One in ten Malaysians are prepared to adopt mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay , according to the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Survey 2016 , which sampled 500 people . Another study by YouGov sampling 750 people found that half of those respondents believe mobile payments will replace card and cash usage . "As more merchants introduce Visa payWave acceptance and more Visa payWave cards are issued to consumers, we are confident that this new method of payment will catch on with technology savvy Malaysians," he added. Malaysia has a high rate of smartphone use , with 71 % of adults owning a smartphone , 83 % being aware of contactless payments and 34 % having used the device . Visa found that 68 % of adults would use contactless payments rather than cash , against 34 % in 2015 .
One in ten Malaysians are prepared to adopt mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay , according to the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Survey 2016 , which sampled 500 people . Another study by YouGov sampling 750 people found that half of those respondents believe mobile payments will replace card and cash usage . Malaysia has a high rate of smartphone use , with 71 % of adults owning a smartphone , 83 % being aware of contactless payments and 34 % having used the device . Visa found that 68 % of adults would use contactless payments rather than cash , against 34 % in 2015 .