RHB to drop support for old web browsers starting 31 October
- ID
- 31830
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 05 Oct 2026, 5:36 PM
- Fetched
- 05 Oct 2026, 6:13 PM
- Provider
- SoyaCincau
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://soyacincau.com/2026/10/05/rhb-to-drop-support-for-old-web-browsers-starting-31-october/
- Source URL
- https://soyacincau.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 5.0
- Created
- 05 Oct 2026, 6:13 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
RHB will block RHB Online Banking access from outdated web browsers starting 31 October 2026, requiring at minimum Chrome 149, Edge 149, Firefox 151, Opera 130, or Safari 18. RHB says the cutoff is because old browsers no longer receive official security patches, and it will completely block access below those versions. Users whose computers run an operating system too old to install those browser versions are told to switch to the RHB Mobile Banking App on Google Play or the Apple App Store.
Why it matters
This sets a concrete browser floor for a major Malaysian bank: Chrome/Edge 149 and Safari 18, which machines on unsupported operating systems cannot reach, so the practical fallback is the mobile app. If you build or support web products for Malaysian users, treat this as a signal about how aggressively a local financial institution is willing to cut off legacy clients, and expect support requests from customers on old hardware. If you maintain an internal or customer-facing app that still targets older browser versions, you now have a dated example of a local bank choosing a hard block over a warning banner.
Discussion angle
RHB blocks rather than warns: is a hard cutoff at Chrome 149 / Safari 18 the right pattern for Malaysian fintech, or does it push users on old hardware onto a mobile app they may not want to use?