I hope I understand your question correctly, you mean your own QR code which people can scan it and send the money to you?

I don't think our version has it, only can be done via Money Packet, which is also only for Malaysia Wallet.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 21 2018, 10:21 PM

Try log out and then clear data and cache of the app in phone settings.

I think they're enabling the wallet to users by batch, you're probably quite behind in terms of batches, just my theory though.

Otherwise I can't think of any reason that you still can't get your wallet enabled yet.

As long you installed your app from Play Store/App Store, and registered your local phone number and set your region as Malaysia from the start, then you're confirmed identified as a Malaysian user.

Again, the only thing you can do is to wait, I guess.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 11:21 AM

Well, I believe there are tons of users in Malaysia, probably that's why they have to enable it from batch to batch of users.

You know what happened yesterday, their server obviously couldn't handle the amount of users claiming the free money packets, let alone handling the amount of users reloading money to their wallet and registering their identity verification and such.

Just my theory though, can be taken with a grain of salt.

Well, since their long delay of enabling wallets to users and then to the delay of official launch (which already happened recently) and then to the lack of info on which merchants that accept it, we already know how well their team handles the service here.

Boost is the way to go for now, but I'm giving Wechat a chance just because they have potential.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 11:35 AM

From my experience with their CS, they were very helpful. But
judging from the complaints from the users so far, I have a feeling they're starting to become cocky because of their current achievement, hope I'm wrong.

There's nothing to write home about for having "3 million Boosties" when most of it are using it for the cashbacks.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 11:39 AM

Just tried buying stuff in KK using Wechat Pay, works fine, but still sluggish.

It means you already claimed it, at least that's what the system thinks so.

According to the other user, yes.

Edited.

Double post.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 01:06 PM

I gotta admit I had high expectations on Wechat Pay here, but not anymore thanks to their long delay before and the current situation. But I can say that it's not gonna do well here for the time being, not sure about after few years though. Wechat Pay in China is successful because everything is unified there in terms of the services that Wechat provides, and also the fact that literally everyone there uses Wechat.

Unlike here, bunch of useless e wallets flooding the market.

Just hope for the best on Wechat Pay and Boost to be our daily app in the future, even though the experience of using e wallet here isn't good, but I still enjoy using it.

So far, Wechat Pay is just your typical e wallet that's just embedded into your Wechat, what it can do is almost the same as other e wallets. Boost still wins in terms of wider coverage (although not that wide tbh), cashbacks and shake rewards.

I'm willing to bet that Boost will be leading the e wallet market here for the next few years, but if they keep up with their aggressive expansion and cashback promotions of course.

Also, one thing that Wechat Pay here lacks is that they still don't have the payment type where we users can pay by scanning the merchant's code, this is really useful for smaller merchants like pasar malam stalls and food trucks, just like what Boost is doing, but I believe they will sort this out soon, they better sort out their current issues first.

Samsung Pay is more to mobile payment, similar to Favepay (although recognized as an e wallet by many), just that Samsung Pay is way superior because of the way it works.

Btw, there's no KK in Penang right?

I wonder why though, not that Penang Island is a small city, even some smaller towns have KK mart.

KK mart is basically the store to go if you like using e wallets.

Better hope 7e, Mynews, 99 speedmart etc. will accept Boost and Wechat Pay soon.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 06:30 PM

IMO, the e wallets to avoid currently are Maybank QRpay, TnG, Vcash, Kiplepay and other lesser known ones. They serve not much purpose other than hogging your phone storage.

There's a chance that you will install TnG, if they get their RFID and QR Transit (public transport) right, of course.

Boost and Favepay are the way to go for e wallets, Wechat Pay is still gonna be in your Wechat anyways so it wouldn't matter if you use it or not.

TnG did introduce a solution for that but it was a stupid one, after you reloaded the app, you gotta purposely look for a dedicated machine and transfer the amount from the app to the TnG card via that dedicated machine. After the massive amount of negative ratings, they scrapped it thank goodness.

However, someone did mention that we will be able to link our TnG card to the app next year.

I guess it starts with the people's mentality in that particular country.

Like South Korea, people there prefer to pay using debit/credit cards for everything, even for a bottle of mineral water in a convenience store.

Like Hong Kong, they are lucky to have a unified card payment service like Octopus which is supported in almost everywhere, basically the company behind Octopus did everything right from the start, unlike our bloody money sucking TnG.

Also an extra mention to Japan, with their unified card payment service like Suica, basically a card that can be used almost everywhere, and can be linked to your Apple Pay or Google Pay.

With these kind of cashless societies, many people there are comfortable when paying by phone.

But we're not, cuz cash is still king for us.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 07:03 PM

That's not just a problem with e wallets, same thing can be applied with the CS from other services too.

The slacking off attitude is still common here unfortunately.

Basically, most Malaysians are still more comfortable with paying by cash. Most ppl here will only try out new stuffs when there's a hype for it, and also when there's something to get in return.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Aug 22 2018, 07:36 PM

Well, I can't stop you, but hope you can try to stick with Boost.

I think they're one of the few who still gives hope and potential for e wallet usage here.

If you're willing to use Wechat Pay without the goodies, pretty sure using Boost isn't a problem for you either after the cashback reward ends (if that's what they're gonna do of course).

For me, I dislike Whatsapp and hate FB Messenger.

I dislike Whatsapp because of the bland UI, and it forces me to download and save the image to my phone so I could see it.

I hate Messenger because it's an absolute battery drainer.

Don't really like Wechat as well because of the UI, but it's not a big deal.

If I had a choice, I would've ditched Messenger and Whatsapp, but some of my friends are using it so there's no choice. Tbh, I prefer Line over the others, too bad only one or two I know are using it.

You can put your hopes on Boost for that, it's local so it's easier for them to provide more localized services, now they already provide bill payments and parking payment.

Wechat (Tencent) can achieve that in China is simply because they're close with the government right?

Yup, you're right.