NETS In-App Payment

Enjoy convenient in-app payment with just one simple click on your phone

NETS’ new in-app payment method allows you to add your NETS Bank Card in selected merchants’ mobile apps, offering you convenience and peace of mind at your fingertips.

Benefits

Why add your NETS Bank Card?

Seamless payments

Make online payments in one click, without having to fill in card details or log in to your bank account.

Easy to start

Easily add your existing NETS ATM or debit card from DBS/POSB, OCBC and UOB.

Safe and secure

Your data is protected through tokenisation, where merchants will never have access to your card details.

Seamless payments

Make online payments in one click, without having to fill in card details or log in to your bank account.

Easy to start

Easily add your existing NETS ATM or debit card from DBS/POSB, OCBC and UOB.

Safe and secure

Your data is protected through tokenisation, where merchants will never have access to your card details.

How To Use

How to make in-app payment using NETS Bank Card?

Add your NETS Bank Card to the merchant’s app.
Set NETS as your preferred payment mode on the app.
Start enjoying hassle-free payment!

Supported Apps

These merchants allow you to add your NETS Bank Card on their apps.

In ensuring safe, secure transactions, NETS in-app payment employs next-generation card tokenisation technologies and is the first tokenisation initiative rolled out by a domestic card scheme to third-party merchant mobile platforms. Our efforts in driving innovative cashless payment solutions have not gone unnoticed.


Highlights

Frequently Asked Questions

Your NETS Bank Card details will be secured as they are not stored within the merchant’s mobile app nor your mobile device. However, you are advised to contact your card issuing bank immediately to block or temporarily suspend your card.

Using NETS in-app payment, you can pay for transactions up to below limits:

  • DBS/POSB & UOB NETS Bank Cards: Transaction amount will be up to the card’s available daily limit.
  • OCBC NETS Bank Cards: Transaction amount will be capped at the lower of the card’s available daily limit or $1,000.   

Note that merchant may choose to implement a lower transaction limit on the merchant mobile app. Kindly check with the merchant directly to confirm on the transaction limit.

Set NETS as the default payment method once you have added your NETS bank card to the ComfortDelGro booking app in the Manage Payment section.

Alternatively, you can also select NETS as the payment mode at the point of booking your trip.

Once you have done so, just book a ride as usual and NETS in-app payment will be used to complete the ride payment.

All Questions

This is the most widely accepted prepaid card that allows you to make payments at all 130,000 NETS merchant points, and in all public buses and trains.

With the NETS Prepaid Card, you can:

  • Enjoy the widest ePayment acceptance at all retail points that carry the NETS logo acceptance mark, and in all public buses and trains.
  • Top up your card conveniently via any mobile phone, anytime and anywhere! Link your credit/debit card to your NETS Prepaid Card for auto top-up.
  • Manage expenses and prevent overspending. Monitor expenditure of dependents/FDWs. Raise spending limits real-time in the event of an emergency.
  • Present the card as a gift to family members and friends. It is the most widely accepted retail and transit gift card in Singapore!
  • Monitor your payments. Receive real-time notifications via the NETS App whenever your card is charged, so you always know what you have paid for and how much balance you have left.

The retail price of the card consists of a non-refundable card cost of $5, and a variable stored value amount that may vary from $0 to higher amounts. For example, a distributor may retail a $12 card consisting of a non-refundable card costing $5, and a stored value of $7. Please note that at Transitlink Ticket Offices, the card is retailing with $5 stored value as of 1 April 2022.

The card is available online and at several NETS official distributors. Please visit our NETS Prepaid Card page for an updated list of our distribution points, partners and promotions.

Your card has a validity period of five years. The validity date is indicated on the back of the card. You may seek a full refund up to 12 months after the validity period. Please use the NETS App to assist in the refund process. It takes up to seven business days for the refunds to be credited to your bank account. No refunds are allowed 12 months after the validity period.

If you have misplaced your card, you may wish to temporarily lock your card using the NETS App to prevent unauthorized use. If you are able to retrieve your card, unlock your card using the NETS App to enable payments. Note that locking your card may not prevent the initial accidental or intentional use of the card in public transportation. A locked card will subsequently be blocked for Bus/MRT usage. Please refer to “My card is Bus/MRT Blocked! What should I do?” for troubleshooting.

If your card is damaged, stolen or compromised, please perform a card termination/refund on the NETS App to transfer the full card balance to your bank account. Do note that the process of card termination/refund is permanent and non-reversible.

NETS Prepaid Card refund is currently only available for Singapore based bank accounts. Please ensure your name entered on the refund page is the same as your bank account.

Foreign refund is currently not supported.

Refunds are not allowed for cards that have expired for more than 12 months.

If you have performed too many refunds within the same calendar year, the refund function will be disabled for your NETS Account in that calendar year. You will be able to initiate a successful refund in the following calendar year.

To view your card balance, please download the NETS App and link the card to your NETS Account. You can view your card balance, perform top-ups and view your transaction history after linking your card to the app.

