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The study, which surveyed 3,156 internet users in six countries in Asia Pacific, reported that Malaysian internet users reportedly spent the highest monthly average on paying bills online (RM306) over the period of a year, much higher than the regional average of RM224. This was followed by respondents from Indonesia, with a monthly average of RM266 and mainland China with RM 224.
Of the 558 respondents surveyed from Malaysia in the third quarter of last year, more than three out of five respondents (68 percent) said they had paid their bills online in the last twelve months and almost all of these respondents (98 percent) said they would continue to do so over the next six months. Of those who had not tried paying online before, 57 percent said they would consider doing so over the next six months.
The most common types of bills paid online in the past six months by Malaysian respondents were for internet access (66 percent), utilities (60 percent), mobile phone service (57 percent) and payment card bills (46 percent).