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Maybank Family & Friends Card
Cashback card by Maybank · Some effort · Min S$800 a month
Earns 6% on your chosen categories (6%, with S$800 spend in the month). Everything else in S$ earns 0.22%. Annual fee: S$196.20, 3 years free.
Checked against Maybank's own terms on 8 Oct 2026. See the documents
How you earn
| Where | How you pay | You earn |
|---|---|---|
| Your chosen categories (6%, with S$800 spend in the month) | Any way of paying | 6% needs S$800 spend |
| Everything else, in S$ | Any way of paying | 0.22% |
| Everything else, in a foreign currency | Any way of paying | 0.22% |
The bank's full earning rules
- Tier 1: up to 6% on your 5 chosen categories with at least S$800 of eligible transactions in the calendar month; capped at S$20 per category per month.
- Tier 2: up to 8% on your 5 chosen categories with at least S$1,600 in the calendar month; capped at S$30 per category per month. Groceries is capped at 6%.
- Base: 0.22% on other eligible spend, when the minimum isn't met, or once a category cap is reached.
- MYR & IDR bonus: up to 8% extra on retail spend in Malaysian Ringgit or Indonesian Rupiah; applied automatically with the same caps. For chosen-category spend it only kicks in after that category's cap (S$333.34 at Tier 1, S$375 at Tier 2, S$500 for Groceries).
- Supplementary card spend counts towards the principal's minimum spend; cashback goes to the principal account.
- Choose categories in the Maybank TREATS SG app (Benefit Optimiser); selections take effect on the 1st of the next month and lock in for 3 months. If you don't choose again, the current selection continues.
Where the bonus applies
- Automotive: MCC 5541, 5542 (petrol), 5552 (EV charging), 5532, 5533, 5599, 7531, 7535, 7538, 8699 (fuel on Diamond Sky Fuel Card)
- Dining & Food Delivery: 5812, 5814, plus Foodpanda and Deliveroo
- Kids & Pets: 0742, 5995, plus POPULAR Bookstores, Toys 'R' Us, Yamaha Music (excl. course fees), Mothercare, Kiddy Palace
- Telco & Streaming: 4812, 4814, 4899, plus StarHub, Singtel, M1, Circles.Life, MyRepublic, Disney+, Netflix
- Online Shopping: 5262, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5331, 5399, 5611, 5621, 5631, 5641, 5651, 5661, 5691, 5699, 5948 (Mothercare and Kiddy Palace online excluded)
- Beauty & Wellness: 7230, 7297, 7298
- Commute: 4111, 4112, 4121, 4131, 4789, plus Grab and Gojek
- Entertainment: 5813, 7832, 7922, 7929
- Groceries: 5411, plus NTUC FairPrice/Finest/Xtra, Cold Storage, Giant, Market Place, Jasons, Sheng Siong, DON DON DONKI, HAO Mart, RedMart, Amazon Fresh
- Sports & Sports Apparels: 5655, 5940, 5941, 7032, 7941, 7992, 7997
Earns nothing on
- NETS/eNETS, government and statutory payments, betting and gambling, brokerage and securities, charitable/religious/political payments
- Cleaning and maintenance services (7349), utilities (4900) and insurance
- Excluded MCCs include 4829, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6050, 6051, 6529, 6530, 6534, 6540, 7511, and AXS/SAM transactions
- Fees, interest, instalment plans, cash advances, and listed prepaid/e-wallet merchants
- From 1 Dec 2025: descriptors such as BAGUS, CANTINE, INSTAREM, RAZERPAY, SEDAP, SGEBIZ, SIMPLYGO, SINGAPORE E-BUSINESS and SINGTEL DASH
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- NETS/eNETS, government and statutory payments, betting and gambling, brokerage and securities, charitable/religious/political payments
- Cleaning and maintenance services (7349), utilities (4900) and insurance
- Excluded MCCs include 4829, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6050, 6051, 6529, 6530, 6534, 6540, 7511, and AXS/SAM transactions
- Fees, interest, instalment plans, cash advances, and listed prepaid/e-wallet merchants (e.g. EZ-Link, Skrill, PayPal-related payees)
- From 1 Dec 2025: descriptors such as BAGUS, CANTINE, INSTAREM, RAZERPAY, SEDAP, SGEBIZ, SIMPLYGO, SINGAPORE E-BUSINESS and SINGTEL DASH
- Corporate/commercial transactions; refunded, disputed or fraudulent purchases; GST
Fees and limits
Good to know
Pick 5 of Maybank's 10 categories in the Maybank TREATS SG app; picks start the next month and lock for 3 months. Set the same ones here. Defaults if you never pick: Automotive, Dining & Food Delivery, Kids & Pets, Online Shopping, Telco & Streaming.
6% needs S$800 of eligible spend in the calendar month; 8% needs S$1,600. Groceries stays at 6% even at S$1,600+.
Maybank's Automotive is shown as Petrol (also covers EV charging and car servicing); Commute is shown as Transport (includes Grab and Gojek). Kids & Pets, Sports and Telco & Streaming aren't in Cardinko's categories.
Bonus up to 8% on Malaysian Ringgit and Indonesian Rupiah spend (MYR & IDR bonus category, own cap); Cardinko can't tell currencies apart, so this isn't modelled.
Minimum spend is counted by posting date, not transaction date. 0.3% cashback on AXS bill payments is not modelled.
Caps are per chosen category each month: S$20 at 6%, S$30 at 8%.
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