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CIMB is having an unscheduled maintenance; are they cooking something behind the scenes?

RIP for those who only have CIMB as their sole bank account.

Release dates of Apple Pay around the world (according to Wikipedia)

October 20, 2014
United States
(except Puerto Rico & other unincorporated territories)

July 14, 2015
United Kingdom
(excluding British Overseas Territories)

November 17, 2015
Canada

November 19, 2015
Australia

February 18, 2016
China

April 19, 2016
Singapore

July 7, 2016
Switzerland

July 19, 2016
France
Monaco

July 20, 2016
Hong Kong

October 4, 2016
Russia

October 13, 2016
New Zealand

October 25, 2016
Japan

December 1, 2016
Spain

March 7, 2017
Guernsey
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jersey

March 29, 2017
Taiwan

May 17, 2017
Italy
San Marino
Vatican City

October 24, 2017
Denmark
Greenland
Finland
Sweden
United Arab Emirates

April 4, 2018
Brazil

May 17, 2018
Ukraine

June 19, 2018
Poland

June 20, 2018
Norway

November 28, 2018
Kazakhstan
Belgium

December 11, 2018
Germany

February 19, 2019
Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia

April 24, 2019
Austria

May 8, 2019
Iceland

May 21, 2019
Hungary
Luxembourg

June 11, 2019
Netherlands

June 26, 2019
EU (All Parts)
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus (except Northern Cyprus)
Estonia
Greece
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Malta
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia

July 2, 2019
Faroe Islands

August 6, 2019
Macau

September 3, 2019
Georgia

November 19, 2019
Belarus

January 28, 2020
Montenegro

June 30, 2020
Serbia

February 23, 2021
Mexico

March 30, 2021
South Africa

May 5, 2021
Israel

August 17, 2021
Qatar

October 5, 2021
Bahrain
Palestine

November 2, 2021
Azerbaijan
Colombia
Costa Rica Costa Rica

According to this history, I don’t think when the Apple Event matters, what matters is when the central bank and the card issuer are ready to release it to the public.

No, no local bank or financial institution supports Apple Pay yet. If you’re the privileged few who work or study abroad; you can technically use Apple Pay in Malaysia but it’s a hit & miss.

There have been some Malaysians who were able to get Apple Pay via Wise as a Malaysian resident. However I’m unsure of the legality of doing so. If you’re interested, I have left the link below. Use the information as you wish.

Apple Pay Malaysia Tutorial
https://youtu.be/omiWF1ubvas

You don’t even need 9to5mac, it says on Apple’s website for Latin America. Argentina & Peru are listed as coming soon for Apple Pay.

https://www.apple.com/la/apple-pay/

I for one would definitely use it and some on this forum would gladly use it. In-store payments would probably not be fully utilised, however don’t underestimate the power of online shopping. Apple Pay makes shopping online so painless, it would probably make you spend more money. As it, would already have your name, shipping address, email & phone number saved; it’s just a matter of authorising the payment.

Bruh, if the terminal is ‘rosak’ that shit ain’t gonna accept Apple Pay or even a physical card for that matter. That doesn’t make sense.

It’s not dumb, it’s the next step for consumer payments. It’s easy for the consumer to use, the merchant just need to know it’s a contactless payment and the bank gets people spending more as who would leave their phone nowadays.

If what people are saying is true, the banks have invested a lot of money into bringing Apple Pay into Malaysia. If I know about one thing about banks is, they don’t fuck around when it comes to money; they are not gonna let their investment go to waste due to some dull bureaucrats. But then again, your username does check out.

Yeah, usually it would be one bank that would support Apple Pay, then the other banks would offer Apple Pay as they don’t want customers to switch to that bank that has Apple Pay.

The aim now is to have at least one bank to see Apple Pay as feasible and worth their investment. Once a bank supports Apple Pay in Malaysia; the others would follow their lead like a domino. Now we are in the most boring part, waiting for the news of its release.

I hope everyone saying Apple Pay being released in Q1 2022, is true. Don’t want another disappointing year.

The thing is that many merchant are not tech savvy. In a way ignorant of modern consumer payments. It’s the merchant’s fault but also the business owner’s fault for not educating their staff regarding different payment methods. My friend last time also made payments with Samsung Pay and the staff so bodoh and think using his Samsung phone would not work. Once the transaction was completed, the merchant so dumbfounded that a phone can make an NFC payment.

Hey guys, I noticed OCBC Malaysia supports Wallet on the Apple App Store. However, I can’t find any online sources that says OCBC Malaysia supports Apple Pay locally. Is OCBC, the first bank to release it to Malaysia, or is it some developer who forgot to unmark the Supports section?


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Unfortunately I’m not a OCBC customer, and I’m too lazy to open another account (I already have several). Anyone who is an existing OCBC customer can you test?

Oh no, I don’t want Maybank to be another CIMB :/

Anyway, if any of you guys have a Malaysian OCBC account try to find any clues about Apple Pay. Please share with us

This post has been edited by The1stHumanBeing: Jan 26 2022, 12:08 PM

I hope so, unfortunately I don't have a OCBC account so I wouldn't be the first to try it. I hope if OCBC releases Apple Pay in Malaysia, my preferred banks would cave in to consumer demand.

Sigh, have to wait some more; hope we would get it soon

Not necessarily, HSBC & Standard Chartered support Apple Pay in other markets (including Singapore) but neither is willing to push Apple Pay support in Malaysia. Even in Singapore, it was American Express who supported Apple Pay first and the local banks like DBS, UOB & OCBC caved in to prevent consumers switching to AmEx. My hope is that OCBC is willing to take the risk of Apple Pay support in exchange of more consumers switching to their bank. Just like that, the other local banks would cave in and also give Apple Pay support, like what happened to Singapore.

NFC reloadable Touch n' Go card, MRT Putrajaya Line Phase 1 & Apple Pay; all delay. You know lah, Malaysia always cannot deliver what they promised. I'm fine if it takes a while to make; what I don't like is that they always overpromise and underdeliver (Of course, I'm not including Apple Pay since it's release date has not been publicly disclosed, but still frustrated).

This post has been edited by The1stHumanBeing: Jan 27 2022, 11:37 AM

Samsung Pay was released a while back with minimal issues; what policy is preventing them from implementing Apple Pay?

1) Even if having multiple of the same cards is a concern; you still need biometric authentication or a passcode before payment. It’s not like a physical card that you can steal and use the contactless function without verification.
2) Any wave transaction above RM250 needs a PIN anyway, it’s literally like your bank card but on your iPhone. Apple Pay still needs verification before payment.
3) Apple is not the card issuer, it’s just merely a platform to host the digital cards. The bank works with Apple and it’s responsible for the default limit and consumers have the option to increase it.

Even if the thief has the user’s biometric or passcode (at this point, if the user has reach this far; they really suck at securing their own iPhone) its the user’s responsibility to contact the bank about the stolen card and erase their stolen iPhone’s data via iCloud.

Is waving your phone over the card terminal not seamless enough for some?

It will be really fucked up if Apple Pay was cockblocked because some boomer doesn’t understand modern consumer electronics.

Like seriously, please have some tech savvy BNM officials approve it. Like it would really suck if this is the current situation.

This post has been edited by The1stHumanBeing: Jan 27 2022, 04:21 PM

Yet to update my iPhone to iOS 15.3 and watchOS 8.4. Maybe why it shows Apple Pay on your Apple Watch is because the developers forgot to turn it off for unsupported countries like back with iOS 13.6 for Malaysia.
https://sea.mashable.com/tech/11723/apple-p...ued-cards?amp=1