SGQR to be rolled out across 27 hospitals

DBS has worked with three healthcare clusters on the payment infrastructure.

The Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR) will be launched across 27 public hospitals, specialty centres and polyclinics in the first phase of a transition to the payment code, DBS Bank announced.

DBS said that it has been working with three public healthcare clusters on the payment infrastructure for the transition of public healthcare institutions to SGQR by end-2020, which will be rolled out in phases.

These clusters are National Healthcare Group (NHG), National University Health System (NUHS) and Singapore Health Services (SingHealth).

DBS has also been coordinating with statutory boards and corporate clients over the last 12 months to educate and encourage them to transition towards SGQR. According to DBS head of digital, institutional banking Raof Latiff, the bank has spent 300 workshop hours with clients on the digital payment scheme.

“These efforts have paid off translating to healthy traction in SGQR registrations across our customers, with one in two DBS PayNow Corporate clients planning to transition to the unified payment code by end 2019,” Latiff said.

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