PayNow offers an enhanced funds transfer experience that enables retail customers of the participating banks and major payment institutions (MPI) to send and receive Singapore Dollar funds from one bank or e-wallet account to another in Singapore through FAST by using just their mobile number, Singapore NRIC/FIN, or Virtual Payment Address (VPA), instantly. The sender no longer needs to know the recipient’s bank/MPI and account number when transferring money via PayNow.

PayNow, launched on 10 July 2017 for participating banks and on 8 February 2021 for participating MPIs, is provided free to retail customers and is available 24/7, 365days. You can find the list of participating institutions under PayNow Participants.

Step 1: Log in to your bank’s mobile banking app.

Step 2: Scan the QR code using your bank’s app.

Step 3: Enter the amount to pay if it’s not generated, then confirm the transfer.

Step 1: Log in to your bank’s existing internet banking or mobile banking app.

Step 2: At the PayNow transfer screen, enter the recipient’s mobile number, NRIC/FIN or UEN and the amount to be transferred.

Step 3: Verify that the recipient’s name is correct before confirming the transfer.

PayNow has also been extended beyond retail customers to corporates, businesses, Singapore Government agencies, associations and societies – collectively “Entities” – through PayNow Corporate of participating banks / major payment institutions (MPI).

PayNow Corporate enables Entities to pay and receive Singapore Dollar funds instantaneously by linking their Unique Entity Number (UEN) issued in Singapore to their Singapore bank or e-wallet account. They do not need to know the bank / MPI and account number of other Entities when transferring funds.

To receive funds, Entities need to register for the service online at their bank / MPI's platform. They can also contact their bank / MPI for assistance.

With PayNow Corporate, retail customers of participating banks / MPIs can now transfer funds to Entities and vice versa. You can find the list of participating institutions in the section below on PayNow Participants.

To ensure that PayNow remains an accessible payment mode, Entities are prohibited from imposing surcharges on consumers for PayNow transactions.

The PPPN linkage, launched in April 2021, connects the fast payment systems of Singapore and Thailand (PayNow and PromptPay, respectively) through cross-border gateways built and operated by both countries’ systems operators (BCS and ITMX, respectively).

In its initial phase, the linkage enables the customers of the participating banks in Singapore and Thailand to transfer funds quickly and securely between the two countries by simply keying in the recipient’s mobile phone number, mirroring a domestic PayNow or PromptPay transfer. The sender no longer needs to key in the name and bank account details of the recipient, and the recipient will receive the funds within minutes as opposed to the one-to-three working days typically needed for traditional cross-border remittances.

PayNow – UPI linkage provides a convenient (24/7), fast (near real time), secure and cost-effective means for customers of participating Banks and Major Payment Institutions (MPI) in Singapore and India to perform cross borders transfers. In essence, Singapore's PayNow and India's *Unified Payments Interface (UPI) users will be able to send money instantly and securely across the two countries.

• A PayNow user of a participating Bank/MPI in Singapore will be able to send money to a UPI user of a participating Bank in India, and vice versa.
  
  
  • A Singapore PayNow user sending money to India will need to key in the recipient’s registered UPI identity ("ID").
  • An India UPI user sending money to Singapore will need to key in the recipient’s registered PayNow mobile number or Virtual Payment Address (VPA).

With this new PayNow-UPI linkage, customers from India and Singapore are able to send and receive cross-border funds easily and quickly, with just their mobile numbers / VPA / UPI IDs, in near real time and at competitive rates. There is no need to remember or note down the recipient’s bank name, account number and other banking details or wait for 1 to 2 days for the cross-border transfer to be completed. There is also no need for the recipient to share his/her bank account details with the sender.

*Unified Payments Interface, or UPI in short, is an instant real-time payment system developed by National Payments Corporation of India which facilitates inter-bank peer-to-peer transactions.

PAYNOW - UPI IS OFFERED BY THESE PARTICIPANTS

Banks

1800 111 1111

MAJOR PAYMENT INSTITUTIONS

contact@liquidpay.com

What is PayNow - DuitNow

Customers of Banks and Major Payment Institutions (MPIs) in Singapore and Malaysia participating in the linkage will be able to enjoy a service that is:

• Convenient (24/7 and leverages existing mobile banking/payments applications),
• Fast (real-time),
• Safe (funds are transferred on secure banking rails), and
• More transparent and cost-effective (competitive FX rates which are displayed upfront)

In essence, Singapore's PayNow and Malaysia's DuitNow users will be able to send and receive money instantly and securely across the two countries.

• A PayNow user of a participating Bank/MPI in Singapore will be able to send money to a DuitNow user of a participating Bank/MPI in Malaysia, and vice versa.
  
  
  • A Singapore PayNow user sending money to Malaysia will need to key in the recipient’s registered DuitNow mobile number.
  • A Malaysia DuitNow user sending money to Singapore will need to key in the recipient’s registered PayNow mobile number or Virtual Payment Address (“VPA”, to Liquid Group users only).

PAYNOW - DUITNOW IS OFFERED BY THESE PARTICIPANTS

Banks

1800 629 2265

1800 363 3333

1800 222 2121

MAJOR PAYMENT INSTITUTIONS

contact@liquidpay.com