Shopping Malls Calibrate Auto Pay Stations To Accept New Notes

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara is working closely with the management of shopping complexes, office buildings and public transportation companies to ensure that their auto pay stations are calibrated to accept the new banknotes issued for circulation on July 16. The new series comprise denominations of RM1, RM5, RM10, RM20 and RM100. The RM20 note was reintroduced in this new series.

Source from (Business Times): http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20120726174954/Article/index_html
Published: July 26, 2012

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=683455
Published: July 26, 2012


ACCEPT NEW NOTES: Bank Negara operation and management 
officer, Nor Aimah Mohd Nor showing the new notes for the 
parking fees at Mid Valley Megamall. — Bernama photo

A Bank Negara official said the Bank welcomes efforts of the shopping complexes to calibrate the auto pay machines to accept new banknotes for the convenience of the public.

“By having the sticker pasted on the top right of the machine, it will indicate that the machine is ready to accept new banknotes” said a Bank Negara official at the event at Mid-Valley Megamall.

The mall has 22 auto-pay stations which were calibrated a day before the new notes were issued.

Carpark Manager Mohammed Rodzi Jaafar said Mid-Valley was one of the 28 shopping malls which already had auto pay stations that can accept the new notes.

He said the mall planned to add another eight machines, bringing the total to 30 machines, by year-end.

A housewife, Shannon Lim Sin Chi, 32, of Cheras said she did not see the sticker at auto pay machines in other shopping malls.

She said the auto-pay stations at Mid-Valley Megamall was up-to-date in terms of giving their best service to customers.

On July 16, the central bank had advised all relevant parties to expedite their machine calibration to accept the new banknotes for the convenience of the public.

Themed ‘Distinctively Malaysia’, the latest banknotes series draws its inspiration from the country’’s diverse culture, heritage and nature, and uses the latest technology to enhance security features.

These include shadow image, clear window, watermark portrait with pixel and highlighted numerals, colour shifting security thread, micro lens thread, perfect see-through register and coloured glossy patch. — Bernama