MAE is actually not entirely an e wallet, it's like Bigpay with their prepaid card concept, except the fact that MAE uses virtual card instead of a physical card. It just links to Maybank QR Pay, that's why they advertised it sort of like an e wallet, but the fact that it's really not. Just my opinion...

But I wouldn't start using MAE until they solve these issues, and this is coming from an existing Maybank cardholder...

1. MAE and my personal Maybank account is sorta tied together instead of separated, this just makes more confusion and with lesser peace of mind on using it

2. Virtual card isn't available for existing Maybank cardholders, so can't use Maybank Pay or Samsung Pay, I don't really feel safe in using my own account (usually for savings) to make payments every time

3. MAE should be separated to another section in the app instead, I don't wanna show my personal account balance when I wanna access to MAE

4. I can only top up MAE using my personal Maybank account

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Mar 8 2019, 04:50 PM

The referral reward is the game entry, you can only earn entries by successfully referring the code to someone.

KA$H is by Mpay, not KFC...

It's a prepaid card service, and it has some unnecessary charges which is why it lost to Bigpay.

Using bank as e wallet wouldn't work out well if you ask me...

It's better to have both separated to have a peace of mind.

MAE isn't a good idea in the first place when there's already QR Pay (which is also crap), they're just pumping money into a useless empty shell.

MAE is useless, but Maybank app isn't lol...

This is why banks here should all implement contactless feature on ATM and CDM, this way we can just tap our cards instead of inserting it into the machine and having the risk of getting stuck inside.

As far as I've heard, only Citibank has it, and Hong Leong has that machine too but disabled the feature.

Can MAE be reloaded from other banks? This can already replace Bigpay and GoPayz together it seems.

Still waiting for the app to be available on App Gallery which they said "in the near future" so can't really test it yet.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Oct 17 2020, 03:22 PM

Because the previous version which is MAE in the Maybank 2U app only allows reloading from Maybank account, the problem is I'm using it for savings too so don't feel safe to make so much transactions with it.

And yeah it would be possible to transfer money to the MAE account number, but it would be easier if I can just top it up like an ordinary e wallet.

Awesome, thanks!

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Oct 17 2020, 09:46 PM

You don't have to get a MAE card, but you will still have to switch to this app from the current one because it's gonna get replaced eventually, it's just how it is, the new app focuses more on MAE but Maybank 2U is still in the new app as well, it won't affect much.

And also as id28 shared, MAE card can be topped up with other methods too.



This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Oct 18 2020, 01:27 PM

I think it's supposed to act as a prepaid card that accompanies your current debit card, since the purpose of MAE is for Maybank QR and usual contactless payments, also a peace of mind especially to those that are using Maybank as their savings and don't really feel safe in using their current card for payments.

The reason for them using debit method for MAE card is probably because they simply just wanna earn our RM 8 every year lol.

Mine is worse, on Android 10 but no Google Play Store, so no MAE for me just yet.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Dec 16 2020, 09:09 PM

They still haven't solved their Android version compatibility issue yet huh?

Got a spare phone that runs on Android 7.0 and couldn't install MAE on it lol.

Sigh...guess have no choice but to stick with M2U for the time being then, but on the bright side, at least M2U is easier to use and more stable.

I'm still waiting for MAE to arrive on App Gallery which they promised but don't know why it's taking so long to just port over from Play Store, thought I could try it out since got a spare phone with Play Store from someone else, and then there comes the stupid Android 7 incompatibility which they still don't wanna solve.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Feb 18 2021, 09:22 PM

Here's a more easier way if you want to open an account with debit card for your kids, just go for Hong Leong and tell them you want the Junior account with debit card.

Sorry for being off topic since this is related to MAE (Maybank), but I feel Hong Leong is the only bank that advertises a lot on their Junior bank account.

https://www.hlb.com.my/en/personal-banking/...debit-card.html