As a retail Payee, what will my PayNow name look like to Payers?

To safeguard a retail Payee’s privacy, only selected letters of the Payee’s name will be displayed to Payers. Parts of your account name as per your PayNow financial institution’s records will be automatically replaced with the character “X”.

Below are some examples to illustrate:

	Payee’s Registered Account Name	Current PayNow Nickname	Payee’s Registered Account Name with selected letters displayed, starting 6 June 2026
1	Chan Shi Hui Jacqueline	Jacq	ChXX ShX HuX JacquXXXXX
2	Muhammad Hakeem bin Osman	Hakeem	MuhamXXX HakXXX biX OsmXX
3	Muthu Ramesh Murugan s/o P.Loganathan	hiMRM	MutXX RamXXX MuruXXX s/X P.LogXXXXXXX

(Note: The usernames and nicknames used in this table are fictitious and are used solely for the purpose of illustration.)

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