Boost was founded in 2017 by Axiata, which is a well-known telecom operator in Malaysia. It is one of the fastest-growing wallets for local users and also the most popular e-wallet in the local market. Users can use an app through which they can choose between a basic wallet and a premium wallet, which determines the balance limit and transaction limit.
Boost wallet provides payment services for shopping, catering, traveling, movie-watching, and more, with merchants spanning from online stores to offline stores. These also include e-commerce platforms such as Shopee and Lazada, entertainment merchants such as PlayStation, Steam, and Spotify, catering merchants such as Burger King, KFC, and Nando's, and transportation merchants such as Klia and RedBus.
The following table lists the product properties supported by Boost:
Payment type | Digital wallet |
Funding source | Wallet balance, Bank account, Credit/Debit cards |
Acquirer | AntomSG, AntomHK, AntomEU, AntomUS, AntomUK | Merchant entity location | SG, HK, EEA, US, UK |
Payment flow | Redirect | Refund | ✔️ |
Buyer country/region | Malaysia | Partial refund | ✔️ |
Processing currency | MYR | Chargeback/Dispute | ❌ |
Minimum payment amount | 0.05 MYR | Refund period | 365 days |
Maximum payment amount | 5,000 MYR per month | Time to return payment result | Real-time |
Supported plugins | ❌ WooCommerce | Default timeout | 14 minutes |
Note: The following payment flows on different terminals are reference only, and represent this payment method's flow on different terminal types. For supported merchants' terminal types, consult Antom Technical Support.
The following screenshot shows the journey of paying with Boost:
Boost was founded in 2017 by Axiata, which is a well-known telecom operator in Malaysia. It is one of the fastest-growing wallets for local users and also the most popular e-wallet in the local market. Users can use an app through which they can choose between a basic wallet and a premium wallet, which determines the balance limit and transaction limit.
Boost wallet provides payment services for shopping, catering, traveling, movie-watching, and more, with merchants spanning from online stores to offline stores. These also include e-commerce platforms such as Shopee and Lazada, entertainment merchants such as PlayStation, Steam, and Spotify, catering merchants such as Burger King, KFC, and Nando's, and transportation merchants such as Klia and RedBus.
The following table lists the product properties supported by Boost:
Payment type | Digital wallet |
Acquirer | AntomSG, AntomHK, AntomEU, AntomUS, AntomUK | Merchant entity location | SG, HK, EEA, US, UK |
Payment flow | Redirect | Refund | ✔️ |
Buyer country/region | Malaysia | Partial refund | ✔️ |
Processing currency | MYR | Chargeback/Dispute | ❌ |
Minimum payment amount | 0.05 MYR | Time to return payment result | Real-time |
Maximum payment amount | 50,000 MYR/month | Supported plugins | ❌ WooCommerce |
The following graphics show the Boost app authorization process:
- The buyer selects Boost to bind at the merchant checkout page.
- The buyer is navigated to the Boost app to check the automatic payment service agreement signing information and clicks Accept to proceed with the authorization process.
- The buyer enters the OTP to complete signing and receives notification of authorization approval.
- The buyer is redirected to the merchant page to check the binding result.
- The buyer selects Boost to bind at the merchant checkout page.
- The buyer is navigated to the Boost browser page and logs in with the mobile number and PIN.
- The buyer clicks Accept to proceed with the authorization process at the automatic payment service agreement signing page.
- The buyer enters the OTP to complete signing and receives notification of authorization approval.
- The buyer is redirected to the merchant page to check the binding result.
