Grab—Philippines fined Grab over $39 million total for anti-competitive Uber merger and repeated violations of pricing commitments
· $39.0M
The Philippine Competition Commission imposed multiple fines on Grab Philippines over the Uber merger: P16 million ($296,741) in October 2018 for failing to maintain operations during review; P11.3 million in Q1 2019, P7.1 million in Q2, and P5.05 million in Q3 for violating pricing commitments; and P16.15 million in December 2019 for continuing violations of price and service quality commitments. Total fines exceeded $39 million. Grab repeatedly violated commitments made to secure merger approval, demonstrating pattern of disregarding regulatory conditions once market dominance was achieved.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antitrust & Competition | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Consumer Protection | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.141 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.50)× agency (compelled ×0.25)