The fares that you incur in public transport are not deducted immediately. Instead, your total fare deduction is posted as a lump-sum of the entire day’s trip typically on the 4th day of the journey. You can see the lump-sum deduction displayed in the transaction history on NETS App. Hence, the card balance does not reflect the deduction immediately and will continue to show the same card balance until approximately the 4th day.

You will not be able to see the detailed trip information (i.e. start and end location of journey, time and duration of journey and individual trip fare) in the NETS App. Only a lump-sum of the entire day’s trip will be displayed in the App. Please note that the ability to see the trip details in SimplyGo will be available in the near future. To register for SimplyGo, click here. To find out more about SimplyGo, click here.

The Minimum Purse Value (MPV) is the required minimum balance that your card must have before you board public buses and trains. The MPV is set at $3, which is the minimum amount required for a single transit fare.

Please be sure that your card has at least $3 (Minimum Purse Value) when taking public buses and trains. Otherwise, your card will be blocked from further use for public transport. To unblock the card for use in public transport, please top up the card above the Minimum Purse Value of $3 and tap your card on any transit gantry to initiate the unblocking. Do note that it will take 15 minutes for the unblocking to be complete. Please refer to the NETS App to obtain the status of your card.

Please top up your card immediately with the NETS App to at least above the Minimum Purse Value of $3, then tap your card on the MRT fare gate/card reader on buses to initiate unblocking. Thereafter, you may need to wait 15 minutes for the unblock status of your card to be propagated throughout the public transport network. Please refer to the NETS App to obtain the status of your card.

The blacklist for payments at transit is located in the public transit gantry system. In order to remove the “Bus/MRT Blocked” status of the card, the following two conditions are necessary:

  1. Maintain a minimum balance of $3 in the card.
  2. Card status refresh that can be done only in either one of the 2 following ways:
    • Tap your card on any transit gantry to initiate card status refresh.
    • Periodic refresh of the card status initiated only by the transit Authorities.

When used on public transport, NETS will automatically reserve $3.50 of your card balance if your card has $15 or less in balance or stored value so to ensure you have sufficient funds in the card.

As long as your card balance has more than $15 when used for public transport, this $3.50 reserved charge will not apply. You will not incur any reserved amount for retail payments even if your card balance is less than $15.

Note: The reservation transaction of $3.50 may occasionally appear later.

No, NETS will hold the amount temporarily and release the full $3.50 reserved amount back to your card balance within 3 to 5 days.

The key is to ensure your card has more than $15 in balance or stored value before making any bus or MRT trips. You can set up Auto Top-up with NETS App to top up your card automatically when the balance falls below $20, this way your card balance will always be more than $15.

Daily, as long as your card balance is $15 or less and if you intend to use it for public transport. When you take the first bus or MRT trip of the day, this will trigger the $3.50 Bus/MRT Reserved charge. You may even incur a second $3.50 reserved charge if your bus or MRT usage for the day exceeds $15. 

We recommend all NETS Prepaid Card users to maintain a minimum card balance of more than $15 to prevent reserved amount charging when using card for public transport.

For the ultimate convenience, opt in for Auto Top-up so that your card will top up automatically when it reaches a low balance of your choice ($10, $20 or $50 up to a maximum of $100).

Alternatively, top up on-the-go by saving your NETS Bank Card, credit/debit card details on NETS App.

For a one-off top-up without registration, you may top up the card anonymously on the NETS App or at https://prepaid.nets.com.sg/top-up.

Physical top-ups are available at all 7-Eleven convenience stores island-wide. A top-up convenience fee may apply for every top-up transaction.

More top-up options will be available over time. Please visit our NETS Prepaid Card page for the latest information on top-up locations and options.

Presently, only NETS Bank Cards, Visa/Mastercard/Amex credit and debit cards (both local and foreign issued cards) are supported as top-up funding sources. New methods and funding sources will be made available in due time. With the current supported cards, you can opt to top up in the following ways:

  1. Set your preferred card as a default top-up funding source on NETS App
  2. Enable/Disable Auto Top-up with credit or debit card on NETS App
  3. Perform a one-time, no registration top-up on NETS App or at https://prepaid.nets.com.sg/top-up

Please note that when adding a VISA/MasterCard/AMEX credit or debit card as your default funding source for top-up, a pre-authorisation amount of $1.00 will be charged to verify the validity of your credit or debit card. The pre-authorised amount will be automatically released to you by your bank between 2 to 4 weeks.

No additional registration or deregistration is required to enable or to disable Auto Top-up. After you have successfully linked a card, the option to enable or disable Auto top-up is available in the expanded view of your card per illustration below. Enabling, modifying and disabling of Auto Top-up is real time and does not require special approval.

Presently, you cannot top up your card in any of these physical locations.

Top-up can be performed on the NETS App or via the link https://prepaid.net.com.sg/top-up, and at 7-Eleven convenience stores.

Please visit our NETS Prepaid Card page for the latest information on top-up locations and options.

