Touch ‘n Go introduces VISA prepaid card

Touch ‘n Go has officially unveiled its VISA prepaid card, which features a unique artwork from Damien Wong, a talented artist from United Voice who was diagnosed with autism at a young age, the proceeds of the company’s buy go on to Damien, although the quantity wasn’t shared to the media.

The Touch ‘n Go VISA prepaid card is the first numberless card in Malaysia, though it will still have an expiry date on it, this is one of the security measures implemented by the company which prevents misuse if the card is accidentally dropped, the card can be used at merchants without DuitNow QR and Touch ‘n Go eWallet, while money can be withdrawn at any ATM machines with the VISA logo and payments can be made at 80 million VISA merchants worldwide.

Users will have full control of the card via the Touch ‘n Go eWallet app, such as changing the PIN, blocking the card and setting payment limits, it can also be reloaded through the Touch ‘n Go eWallet app with online banking, credit and debit cards, customers can view the card number on the Touch ‘n Go app and use it for online purchases.

Unfortunately, this prepaid card doesn’t substitute your present Touch ‘n Go card for public transport and toll payments, as it is a totally separate payment card that’s used for retail purchases, Touch ‘n Go officers defined that as a result of technical limitations of making the card, there isn’t any solution to combine each the Touch ‘n Go and VISA NFC chip into one card, which the latter is getting used for paywave and there will likely be a battle if two totally different contact chips are getting used.

Customers inquisitive about making use of the Touch ‘n Go VISA prepaid card can achieve this over the Touch ‘n Go eWallet app, which you have to to pay a RM5 supply charge, additionally, you will be charged RM8 yearly for the utilization of the card, whereas home ATM withdrawal prices RM1.40 and cross-border ATM withdrawal prices Rm15.

Warren

The geeky dictator of KLGG.