I actually also baffled at that, BNN now become nanny for us but also introduced inconvenient at the same time because of too much scams reports

Although my phone is relatively newer, not everyone having a newer phone and buys phone every year. For those who want to use very long time, software support is important. That why iphone is popular now.

Android, relatively cheaper phone has shorter lifespan of support. If you buy cheaper phone you may need to buy another phone every other years. Flagship phones these days also price getting closer to iPhone level


As someone said maybe software outsourcing devs lobbying BNN for app tokens. I don't know much about whether its true or not. I was an intern in a company related to that kind of online banking outsourcing but even then I also didn't know any sign of lobbying at all

Add one more bank that will stop supporting android 9 below
Ambank amonline (effectively july next month)

if still with android 9 (just that, NOT android8), then Tiger bank MAE still support android 9 however iOS already bumped to iOS13 for minimum, so no iphone 6/5S or older bcause stuck with iOS12

UOB TMRW (replacement for UOB mightly) appears to check for sideloaded apks and block the app launching until ALL sideloaded apps uninstalled as prompted

tng/boost ewallet can (if ewallet got registered with bank cards for quick reloading, thus no need to use OTP/app approve, however is more risky)

those physical token looks like a mini calculator, uses build in coin battery just like car remote

Public bank providing such for FREE at their bank branch