E-payment tech to the fore with first cashless vending machine

(Far left) Ong (left) and Foo posing with the unified QR e-wallet vending machine at their office in Hexagon Tech Park, Jalan Gurdwara. Vechnology technician Muhd Muzani Mazlan checking one of the cashless vending machines. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

WHEN Lance Ong saw the rise of e-payments in Malaysia last year, the chief executive officer of Vechnology Sdn Bhd knew that he too had to keep up with the times.

Thanks to his foresight, the four-year-old start-up company launched its first unified QR, flagship e-wallet vending machine.