Places to use your eMADANI money in Kuching
Details on where you can spend your eMADANI in Kuching
Many eligible Malaysians, particularly in Kuching, mmay be wondering where they can spend their RM100 obtained through the eMADANI programme.
Through this post, I try to help guide you to locations and merchants in Kuching that I’ve known to accept eMadani as not all merchants and sellers accept the RM100 eMADANI cash which has been creditted to selected eWallet services.
What is eMADANI?
The eMADANI Programme is a government innitiative to encourage the use of cashless transactions while helping the rakyat as well as Small Medium Enterprices (SME) earn more.
According to the government, some 10 million Malaysians will benefit from this programme which offers RM100 in eWallet credit to eligible Malaysians.
How to apply for eMADANI
To apply for eMADANI, you must fulfill the conditions below.
- A Malaysian 21 above years old,
- A receiver of Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) based on 7 November 2023 records, OR had filed your tax returns before July 2023, and earn below RM100,000.
- You must not be a recepient of eBeliaRahmah.
Redemption can be done via selected eWallets listed below.
- Petronas’ Setel
- Shopee’s Shopee Pay
- Touch ‘n’ Go eWallet
- Maybank’s MAE
Eligible Malaysian can apply for the eWallet cash from 8AM, 4 December 2023 until 11.59PM, 20 February 2024.
The money can only be used until 11.59 malam, 29 February 2024.
Where can you spend your eMADANI in Kuching
In Kuching, finding merchants which receive eMADANI isn’t exactly that hard, but some retailers are a bit specific about which eWallet you can use to use the eMADANI credit.
Regardless, here’s major (and popular) retailers and merchants in Kuching which would accept eMADANI according to the type of store.
Supermarkets & Mini Mart
- Everrise
- Everwin
- e-mart
- 7-eleven
- Mr D.I.Y
- H&L
- Ninso
- Family Mart
- Eco-Shop
- MYDIN
- MyNews
- Econsave
- AEON
- Daiso
- Popular
Restaurants & Cafe
- Bask Bear Coffee
- Starbucks
- KFC
- llaolao
- Tealive
- 4Fingers
- Kenny Rogers
- Chatime
- Coffee Bean
- Secret Recipe
- I Love Yoo!
- Zus Coffee
- Burger King
- Pizza Hut
- Costa Coffee
- Subway
- Sushi King
- Baskin Robins
Pharmacies & Healthcare
- BIG Pharmacy
- Guardian
- Watson
Petrol Stations
- Shell
- Petronas
- Petron
Services
- Pos Malaysia
- JnT Express
Electrical and Furniture
- SenQ
- SenHeng
- vivo
- Switch
Apparel & Body Care
- Sasa
- Sports Direct
- Bata
- Gintel
- Uniqlo
- Padini
- Body Glove
The list above is incomplete and done at best effort.
However, the rule of the thumb is to be on the lookout for mechants and stores that show they accept respective ewallets as seen above.
Also, if they accept the national DuitNowQR code, it is likely that the merchant or shop accepts eMADANI as well.