Top Stock Market Highlights of the Week: Grab, StarHub, the US Federal Reserve and Alphabet

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by raising rates for the first time since 2023, while a string of AI researcher departures has intensified scrutiny on Big Tech’s approach to safety.\n\nSuper-app deepens fintech ambitions with US$1.5 billion BNPL acquisition\nGrab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB) announced on 15 September that it will acquire a 60 per cent stake in buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform Atome Financial from Advance Intelligence Group for US$1.5 billion in cash.\n\nThe deal will combine Atome’s BNPL loans, consumer cash loans, and digital lending operations with Grab’s existing financial services business. \n\nAtome Financial operates across Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand, and has accumulated 25 million transacted users to date.\n\nThe acquisition will proceed in two phases. \n\nThe first, covering the 60 per cent stake, is expected to close by the third quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals. \n\nThe remaining 40 per cent will be acquired roughly two years later at a 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rate increase – the first since July 2023 – is already pushing up borrowing costs. \n\nMajor US banks including JPMorgan and BNY lifted their prime lending rates to 7% following the announcement.\n\nA majority of policymakers have signalled that a further hike to 4% to 4.25% is likely before the end of this year. \n\nRate cuts are not expected to begin until 2028 or 2029, according to the Fed’s latest forecasts.\n\nAI safety fears mount as DeepMind researcher warns of existential risk\nA researcher who recently resigned from Google DeepMind, part of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose an existential threat to humanity.\n\nBilal Chughtai, who worked on AI safety and alignment at the Alphabet subsidiary, wrote on 14 September that he was deeply concerned by the trajectory of AI development, stating that the technology has the potential to cause widespread harm.\n\nHe is the latest in a growing number of researchers to sound the 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