{"id":604706,"date":"2026-09-03T17:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/604706\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:08:17","slug":"tourists-spend-over-rm1-billion-through-tng-ewallet-in-first-half-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/604706\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists Spend Over RM1 Billion Through TNG eWallet in First Half of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Malaysia News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p>International visitors spent more than RM1 billion through <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.my\/tag\/TNG-eWallet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TNG eWallet<\/a> in the first half of Visit Malaysia 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This accounts for close to half of the RM2.58 billion in tourist spending recorded through the app since the service was introduced in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers from Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, China, Thailand and Australia were among the largest visitor markets during the period.<\/p>\n<p>International visitors can register for TNG eWallet using an overseas mobile number and make payments through Malaysia\u2019s DuitNow QR network.<\/p>\n<p>Around 76% of tourist transactions took place at physical merchant locations rather than online.<\/p>\n<p>Retail businesses received 43% of the transaction value, while food and restaurant merchants accounted for another 40%.<\/p>\n<p>This means more than eight in every RM10 spent through the app went to retail and food and beverage businesses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-47845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Alan-Ni-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Alan Ni\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/>Alan Ni<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.my\/tag\/TNG-Digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TNG Digital<\/a> Chief Executive Officer Alan Ni said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany small businesses, hawkers and night market stalls, have traditionally been excluded from international tourist spending because accepting card payments can be costly and operationally challenging.<\/p>\n<p>By extending Malaysia\u2019s QR payment ecosystem to international visitors, we are helping connect tourists directly with businesses of every size across Malaysia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TNG eWallet also provides a Travel hub covering attractions, public transport and other travel services.<\/p>\n<p>Its Near Me feature highlights nearby food options and local deals.<\/p>\n<p>TNG Digital plans to bring more merchants onto the service and improve the payment experience as the tourism campaign continues.<\/p>\n<p>Watch TNG Digital CEO Alan Ni discuss the future of borderless payments in our latest Fintech Fireside Asia webinar.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: Edited by Fintech News Malaysia, based on image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/modern-office-interior-design-3d-rendering-concept_57434753.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">vicnt<\/a> via Magnific<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Malaysia News once a month in your Inbox International visitors spent more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125,10385,10386],"class_list":["post-604706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-tng-digital","tag-tng-ewallet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}