News & Reviews:   e-wallet

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that all facilities under its helm will start going cashless from 1 October 2022. This is according to circular issued by its secretary-general, Datuk Harjeet Singh dated 21 June 2022.

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) School of Business and Economic Assoc Prof Dr Anuar Shah Bali Mahomed has lauded the recently launched Malaysia Digital initiative for its ability to reduce corruption. Specifically, the initiative’s comprehensive implementation of a cashless system will reduce occurrences of corruption as bribes are usually made in cash to avoid being traced.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has revealed that traders are now more welcoming of e-wallets and cashless transactions throughout the country. Its deputy minister, Datuk Rosol Wahid in a statement yesterday shared that a total of 3919 new traders are actively using these cashless transactions nationwide as payment methods.

As you know, Hari Raya is just around the corner. Have you gotten around to shopping yet? For most people, going out to the malls is still the preferred pre-Raya experience. On the other hand, others may prefer shopping online from the comforts of home.

If you like shopping online, you probably frequent sites like Shopee a lot. The platform provides us with a variety of payment methods, but did you know it has its own e-wallet? Here are 3 reasons to use ShopeePay for your Raya shopping.

Recently, Menteri Besar Selangor Inc (MBI Selangor) has made an investment agreement with Wavpay Fintech Holdings regarding the e-wallet Super App Selangor. This business initiative will see WavPay collaborating with Selangor E-Wallet Sdn Bhd to develop the e-wallet app.

Some may find it a hassle to open the e-wallet app when wanting to pay. If there's a slow internet connection, the payment process would be awkward, especially when there's a long line behind you. Luckily, more and more e-wallet platforms are rolling out physical cards nowadays. Boost has become the latest platform to join the force by announcing a partnership with Mastercard.

Hari Raya will commence tomorrow but under this MCO 3.0, visitation is not allowed at all. Despite this, Malays across the nation can still send e-Duit Raya through Boost's Raya campaign ‘Raya dengan Tenang, Di Rumah kan Senang’ with exciting rewards. Here's what you need to know.

E-payment services have become more and more popular nowadays. Besides letting users make payments, some services have also been offering various features like transfer and cashback. Now, it looks like the parent company of TikTok is interested in starting their own e-payment service as well. It is spotted that ByteDance has applied for a new trademark under the name "Tik Tok Payment".

As more people start buying digital content and use e-wallets, there's a need for alternative methods to get our precious e-currency. For some of us, we use these to buy games or in-game items from Google or iOS. So it's great that Boost will now let us directly buy Google Play codes.

Launching debit cards is now probably the trendiest stuff to do for e-wallet platforms. Earlier, we have seen companies that own an e-wallet platform like Grab, Apple, Samsung have done so. Now, Razer is jumping on the bandwagon as well but they are offering something more attractive both design-wise and reward-wise.