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AsiaOne
8 hours ago
- Business
- AsiaOne
Cashback for purchases via DBS PayLah at hawker stalls and heartland shops returns from July 12, Lifestyle News
Singaporeans and residents can once again enjoy cashback at hawker stalls, wet markets and heartland shops when using the DBS PayLah app to scan and pay for their purchases. The offer will run every Saturday from July 12 till Sept 27 and is part of the DBS/POSB's efforts to commemorate Singapore's 60th birthday, it said in a statement on Sunday (June 29). The first 160,000 people to use PayLah when paying at more than 22,000 participating hawker stalls, wet markets and heartland shops are set to enjoy up to $3 cashback. A POSB Support Our Heartland Shops wobbler — a round tag attached to a strip — will be displayed at participating shops and stalls while hawker stalls that are SGQR-code enabled will display the PayLah Scan to Pay sticker. Over the next three months, the bank will offer some two million cashback rewards that Singaporeans and residents can redeem for their purchases in the heartlands via the app. Furthermore, participating food and beverage outlets will offer 60-cent meal deals in a promotion running from July 1 to Sept 30. Participating outlets include local favourites such as Old Chang Kee, BreadTalk and Toast Box. These deals are available via the POSB Everyday Card and PAssion POSB Debit Card. From Aug 1, DBS/POSB credit cardmembers can redeem their DBS Points and POSB Daily$ for new Rewards Flexi eVouchers on PayLah and spend them at any merchant with a valid Nets SGQR code. From Aug 1 to Sept 30, DBS cardmembers who redeem 6,000 DBS Points in exchange for a $60 DBS Rewards Flexi eVoucher will receive an additional $60 cashback. According to DBS, more than 70 per cent of payments made via PayLah Scan to Pay are for food and groceries from heartland shops and hawker stalls. Among those who redeem the cashback rewards, 39 per cent were seniors and/or earning less than $2,500 a month. In the June 29 statement, Lim Him Chuan, DBS' Singapore country head, described the reception to their weekly cashback initiative as encouraging. He added: "We are grateful for our customers' steadfast support over the years and believe that bringing back this initiative for SG60 further reaffirms our commitment to standing by them and driving inclusive growth of our heartlands. "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 by making everyday moments a little more special and meaningful for everyone." [[nid:642987]] amierul@
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
DBS Paylah $3 cashback at hawker stalls, heartland shops returns from 12 July; Tuas Checkpoint accident: 23-year-old motorist taken to hospital: Singapore live news
DBS/POSB is bringing back their popular weekly cashback campaign that offers consumers rewards when they spend at heartland shops and hawker centres every Saturday from 12 July to 27 September. During this period, the first 160,000 users who scan and pay using the DBS PayLah app at over 22,000 participating stalls and shops from 8am will receive up to $3 cashback. Participating merchants can be identified by POSB's 'Support Our Heartland Shops' wobblers – a round tag attached to a strip– or PayLah! Scan to Pay stickers. The initiative is part of DBS/POSB's latest slew of benefits to bolster customer savings and commemorate Singapore's 60th birthday, the bank said in a statement on 29 June. Read more in our live blog below, including the latest local and international news and updates. DBS/POSB is bringing back their popular weekly cashback campaign that offers consumers rewards when they spend at heartland shops and hawker centres every Saturday from 12 July to 27 September. During this period, the first 160,000 users who scan and pay using the DBS PayLah app at over 22,000 participating stalls and shops from 8am will receive up to $3 cashback. Participating merchants can be identified by POSB's 'Support Our Heartland Shops' wobblers – a round tag attached to a strip– or PayLah! Scan to Pay stickers. The initiative is part of DBS/POSB's latest slew of benefits to bolster customer savings and commemorate Singapore's 60th birthday, the bank said in a statement on 29 June. In addition to the cashback programme, POSB debit and credit cardholders can enjoy 60-cent meal deals at selected food and beverage outlets from 1 July to 30 September. KFC will also be offering $6 set meals as part of the promotion, subject to availability. These deals are available via the POSB Everyday Card and PAssion POSB Debit Card. 'The positive reception to our PayLah weekly cashback initiative has been encouraging. We are grateful for our customers' steadfast support over the years and believe that bringing back this initiative for SG60 further reaffirms our commitment to standing by them and driving inclusive growth of our heartlands,' said Mr Lim Him Chuan, Singapore country head at DBS. For more deals under the DBS Paylah $3 cashback initiative, read here. DBS/POSB is bringing back their popular weekly cashback campaign that offers consumers rewards when they spend at heartland shops and hawker centres every Saturday from 12 July to 27 September. During this period, the first 160,000 users who scan and pay using the DBS PayLah app at over 22,000 participating stalls and shops from 8am will receive up to $3 cashback. Participating merchants can be identified by POSB's 'Support Our Heartland Shops' wobblers – a round tag attached to a strip– or PayLah! Scan to Pay stickers. The initiative is part of DBS/POSB's latest slew of benefits to bolster customer savings and commemorate Singapore's 60th birthday, the bank said in a statement on 29 June. In addition to the cashback programme, POSB debit and credit cardholders can enjoy 60-cent meal deals at selected food and beverage outlets from 1 July to 30 September. KFC will also be offering $6 set meals as part of the promotion, subject to availability. These deals are available via the POSB Everyday Card and PAssion POSB Debit Card. 'The positive reception to our PayLah weekly cashback initiative has been encouraging. We are grateful for our customers' steadfast support over the years and believe that bringing back this initiative for SG60 further reaffirms our commitment to standing by them and driving inclusive growth of our heartlands,' said Mr Lim Him Chuan, Singapore country head at DBS. For more deals under the DBS Paylah $3 cashback initiative, read here.
