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UPDATE 1-Grab's head of wealth management leaving - sources

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By Anshuman Daga

SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Chandrima Das, the head ofwealth management at ride-hailing and food delivery firm Grab,which is making a big push into financial services, is leavingthe Southeast Asian company, sources familiar with the mattertold Reuters on Tuesday.

The sources, who declined who declined to be identified asthey were not authorised to speak to the media, also said thatHuey Tyng, the head of Grab's payments business, is steppingdown from her role.

A spokesman at Grab confirmed that Das will be leaving GrabFinancial Group (GFG) for personal reasons, while Tyng will takeon an advisory role at GFG and leave her current position.

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Das declined to comment to Reuters. Tyng could not beimmediately reached for a comment.

Backed by heavyweight investors including SoftBank GroupCorp, Grab has already sunk roots into financialservices, food delivery and mobile payments over the last fewyears. It recently won a digital full bank licence in Singapore.

The spokesman from Grab said that GFG is "supported by astrong leadership bench and experienced leaders" within the firmwill take on the roles of head of payments and head of wealth.

Last year, Grab acquired Bento Invest, a Singapore-basedrobo-advisory start-up founded by Das. The acquisition enabledGrab to launch an investment service that allows users to investsmall sums of money while spending on Grab's various services.

It relaunched Bento as GrabInvest, part of GFG and saidGrabInvest would be led by Das, who had two decades experienceat banks and asset managers.

Late last year, another Grab executive, the head of itspayments business in Singapore, left after less than three yearswith the company.(Reporting by Anshuman Daga; editing by Richard Pullin & SimonCameron-Moore)