Seize Monetary chief Reuben Lai to step down • TechCrunch

Reuben Lai, senior managing director of Seize Monetary Group, is leaving the place on the finish of this yr. The information was first reported by Tech In Asia. Lai oversees Seize Monetary Group and can be government director and head of regional technique at GXS Financial institution, the digital financial institution three way partnership between Seize Holdings and telecom Singtel.

In an announcement to TechCrunch, GXS Financial institution stated, “GXS Financial institution (GXS)’s government director and Head of Regional Technique, Mr Reuben Lai, has determined to go away the Financial institution on the finish of 2022. Alongside together with his resignation as an government director, Reuben will probably be stepping down from his appointment as a director in GXS’ board in Singapore. He stays a director on the Board of the digital financial institution in Malaysia.”

Launched by Seize in 2018, Seize Monetary Group has been instrumental in Seize’s journey from a ride-hailing service to tremendous app. Its digital pockets, GrabPay, is now the highest digital pockets in Southeast Asia.

Throughout his tenure at Seize Monetary Group and GXS Financial institution, Lai targeted on monetary inclusion, telling Bloomberg in 2021 that “we all know that due to lots of our drivers, our retailers come to us and inform us that they need to open a checking account, however they’re not capable of. They need to entry a working capital mortgage, however they’re not capable of. What we need to do at Seize Monetary Group is to make monetary providers extra accessible and extra handy in a quite simple and intuitive approach to as many customers as attainable.”

GXS Financial institution launched in August after Seize and Singtel had been granted a digital full financial institution license from the Financial Authority of Singapore. It additionally holds a banking license in Malaysia.