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Majority of Malaysians can go without cash for more than a week as digital payment usage increases

by moneycompass
January 14, 2022
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KUALA LUMPUR – Visa, on January 13, has released findings from its latest Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes study that show the majority of Malaysian consumers (55%) can successfully live for more than a week without using cash. This represents a 13% increase compared to the previous year.

The pandemic has also prompted Malaysian consumers to choose digital payments over cash in the longer term, where more than one in four of the respondents (28%) said they are likely not to use cash after the pandemic.

“It is clear that events in the past years have caused a significant change in the way we live and work. The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation and how Malaysians choose to pay and be paid.

“At Visa, we are following the change in consumer behaviour closely. From the insights we have gathered from the study over the years, the shifts towards using more digital payments in Malaysia are here to stay,” said Ng Kong Boon, Country Manager for Visa Malaysia.

Based on the study, more than seven in 10 Malaysians (74%) have tried going cashless over the past year. For those who had never tried going cashless, half (50%) said they are confident to live their daily lives without cash for up to a week.

Malaysian consumers believe the pandemic has accelerated the time it will take for the country to become a cashless society. In the current circumstances, they believe a cashless society could be a possibility by 2025. If the pandemic had not happened, respondents thought a cashless Malaysia would not be possible until 2028.

In addition, Malaysians believe that a cashless society also brings a number of benefits such as curbing the spread of the virus (58%), providing users with the ability to track financial records easily (54%), lowering the risk of theft (52%), offering users a hassle-free experience, eliminating the need to queue at banks (52%), among others.

The study also revealed that there is a growth in cashless payment adoption, especially via QR payments (60%), mobile wallets (54%), and contactless cards (51%). This is primarily seen in categories such as bill payments, supermarket, retail shopping, purchases at convenience stores, and food and dining.

There is also an increased preference among consumers to shop at merchants that accept cashless payment options instead of cash only options. There is also high interest towards cashless innovations such as self-service checkouts (64%), automated app payments (64%), and biometric payments through fingerprint or facial authentication (60%).

 

Read more: Here Are 5 Practical Tips to Keep Your Finances Safer Online

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