks by tapping his phone: #おサイフケータイ #xperiaJ1Compact A photo posted by Hitoshi OHGAKI (@a4w) on Aug … [Read more...] about Apple is planning tap-to-pay for iPhones on trains in Japan