Chief Product Officer, Grab Holdings
Search every verified Philipp Kandal interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At Grab X 2026, Grab Holdings' annual product showcase, Chief Product Officer Philipp Kandal introduced several new features. He announced "Grab More," which allows users to order from two different restaurants in a single order with one delivery fee. Kandal also described a new cash loan product, stating that users can receive a decision in seconds based on their Grab usage history rather than submitting extensive documentation. Additionally, he introduced "Tap to Pay," a feature that enables merchants to accept card payments directly through the Grab merchant app without requiring extra equipment or paperwork. Kandal also promoted group rides, saying they can save users up to 40% compared to riding alone.
“With cash loans, you do not need to send a mountain of documents. You just look at how you've been using Grab to know that you're a trusted user. And that means instead of waiting for weeks, you'll get a decision in seconds because you already have an available credit line just when you need it.”
“Introducing Tap to Pay. Our merchants can now accept card payments straight from the Grab merchant app, turning their smartphone into a card machine. They don't need extra equipment, no bank cues, and no paperwork.”
“We call our drivers the gig mappers and we pay them for collecting imagery data for mapping POIs. So we've basically created a platform where you can give them incremental earning opportunities on top of their ride share and food delivery jobs.”
“We make them available at cost — at cost in the US unfortunately means including the Trump tariff so it's a little bit more expensive than we would like to but basically we said whatever the cost is to us we'll make them available for the same price at the community.”
Your day isn’t just one thing. It’s moving. Meeting. Deciding. Discovering. We’ve been working behind the scenes to make those pieces click together better. GrabX is where it all comes together. See all this at grab.com/grabx
This session was recorded live at State of the Map US 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hosted by OpenStreetMap US, the annual State of the Map US conference is the largest gathering of OpenStreetMap community members from across the United States. For more information about this and future events, visit https://openstreetmap.us/events
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