DBS PayLah! customers can now scan to pay in Taiwan

Users of DBS' PayLah! will now be able to use the app to make payments at over 250,000 participating merchants in Taiwan, the bank announced on Wednesday (Oct 21).

DBS is the first Singapore bank to connect its customers to Taiwan's Taiwan QR Code (TWQR) network, giving more than three million PayLah! users access to merchants across the island through the payment service.

The bank said that more than 250,000 merchants, representing about two-thirds of the TWQR merchant network, are currently covered under the arrangement.

The participating providers include: iPass Money, Taiwan Pay, PXPay Plus and Easy Wallet.

In 2027, JKO Pay QR codes will also be onboarded, as payment acceptance progressively expands across the full TWQR merchant network.

To use the service, users need only open the latest version of the PayLah! app and scan the QR code.

Before confirming a transaction, users can view the amount in Taiwan Dollars (TWD), the applicable exchange rate, and the final amount payable in Singapore dollars.

The expansion of its cross-border QR payment capabilities to Taiwan adds to DBS' existing coverage across Indonesia's QRIS, Malaysia's DuitNow, Thailand's PromptPay and UnionPay globally.

DBS Singapore's head of payments and unsecured lending, Chan Sow Han, said DBS is working with partners to bring more of these systems within reach of its customers, so that making payments overseas "feels as familiar and straightforward" as it does with their daily transactions at home.

"Take-up of our cross-border QR payment services remains strong, with transaction volumes growing 2.5 times year-on-year and the number of unique users doubling.

"Our collaboration with Taiwan's TWQR builds on this momentum, bringing consumers and merchants across Asia closer together and making it easier for customers to pay wherever their journeys take them.”

According to Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior, Singapore ranked among Taiwan's top 10 visitor source markets in 2025.

星展银行周三（10 月 21 日）宣布，其 PayLah! 应用的用户现在可以在台湾超过 25 万家合作商户进行支付。

星展银行是新加坡第一家将其客户连接到台湾二维码（TWQR）网络的银行，使超过 300 万 PayLah! 用户可以通过该支付服务访问全岛各地的商家。

该银行表示，目前已有超过 25 万家商户（约占 TWQR 商户网络的 2/3）纳入该安排。

参与的支付服务商包括：iPass Money、Taiwan Pay、PXPay Plus 和 Easy Wallet。

2027 年，JKO Pay 二维码也将加入 TWQR 商户网络，支付方式将逐步扩展到整个 TWQR 商户网络。

要使用该服务，用户只需打开最新版本的 PayLah! 应用并扫描二维码即可。

在确认交易之前，用户可以查看以新台币（TWD）计价的金额、适用的汇率以及最终以新加坡元支付的金额。

星展银行将跨境二维码支付功能扩展至台湾，​​进一步完善了其在全球的二维码支付服务，包括印尼的 QRIS、马来西亚的 DuitNow、泰国的 PromptPay 和银联。

星展银行新加坡支付及无担保贷款主管陈秀涵表示，星展银行正与合作伙伴携手，让更多客户能够使用此类系统，从而使海外支付“感觉像在国内进行日常交易一样熟悉和直接”。

“我们的跨境二维码支付服务依然保持强劲势头，交易量同比增长 2.5 倍，独立用户数量翻了一番。

“我们与台湾TWQR的合作正是建立在这一势头之上，旨在拉近亚洲各地消费者和商家之间的距离，让顾客无论身在何处都能更轻松地支付。”

根据台湾内政部的数据，新加坡在2025年将位列台湾十大游客来源国之一。