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Business Times
01-07-2025
- Business
- Business Times
DBS returns with weekly S$3 cashback at hawker stalls, heartland shops
[SINGAPORE] Singaporeans can enjoy a S$3 cashback when they spend at hawker stalls, heartland shops and wet markets on Saturdays from Jul 12 to Sep 27. This is a a reboot of the programme that was first launched in August 2023 and lasted till July 2024. DBS on Sunday (Jun 29) said that the move is part of the bank's SG60 benefits to boost customer savings. The initiative allows the first 160,000 people who scan and pay with PayLah! at more than 22,000 participating hawker stalls, heartland shops and wet markets from 8 am to receive the cashback. These merchants will display the PayLah! Scan to Pay sticker and have to be SGQR-code-enabled. Over the next three months, DBS will offer some two million cashback rewards that can be redeemed from purchases in the heartlands via DBS Paylah!. POSB debit and credit card holders can also access S$0.60 and S$6 meal deals at participating food and beverage (F&B) outlets. A NEWSLETTER FOR YOU Friday, 2 pm Lifestyle Our picks of the latest dining, travel and leisure options to treat yourself. Sign Up Sign Up From Jul 1 to Sep 30, those who use POSB Everyday Cards and PAssion POSB Debit Cards can buy S$0.60 deals at participating F&B outlets, including local favourites such as Old Chang Kee and BreadTalk. Meanwhile, KFC will offer S$6 meal deals. From Aug 1, DBS/POSB cardholders can redeem DBS Points and POSB Daily$ – rewards earned from retail spending – for new DBS Rewards Flexi eVouchers on PayLah!, which can be spent at any merchant with a valid Nets SGQR code. From Aug 1 to Sep 30, DBS cardholders who redeem 6,000 DBS Points in exchange for a S$60 DBS Rewards Flexi eVoucher will receive additional S$60 in cashback. The newly announced cashbacks are part of the bank's year-long benefits for SG60, which first launched in March. Lim Him Chuan, DBS Singapore country head, said: 'The positive reception to our PayLah! weekly cashback initiative has been encouraging… Through our entire suite of support measures, we seek to ease living and business costs, as well as enhance the well-being of our society.' In addition, from September, members of the public can sign up for complimentary sunset sail rides at Marina Bay every Friday evening. There will be free programmes showcasing Singaporean music, poetry and films at the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at the Esplanade over the weekend. Throughout the year, the bank will continue its POSB Support Our Heartlands community engagement efforts, which include scaling digital and financial literacy carnivals and getai roadshows, which aim to educate local neighbourhoods.
Straits Times
29-06-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
Cashback for purchases via DBS PayLah app at hawker stalls, heartland shops returns from July 12
A customer uses PayLah! to scan and pay for his meal at a hawker stall. PHOTO: DBS Cashback for purchases via DBS PayLah app at hawker stalls, heartland shops returns from July 12 SINGAPORE - Singaporeans and residents can enjoy cashback when they spend at hawker stalls and heartland shops using DBS Paylah app every Saturday from July 12 to Sept 27. The first 160,000 people who scan and pay with PayLah at over 22,000 participating hawker stalls, wet markets and heartland shops from 8am during this period can receive up to $3 cashback. The move is part of the DBS/POSB's latest slew of benefits to bolster customer savings and commemorate Singapore's 60th birthday, it said in a statement on June 29. Participating heartland shops and wet market stalls will display the 'POSB Support Our Heartland Shops' wobbler . Hawker stalls will display the PayLah Scan to Pay sticker and have to be SGQR code-enabled. The move is part of the DBS/POSB's latest slew of benefits to bolster customer savings and commemorate Singapore's 60th birthday, it said in a statement on June 29. PHOTO: DBS Over the next three months, the bank will offer some two million cashback rewards that Singaporeans and residents can redeem for their purchases in the heartlands via DBS PayLah. In addition, POSB debit and credit cardmembers can enjoy new $0.60 and $6 meal deals at participating food and beverage outlets. Today, over 70 per cent of payments made via PayLah Scan to Pay are for food and groceries from heartland shops and hawker stalls, said the bank, adding that among those who redeemed the cashback rewards, 39 per cent were senior citizens and/or earning less than $2,500 a month. Participating hawkers, wet market stallholders and heartland merchants also saw their weekend earnings increase by about 40 per cent via PayLah transactions. Join ST's WhatsApp Channel and get the latest news and must-reads.
Business Times
02-06-2025
- Business
- Business Times
DBS mobile app customers face intermittent access on Monday; bank says issue resolved
DBS and POSB customers had difficulties accessing the bank's mobile apps on Monday (Jun 2) afternoon. More than 1,000 reports were made on outage tracking site Downdetector since around 2 pm, mostly for mobile login and mobile banking issues. Digibank app customers were either unable to log in to their accounts, said online forums and comments on DBS' Facebook page. In November 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore imposed a six-month pause on non-essential activities on DBS, following repeated disruptions to its digital banking services. A DBS spokesperson told The Business Times that 'some customers (were) experiencing slowness logging into DBS digibank Mobile'. Affected customers could continue using DBS PayLah!, digibank Online Internet banking services, as well as DBS/POSB credit or debit cards to make payments, as the bank worked to fully recover services. DBS said it has since resolved the issue, with access into DBS/POSB digibank Mobile returning to normal as at 4:08 pm.
