Singaporeans Transacted Over 1 Billion SGD Per Month on PayNow

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The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced today that the value of PayNow transactions per month has crossed the S$1 billion mark for three consecutive months since July.

This significant milestone, highlights the growing ubiquity of PayNow for payment transactions among individuals and businesses. Current use cases for PayNow include utilities bill payments, tuition fee payments and insurance payouts. As consumers and businesses grow more accustomed to the real-time payment service, more compelling use cases are likely to develop and spur further growth in usage.

PayNow Corporate, which was launched in August 2018 to enable businesses to pay and receive funds across nine PayNow participating banks instantaneously by linking their Unique Entity Number (UEN) to their Singapore bank account, has also seen good take-up rate.

As of 30 September 2019, more than 120,000 UENs and close to 3 million in combined mobile and NRIC numbers are registered with PayNow.

The nine banks currently offering PayNow are Bank of China, Citibank Singapore Limited, DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, ICBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and United Overseas Bank. ABS continues to work with the industry to promote PayNow as a convenient and secure means to transfer funds between consumers and businesses.

 

Featured image credit: Screengrab from ABS PayNow video

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