You are here

Home > Life & Culture > Disrupted
DISRUPTED

Cashless and ka-ching!

Live music event IMI Festival was made even cooler with its adoption of cashless payment platform, GrabPay
Sat, Nov 25, 2017 - 5:50 AM
btnews@sph.com.sg

BT_20171125_DISRUPT25B_3193257.jpg
It was the first time that Grab, a ride-hailing company, had supported a live music event such as IMI fest by having GrabPay, its e-wallet solution, as a means of payment.
BT PHOTO: JACQUELYN CHEOK

BT_20171125_DISRUPT25B_3193257.jpg
To boot, GrabPay was easy to use; topping up my e-wallet took only seconds. For the uninitiated, there were at least a dozen Grab helpers on-site to help guide them through the payment process.
BT PHOTO: JACQUELYN CHEOK

WHAT makes a live music event "cooler" than others? For the IMI (Innovation, Music and Inspiration) Festival, the answer is tech, talks and art installations. Organised by experiential events company Sunshine Nation, it was held last Saturday at the now-defunct Kallang Airport.

The...

sentifi.com

Market voices on:

BREAKING

Dec 10, 2019 05:49 PM
Stocks

Malaysia: Shares close lower on Tuesday

MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Tuesday, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 0.92...

Dec 10, 2019 04:35 PM
Life & Culture

In new memoirs, food writers serve up stories about their beat

[NEW YORK] If critics' faces are ever put on postage stamps, Adam Platt's will be a collectible. The longtime food...

Dec 10, 2019 04:23 PM
Stocks

Hong Kong: Stocks finish in the red

[HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks closed Tuesday with fresh losses as traders grow increasingly wary about the lack of...

Dec 10, 2019 04:20 PM
Stocks

Europe: Shares dip on caution as tariff deadline looms

[FRANKFURT] European shares retreated for the second day in a row on Tuesday as investors stayed away from big bets...

Dec 10, 2019 04:15 PM
Government & Economy

Hong Kong Cabinet reshuffle not an 'immediate task': chief exec

[HONG KONG] A reshuffle of Hong Kong's Cabinet is not an "immediate task", the city's Beijing-backed leader Carrie...

Purchase this article
subscribe to
The Business Times
Stay connected with The Business Times
premium content on your favourite platforms
CALL 6388 3838
SUBSCRIBE NOW
Download Our
Apps
Stay up to date with The Business Times for
Stay Updated
Choose which free BT newsletters to sign up for here, or get them all below:
Breakfast Brief
every morning
Daily Debrief
every evening
BT Garage
weekly
BT Lifestyle
weekly