WeChat Pay is finally in Malaysia
Good news everyone! Sources at Vulcan Post have reported that WeChat Pay is finally available in Malaysia!
WeChat Pay is supposed to be launched in Malaysia sometime in June. No doubt there’s already a tsunami of e-wallets in Malaysia. We already have Vcash, Samsung Pay, Alipay, Visa Checkout, Masterpass, PayPal and CIMB Pay. But what makes WeChat Pay any different?
While cash is still king in Malaysia, WeChat Pay is changing the entire payment ecosystem in China! One doesn’t need a wallet in China, just a smartphone. You can pay for a local delicacy at a simple food stall, order a cab or even rent a bike! Not using mobile payment is increasingly considered backward.
“Malaysia is actually quite large in the sense that we have 20 million WeChat users, huge potential, and the market is quite warm towards internet products from China,” said Tencent senior vice president SY Lau.
Here is some information about WeChat Pay that will get you up to speed:
1. Malaysia will be the first country to receive WeChat Pay in our local currency—the ringgit, RM.
Payment methods that will become available in Malaysia include Quick Pay, where vendors can scan a QR code on a customer’s mobile phone once they’ve made a payment for a quick transaction. Or, users can scan a QR code set up by the vendors to see a product’s information or transaction guides.
2. WeChat Pay Malaysia has been in a beta phase for 2 years now
Beta testing an early run of the ringgit-enabled wallet has in process for two years now, by selecting 10,000 Malaysian WeChat users.
3. Local banks are already on WeChat Pay
Hong Leong Bank has already enabled merchants to accept payments for WeChat Pay, in anticipation for the wallet’s launch in Malaysia as early as November 2017.
It was done to ensure that Chinese tourists can continue using their WeChat accounts while visiting Malaysia, though once WeChat Pay launches for Malaysians, then there will already be a list of merchants that accept the e-wallet from day zero.
Will Malaysia soon be living a cashless future?
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