Straits Times
a day ago
- 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.
Independent Singapore
23-04-2025
- Business
- Independent Singapore
‘I feel like an unpaid personal shopper': Woman fed up with friend's relentless online order requests
SINGAPORE: At her wits' end, a woman took to social media to ask Singaporeans how she could set boundaries with a friend who has been repeatedly asking her to make online purchases on platforms like Shopee and Lazada on their behalf. In a post on the r/askSingapore forum, she explained that she had initially agreed to help because her friend claimed they were 'extremely wary of digital payment methods', didn't have access to services like PayNow or DBS PayLah, and didn't even have a local bank account (which they supposedly could prove by showing their Singpass). 'At first, I didn't mind helping once or twice, but over the last few weeks, they even set up a separate WhatsApp group just for these orders. Now they expect me to send them a screenshot of every item—size, colour, products—before and after 'I buy,' and they dump multiple bulk orders on me in one go,' she continued. 'I'm a pretty nice person, but this is starting to feel like I'm their unpaid/free personal shopper or purchasing secretary. If I may add on, I have to meet them at their convenient time and place too. I get that they're worried about scams, but the proof via the Singpass claim seems fishy to me. Especially in this day and age, in Singapore, they don't have any bank accounts at all, which I find incredibly hard to believe. They're working full-time, apparently. Even 80-year-olds have bank accounts. Am I overreacting, or am I being taken advantage of?' she wrote. Worried this might keep happening, she asked fellow Singaporeans, 'How can I set a polite boundary but firmly tell them that I can't keep doing this so often without sounding mean? What can I say? (In a nice, non-judgmental way.) Of course, without making things awkward. It's getting really time-consuming and a bit exploitative.' 'Simply tell them you don't want to help them.' The post quickly gained traction on the platform, with many users sharing their thoughts and advice. One user threw out the idea of charging a 10% service fee for every item her friend asks her to buy, adding, 'If they think that it is unreasonable or a scam, you tell them your time spent on doing such things, especially where money is involved, isn't worth your time anymore. If you have a full-time job, calculate how much you make in an hour and charge them for it. I'm sure they eventually will stop. These people, you give them one inch, they take one yard.' Another commented, 'Are you a non-confrontational person? The obvious answer is to simply tell them you don't want to help them. And you can phrase it however nicely you want. 'But it may be hard if you're a non-confrontational person. In which case, you simply need to be as unhelpful as you can. Reply to messages late. Don't send screenshots. Forget to place orders. Place wrong orders. At some point, they will realise they can't get what they want by asking you and will stop.' Additionally, some users said that they were doubtful about the friend's claims, especially the part about not having a bank account. They pointed out that if the friend was indeed working full-time, it seemed incredibly hard to believe that they didn't have a local bank account. After all, companies typically deposit salaries directly into bank accounts, so it didn't make sense that someone with a job, especially a full-time one, wouldn't have one. One explained, 'Are you sure you are not roped into money laundering? How is it possible for full-time employees in Singapore not to have bank accounts? No employers here will pay full-timers in cash. And it doesn't even need to be a local bank. So many merchants don't even accept cash now; how do they go around living in Singapore? Either your story is incomplete, or your friends are conning you big time.' In other news, a Singaporean man has sparked a debate online after sharing that he doesn't quite understand why people often complain that public housing is 'unaffordable for low-income individuals.' In a forum post that has since drawn widespread attention, he explained that, in his view, public housing is still relatively affordable, especially when compared to private properties. 'One thing I've always believed: shouldn't we buy what we can afford? If someone's income level only supports a two- or three-room flat, isn't that the realistic option? I don't quite understand when people say public housing is unaffordable, but at the same time aim for four-room flats or bigger, then turn around and blame the government when it's out of reach,' he explained. Read more: Singaporean man says he's confused why people keep saying public housing is 'unaffordable for low-income individuals' Featured image by Depositphotos (for illustration purposes only)
