More shops to accept e-wallets

Growing acceptance: Mobile payment applications are increasingly common, such as Samsung Pay being accepted at this food outlet in Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: More merchants will be introducing e-wallet and mobile payment applications to “side-step” credit and debit card surcharges.

The merchants are looking at vcash, Visa Checkout, Samsung Pay, Masterpass and MOLPay, among other e-wallet applications, to en­­able customers to enjoy cashless transactions without having to pass the surcharge to them.