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Malaysia

MY · MYS · Kuala Lumpur

Selling into Malaysia means pricing in Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) with 2 decimal places, rendering amounts as RM 123,456.78, and offering the payment methods people there actually use.

Currency
MYR
SST
none
Payment methods
8
Live FX
1 USD → 4.07246882358
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Money

Currency and formatting

Currency
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
Symbol
RM — placed before the amount
Decimal places
2
Formatted example
RM 123,456.78
Thousands separator
,
Decimal separator
.
Digit grouping
threes (3)
Live rate
1 USD = 4.07246882358 MYR (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax

Tax

Malaysia has no single national consumption tax that applies at a checkout. We report this as a null rather than inventing a rate.

Payments

Payment methods in Malaysia

Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.

  • 01 fpx
  • 02 duitnow
  • 03 touch n go
  • 04 card
  • 05 grabpay
  • 06 shopeepay
  • 07 boost
  • 08 paylater

Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, mydebit, amex, unionpay. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is legally mandated.

Locale

Locale

Primary
ms-MY
Also used
en-MY, zh-MY, ta-MY
Official languages
Malay
Direction
left-to-right
Date format
DD/MM/YYYY
Measurement
metric
GDPR applies
no
Phone

Phone numbers

Calling code
+60
Mobile format
+60 1X-XXX XXXX
Digits
9-10
FAQs

Malaysia: common questions

What currency does Malaysia use?

Malaysia uses the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR), symbol RM. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as RM 123,456.78.

How many decimal places does MYR have?

MYR has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.

Is there sales tax in Malaysia?

Malaysia has no single national consumption-tax rate that applies to a checkout.

What payment methods are used in Malaysia?

The methods that matter in Malaysia, in rough order of use: fpx, duitnow, touch n go, card, grabpay, shopeepay, boost, paylater.

What is the dialling code for Malaysia?

Malaysia's country calling code is +60. Mobile numbers are formatted +60 1X-XXX XXXX (9-10 digits after the country code).

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