Touch ‘n Go eWallet are offering users to conveniently pay at more areas under the 19 enabled councils, with complete coverage for both Kuala Lumpur and Selangor areas in Malaysia.

Touch ‘n Go said in a statement on Monday that the newly enabled councils are the Majlis Perbandaran Klang, Majlis Bandaraya Seremban – Nilai, and Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya.

“Touch ‘n Go eWallet is the first eWallet in Malaysia to offer complete coverage for on-street parking in both Kuala Lumpur and Selangor,

“With this, we are addressing pain points experienced by our users, especially with the removals of parking machines,” said Alan Ni, Chief Executive Officer of TNG Digital Sdn Bhd.

According to the statement, this expansion of the on-street parking feature in the eWallet brings the list to a total of 19 councils, covering areas including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya in Malaysia.

“With more than 300,000 users paying their parking fee with Touch ‘n Go eWallet daily, this expansion will bring good news to more users and our aim is to provide nationwide on-street parking coverage. No more skipping payment for parking, and drivers no longer need to search for parking ticket machines or paper tickets,” said Ni.

The Touch ‘n Go is Malaysia’s consumer facing financial-technology enterprise with a key focus in the country’s transportation ecosystems and platform-based payments infrastructure.

It comprises the service offerings of Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd (Touch ‘n Go) a wholly owned subsidiary of CIMB Group and TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNG Digital), a joint venture between Touch ‘n Go and Ant Group, parent company of Alipay, China’s largest digital payments platform.

The Touch ‘n Go Group of companies serve Malaysians who use its card, radio-frequency identification (RFID) and eWallet offerings to fulfil a host of daily transactions.

TNG Digital Sdn Bhd was founded by Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd and Ant Group in 2017.

TNG Digital is the owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, with more than 19 million registered users and over 1.2 million merchant touch points including DuitNow QR.

Combining Touch ‘n Go’s strong domestic brand, dominance in toll, transit and parking use cases and nationwide user base, together with Ant’s deep domain expertise and leading the development of open platforms for technology-driven inclusive financial services, Touch ‘n Go eWallet provides financial services and payments services to both retail users and small to mid-sized businesses, across physical and online infrastructure.

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