DBS PayLah! is the second digital option for refunds via the scheme to be announced. EZ-Link cards, including concession cards for seniors and students, can also be used.

DBS PayLah! is open to all users in Singapore, and eligible users can sign up for the app without a DBS/POSB bank account, DBS said. 

PayLah! users can transfer funds from their mobile wallets to their non-DBS/POSB bank accounts.

Head of payments and unsecured lending at DBS’ consumer banking group, Chan Sow Han, noted that PayLah! has more than three million users.

“We are pleased to provide consumers with a familiar digital option, demonstrating how supporting sustainability can be as easy and seamless as paying for hawker meals.”

Ms Stephanie Yip, CEO of Beverage Container Return Scheme Limited, the consortium appointed to design and operate the scheme, said: “By embedding deposit refunds into one of Singapore’s most widely used digital wallets, we are making recycling part of everyday life – simple, immediate and intuitive.”