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The winners of the giveaway have been chosen! Congratulations, youโll be receiving an email with your prize. |
Letโs face it: most PayNow transfers are pretty mundane affairs. You look up your friendโs number. You enter the amount. You hit send. Thereโs no opportunity to use a credit card or earn any kind of rewards.
The good news is thatโs about to change, because Google Pay has just launched peer-to-peer (P2P) payments in Singapore. OCBC Bank customers will be the first to get access, and for a limited time, users can earn cashback and win prizes just by sending money to friends and family.
Get S$5 free when you sign up for Google Pay here
How do I set up Google Pay Singapore?
To start, simply download the Google Pay Singapore app on either your Android or iOS device.
Do note that there are two โGoogle Payโ apps in the Play Store. Look for the one called โGoogle Pay Singaporeโ. If you donโt see it, check that your Play Store (or App Store country, for iOS users) is set to โSingaporeโ. |
Navigate to your profile settings and tap โPayment Methodsโ. Then tap โAdd bank accountโ, and select โOCBCโ (itโs the only option for now).
Youโll be prompted to login to your online banking account to do a one-time setup. Select the account you want to pair with Google Pay Singapore, enter the OTP and youโre good to go.
Sending money is equally straightforward. Google Pay Singapore harnesses the PayNow platform, so you can send money to anyoneโs mobile number as you would with any other banking app. Thereโs no need for the receiving party to use Google Pay- so long as they have a registered PayNow account, theyโll receive the funds.
Google Pay Singapore P2P transfers have a daily limit of S$1,000, which is on top of the daily S$5,000 PayNow limit.
In addition to sending money, the Google Pay Singapore app also allows you to order takeaway food and make credit card payments through your NFC-enabled Android phone.
Win a Google Pixel 4 (and cashback)
From now to 24 May 2020, OCBC customers can win one of seven Google Pixel 4 phones (RRP: S$1,199) each week through the Lucky Letters contest.
Hereโs how it works:
- Two letters of the alphabet will be announced every Monday on OCBCโs Facebook page
- If your name (as per your OCBC account) contains both the letters for that week, youโll be eligible to win a Google Pixel 4. For example, if โAโ and โOโ appear, Aaron Wong is eligible
- The individual with the highest number of P2P transactions to unique recipients from Monday to Sunday that week will win
Winners will be announced on OCBCโs Facebook page the following Tuesday.
Contest Period | Winners Announced |
6-12 April 2020 | 14 April 2020 |
13-19 April 2020 | 21 April 2020 |
20-26 April 2020 | 28 April 2020 |
27 April- 3 May 2020 | 5 May 2020 |
4-10 May 2020 | 12 May 2020 |
11-17 May 2020 | 19 May 2020 |
18-24 May 2020 | 26 May 2020 |
The full T&Cs of the contest can be found here.
In addition to the Lucky Letters contest, all users will receive a digital scratch card from the Google Pay Singapore app when they make a Peer to Peer or Tap & Pay transaction of S$10 or more. Up to two scratch cards will be awarded each week (each transaction must be made to a unique recipient), and each scratch card can earn up to S$30 cashback.
Iโve thus far been getting about 2-5% back on my S$10 transactions, and while itโs hardly life-changing, it still beats earning no rebate at all through regular PayNow transfers.
Giveaway
To mark the launch of OCBC Bankโs partnership with the new Google Pay Singapore, The Milelion is running a giveaway with 10 sets of S$30 GrabFood vouchers to be won.
To take part, simply leave a comment with your own version of this epic poem.
Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
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10 winners will be chosen at the end of day on 24 April 2020, and will be announced on The Milelionโs Facebook page. Remember to leave your email address as well when you fill out the comments form (donโt worry, the public wonโt see it).
Good luck, and start earning those scratch cards!
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but youโre quite dirty
so wash your pee pee
โฆbut someone just sneezed
so lockdown maybe
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but iโm mid-30s
b.t.o maybe
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But here I did my first transaction on Google Pay so I might jut win maybe ?
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With just one mask left
Sure things ainโt pretty
Why are you eating the same Ramen I choose
And pick the color chopsticks
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And see you after CB
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But social distancing is not brand new
So donโt get cosy, LAZY!
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But hereโs some money,
Google paid with OCBC!
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Now we can date and split dinner money!
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Iโm flying SQ
For more miles baby
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But hereโs my zoom meeting id
So call me maybe
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How many comments upon which
Iโd win this lottery
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So hereโs my number
Now Google Pay me
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But now everyone canโt fly
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Need more airline partners
On OCBC
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But hereโs your hot meal
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I use to be stress all the time
Until i met you
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thatโs not one metre
so three hundred please
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And this is crazy
Got OCBC?
Google Pay me baby.
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And this is crazy
Now am a mother
And your my baby ๐ฅฐ
Now I work from home
So cannot go out
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And this is crazy
Now no excuse to owe me money
GooglePay is easy
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And this is crazy
but Milelion is awesome
so I will not crazy
Aside from the cashback โ whatโs the incremental benefit from using Paynow via the Google app vs. say any one of the banksโ native apps?
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And this is crazy
But Iโve got extra toilet paper
You can Google Pay me baby
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And this is crazy
But since you gave an IOU
So you will never be my baby
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And this is crazy
Youโve OCBC
so Google Pay me!
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And this is crazy
You can get cashback
So send me money
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And this is crazy
We just shook hands
Remember to wash them clean
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And this is crazy.
Oops, circuit breaker,
So long, my money :(((
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But your fly is open
And I am calling the police
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And this is crazy
But in this social distancing times
Just Google Pay Me
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And this is crazy
PayNow with Google
so easy-peasy
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And this is crazy
But you no wear mask.
So please pay money.
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And this is crazy
So let me pay first
More miles then, baby!
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Hereโs one milecoin
Join MileLion TG
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Letโs Google Pay it ๐ฑ
Order GrabFood baby ! ๐ฑ
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And this is crazy
Stay home is killing ๐ก
Google Pay Therapy ๐ฝ๐ฐ
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and this is crazy
but letโs fly away
and travel the world once this is all over.
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This is crazy
Hereโs a face mask
Letโs go and party.
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And this is crazy
Please get over
With this endless CB
Hey I just met u,
And this is crazy,
with GooglePay now
on OCBC!
Hey I just met u,
And this is crazy,
Just use OCBC,
and Google Pay me
Hey I just met you
And this is crazy
But choose me so that
My meal will be free
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(As you know from milelioness, we have been rendered โnot very essentialโ)
Thanks in advance and stay safe Aaron !!
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And this is crazy
But ten sounds only
Hard to be funny
๐
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And this is crazy
You married a babe
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And this is crazy
But hereโs my number
Google Pay me maybe?
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And this is crazy
But Iโm purely here for
Some freebies only
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And this is crazy
Letโs do a google hang out !