I think what hurts the #QR payment method branding the most is how even when it's advertised as it just works, even across countries, it's not that uncommon for there to be some weird gotchas.

For example, even within Malaysia itself, dumbasses like #TouchNGo loves 'gatekeeping' some QR payment options to only work with their e-Wallet and not the national standard, #DuitNow. In other cases, there might be instances where you'd think paying to this QR would work when that QR works and they all look the same - turns out that's not the case cos one's a merchant QR and the other's a personal QR. Pretty fucking dumb and unnecessary distinction/incompatibility (imo).

Same experience when going abroad e.g. Thailand. Some QRs, you could make payments to it. Other QRs, even when they're branding the same 'logo' e.g. #ThaiQR, it ends up not working cos of some arbitrary distinction. They really gotta fix this. Now, I'm wondering if it's the same experience for travellers coming to Indonesia.. I gotta find a 'merchant' QR and a 'personal' QR to see if I could scan and make payments to them.

eeeeee Singapore got #Apple Tap to Pay first aaaaaa - which is expected lmao but bruhhhh Malaysia next please. being able to turn any #iPhone, even old ones, into an #NFC enabled payment (receiving) device without needing an #Android phone + some dodgy, third-party app/subscription would be really nice. would def allow #ApplePay to be widespread at your foodcourts n pasar malam instead of just #DuitNow QR.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/macrumors/statuses/115649387335248977

I know no one uses #Lazada anymore lol but pretty cool to see that while they're.. weirdly left behind in terms of payment methods and does not support #ApplePay (perhaps also #Google 's), it's pretty cool to see that they support #DuitNow QR.

After considering both Indonesia and #Thailand for our upcoming trip in Sept, my wife and I have chosen #Phuket. We're prolly gonna do the same thing we did with our last trip to Osaka and not get cash, only adding our money to #Wise and using #ApplePay with it when possible, and cash withdrawn from our Wise card at an ATM in cash-only stores, but god it's such a shame that Wise does not support #DuitNow QR payments. They really should though >:(

That being said, Wise (at least somewhat) supports QR payments to Singapore's #PayNow - and PayNow is compatible with DuitNow and some of the other participating QR payment systems including Thai's #PromptPay. I wonder if that means you could make QR payments from Wise to PromptPay QR codes... I doubt it lmao.

🔗 https://wise.com/my/blog/what-is-duitnow

🔗 https://wise.com/help/articles/7cYlC8lKqbgjNNmlXyYtFL/how-can-i-pay-with-a-qr-code

I’ve mentioned this before long ago, #ShopeePay is way better than #TnGeWallet - even when it was part of the #Shopee app, more so now that it’s become a standalone #eWallet app. As ‘simplistic’ as its UI is, its UX is swell and easy to use.

It doesn’t bombard you with a ton of features/functionalities most people wouldn’t ever need from a ‘simple’ eWallet, you can topup as lil as 1 MYR rather than TnG’s ridiculous 20 MYR minimum (any lower, you’ll need to use #DuitNow), and its QR payment system to send/receive is completely compatible with DuitNow.

TnG’s (QR) for example do not support sending money to #Maybank’s (or presumably any other bank’s) DuitNow QR for personal accounts for whatever reason, only merchant’s. Heck, even their face recognition system for verification purposes works way better and more reliably than #TouchNGo’s. ShopeePay only needs dark mode, #ApplePay and #GooglePay as payment methods for topup (which are already supported on Shopee itself but somehow missing here), and it’s golden.

Majulah Singapura.