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Are you ready for this?
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Adding to that, Khairy Jamaluddin, Youth and Sports Minister said,
“I think we cannot run away from how people will pay for things and how we will use cash and make transactions in the future, it will have to be cashless and contactless.”
Cashless, you say?
Being cashless today is very different from that of 10 years ago. Then, it meant using cards but now the landscape has changed tremendously. You could be using a cheque or a card but a payment instrument now is something totally different. It simply means not using anything physical anymore. This includes:
- online banking
- e-wallets
- digital currency
- and many more
Samsung Pay
Samsung Pay has been quite significant in creating awareness through the use of their technology that adopts NFC (Near Field Communication) and MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission). You tap your phone on the terminal and the payment is done. Newer devices usually come with this.
Alipay from Alibaba
Considered to be still quite new, it is an e-wallet system . You store the funds and use them for online transactions. It has been around for more than 10 years now and is currently the largest mobile payment app in China. Besides purchases, you can use it to book hotel rooms and buy movie tickets while paying for things in 7-Eleven too.
Visa Checkout and Masterpass
These platforms are all about convenience. You register once for you debit or credit card and it is free of charge. Among the merchants accepting Visa Checkout include Malindo Air, Superbuy while Masterpass is accepted for movie tickets and hotel bookings too.
WeChat Pay
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Apple Pay
This is quite a new player in this market and is still very limited as compared to the others. Apple Pay works if you have an Apple device (iPhone) and it is interesting to see how it will fare with the other payment giants.
Putting it all together
Whether you are a consumer or a merchant, you cannot avoid the wave which is coming. The biggest problem is with the options that you have. There are too many choices to select and you risk losing out a target group if you do not accept a certain payment system. The best way is to embrace as many as you can.
