Declaring itself to be the first cashless kampung in Malaysia, Sekinchan, is now ready to provide cashless convenience to locals and visitors alike with encouragement from Bank Negara Malaysia, and Hong Leong Bank.
With encouragement from BNM, Hong Leong Bank enables cashless kampungThe Visit Sekinchan 2023 campaign was officiated on Saturday by Ng Suee Lim, Selangor State Assemblyman of Sekinchan; Domenic Fuda, HLB Group Managing Director and CEO; and Farhan Ahmad, Group CEO of PayNet at SMJK Yoke Kuan, a public school in the community.
Still Ng acknowledges that change will be hard and conversion will be slow, but eventually adoption will accelerate. “They wanted locations that could be easily promoted to highlight as a rural or sub-rural area in Malaysia that was adopting cashless payments and going digital,” said a banker familiar with BNM’s thinking.
The inertia to change was strong, with Digital News Asia, during a visit to Sekinchan last September, hearing various excuses from micro businesses. “,” said a roti canai stall owner, speaking in the national language when asked if he would consider adopting cashless payments. boots on the ground approach to observe and listen to concerns by business owners and respond by creating solutions and services and hand-holding them to boost confidence when using digital tools, made all the difference in the world.
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