You can top up any amount between $10 and $100 each time using your NETS Bank Card, credit/debit card. You can perform a maximum of 5 top-ups per card per day. For anonymous top-up, you can top up a maximum of 5 top-ups per NETS Prepaid card and per Credit/Debit card per day.

Top-up convenience fees are waived for the following funding sources:

  • NETS Bank Card
  • DBS/POSB issued Visa and Mastercard credit/debit cards
  • UOB issued Visa and Mastercard credit/debit cards

Top-up convenience fee of $0.50 per top-up is applicable for the following funding sources:

  • All other bank issued Visa and Mastercard credit/debit cards
  • Amex credit/debit cards

The Auto Top-up does not take place at the point-of-sale. Instead, it takes place after your last transaction when the card balance falls below the threshold ($10, $20 or $50) set by you.

Your top-up may have been declined because of the following reasons:

  • In order to prevent potential misuse, only 5 credit/debit card top-ups are permitted per card and per day. The maximum number of 5 top-ups is applicable to the individual credit/debit card and it is also applicable to the individual NETS Prepaid Card. Please top-up your card again the next day.
  • Your card is locked. Please unlock your card before topping up.
  • Your card’s status is suspended. Please contact NETS at info@nets.com.sg for assistance.
  • Your card’s status is expired. Please perform a refund of your remaining card balance using the NETS App.
  • The attempted top-up exceeds the $1,000 limit set for each NETS Account. Please top up a smaller amount, or utilise your existing funds before attempting another top-up.

The NETS Prepaid Card is a dual interface card that supports both contact and contactless modes of payment. You can make payments either by tapping or inserting your card to the terminal. For your convenience and safety, we recommend that you use the contactless option. No PIN is required for making payments.

Being the most widely accepted stored value payment card in Singapore, the card can be accepted in all public buses and trains, as well as at all retail points that carry the NETS acceptance mark.

The NETS Prepaid Card is not accepted in your vehicle’s in-vehicle unit (IU), and therefore the card cannot be used for making payments for ERP. However, certain car parks accept NETS Contactless payments and carry the NETS acceptance mark per above. To make payments using NETS Prepaid Card in these car parks, motorists can tap the NETS Prepaid Card or NETS Contactless card on the payment reader upon exiting the car park.

If you intend to present the card as a gift, we recommend that you do a one-time, no registration top-up on the card to your desired amount at https://prepaid.nets.com.sg/top-up before giving the card. Do not link the card to your account. This is so that the recipient of the card can link the card to his/her personal NETS account to continue to enjoy the benefits that the NETS App offers. If the recipient of the card is your dependent, and requires your repeated top-up and monitoring of spending, please add the card to your personal account so that you can continue to administer the usage of the card.

There could be several reasons leading to a declined transaction. You can check your card and transaction status by using the NETS App.

The possible causes include:

  • Insufficient funds: Please check your card balance, or ensure that you turn on the auto top-up in the NETS App.
  • Wrong payment mode: Merchant or acceptance points have accidentally chosen the incorrect payment mode (i.e. NETS FlashPay/CashCard or other payment modes). Merchant should select NETS as the correct payment mode to allow payment using your card.
  • Daily limit exceeded: You have set a daily spending limit and the limit has exceeded. Turn off the daily limit, or set the limit to a higher amount in the NETS App.
  • Card is locked: You may have locked your card. Please unlock your card in the NETS App.
  • Card is blocked for public transport: Please refer to “My card is Bus/MRT Blocked! What should I do?” for troubleshooting.
  • Card is expired: Please perform a refund of your remaining card balance using the NETS App.
  • Card is terminated: If this is unexpected, please contact info@nets.com.sg for assistance.
  • At certain merchants where payment is accepted not for goods or services i.e. charities, remittance, moneychanger and some bill payment services including AXS (Singapore Post SAM Machines to be confirmed).
  • Top-up to other widely accepted prepaid instrument is not allowed.
  • Card is damaged or chipped.  Please terminate and refund the damaged card via NETS App. Purchase a new card to continue usage.
  • Your card has reached the annual rolling spending limit of S$30,000.

You can spend up to S$30,000 on an annual rolling basis.

Your annual spending limit will be on an annual rolling basis and will be tracked starting from the day of your first retail/transit transaction.

On certain older terminals, if the payment amount is above $100, the terminal may erroneously request for a PIN. To bypass this issue, simply insert your card (instead of tapping the card) into the terminal during the payment process.

We recommend your first top-up to be a minimum of $20 and subsequent top-ups to be $15. This will ensure smooth usage for both transit and retail.

Did not find what you were looking for? You can still reach us at the following:

Reception

(65) 6272 0533
(65) 6229 7201

8:30am to 5:30pm (Mondays -Fridays)
We are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

NETS Customer Service Hotlines

(65) 6274 1212
(65) 6229 7200

24 hours (Mondays – Sundays)

NETS Main Office

351 Braddell Road #01-03
Singapore 579713

8:30am to 5:30pm (Mondays – Fridays)
We are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.