
Malaysia · National QR standard
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Pay DuitNow codes without a Malaysian bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay DuitNow codes in Malaysia without a Malaysian bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the DuitNow code at the counter and slide to pay in Malaysian ringgit. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

The network
What is DuitNow?
DuitNow QR is Malaysia’s national QR payment standard, run by PayNet under Bank Negara Malaysia. Any participating Malaysian bank or e-wallet app, such as Maybank or Touch ’n Go, can pay any DuitNow QR code at a shop.
- Country
Malaysia
- Currency
- Malaysian ringgit (MYR)
- Type
- National QR standard
- Run by
- PayNet
- How locals pay
- They scan the code with their own bank or wallet app
- With Moreta
- Pay it from your Moreta balance

How to spot it
A pink DuitNow QR display at the counter.
Can tourists pay DuitNow?
DuitNow is paid from a Malaysian bank or wallet app, so a code on the counter needs an account opened in Malaysia. A card from home can’t pay the code on the counter, and opening a local account takes paperwork a visit rarely leaves time for.
Moreta closes that gap. It pays the DuitNow code itself, from a balance you top up with your own bank, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and converts at the live rate at the moment you pay. One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay.
Card or cash
- A foreign transaction fee on most cards
- Your bank's rate, or the terminal's worse one
- ATM fees from your bank and the operator
- Leftover Malaysian ringgit to change back
Moreta
- One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay
- The live rate at the moment you pay
- No ATM and no card to hand over
- What you do not spend stays for the next country
How to pay a DuitNow code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a DuitNow code in Malaysia is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in Malaysia
Moreta Pay lets tourists scan and pay in Malaysia instead of exchanging cash: it reads DuitNow QR codes at Malaysian merchants and pays them in ringgit from the bank or card you already have, at the live rate.
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 4.04MYRfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
- Max payment
- 12,000MYRabout 2,970 USD
- Weekly limit
- 24,000MYRabout 5,940 USD
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
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Local tips
- Look for the pink DuitNow QR mark. It is the same code whichever bank the stall uses.
- Keep a little cash for pasar malam stalls in smaller towns and for toll-free parking attendants.
- Data is cheap and good in Malaysia, and a local SIM or eSIM covers the moment you scan.
DuitNow questions
What visitors ask before paying DuitNow in Malaysia.
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