> Quick view: CIMB OCTOFest has ended. The free food-and-music festival closed its first nationwide tour at LaLaport BBCC, Kuala Lumpur, on 1 November 2026, and CIMB's OCTOFest page lists no next edition. If you were here for the OCTO QR rewards, the useful news is that CIMB's QR Booster+ cashback runs until 31 January 2027, alongside an RM5 off at Baskin-Robbins deal and a draw for new OCTO users. This page explains what the festival gave out and how to use the campaigns still running.
What OCTOFest was, and how the finale worked
OCTOFest was CIMB's community festival, named after its OCTO banking app. It stopped at Andaman by E&O in Penang (9 to 11 October), TASEK KotaSAS in Kuantan (16 to 18 October), KOTAJAIL in Johor Bahru (23 to 25 October) and LaLaport BBCC in KL (30 October to 1 November), with Danny Khoo, ALPHA and Nuril on stage at the finale and a HIIT session with Merqeen.
The headline draw was the Giant OCTO Phone. Visitors who paid RM30 or more through OCTO QR at the stalls, did one CIMB booth activity and posted with #OCTOHappiness got one attempt at the machine, and prizes had to be claimed on the same day. The RM85,000 prize pool covered all four stops, not KL alone: 2,000 blind boxes, 1,300 tote bags, 1,032 Touch 'n Go vouchers of RM5 to RM25, and only 4 iPhone 17 and 4 Apple Watch Series 11 units across the tour.
The earlier Mission Happiness OCTO QR contest (17 September to 14 October) is also closed. CIMB has posted four weekly winner lists on the OCTOFest page. If you think you won, check those lists and your OCTO app notifications, because the claim window was tied to the festival dates.
The OCTO QR deals still running
None of these need you to be at an event. All of them count only payments made with DuitNow QR inside the CIMB OCTO app (Scan & Pay). A credit or debit card tap, or another e-wallet, does not count.
1. QR Booster+ cashback, 1 October 2026 to 31 January 2027
CIMB's QR Booster+ page puts RM269,000 of cashback in the pool, with a cap of RM50 per customer. There are two tracks, and you fall into one of them automatically.
If you are new to OCTO QR, or have not used it lately, each of these is one-time, for a payment of RM10 or more to a local merchant:
- RM2 Welcome Cashback on your 1st successful payment (5,000 winners a month)
- RM2 Bonus Cashback on your 3rd payment (6,000 winners a month)
- RM2 Bonus+ Cashback on your 5th payment (3,000 winners a month)
If you already pay by OCTO QR:
- Daily Booster Cashback, Monday to Sunday: one successful QR payment of RM10 or more, at most one cashback a day. The campaign page does not print the daily amount, so check the campaign banner in the app.
- Mid-week Challenge, Tuesday to Thursday: one QR payment of RM10 or more on each of the three days earns RM3. 250 winners a week, once a month per customer.
- Weekend Challenge, Friday to Sunday: two QR payments of RM10 or more on each of the three days earns RM5. 250 winners a week, once a month per customer.
Cashback lands in the CIMB current or savings account (or Durian-i account) you paid from on the following day, labelled "CA/SA BONUS/INCENTIVE REWARD".
2. RM5 off at Baskin-Robbins, until 31 January 2027
Pay by OCTO DuitNow QR at any Baskin-Robbins outlet in Malaysia and get RM5 off a minimum spend of RM15 on non-promotional items in one receipt. Tell the staff before you pay: the discount cannot be applied after payment. It is limited to 3,000 redemptions a month, first come first served, dine-in or takeaway only, and it does not stack with Baskin-Robbins' own promotions.
3. OCTO Activation draw, until 31 December 2026
For people who have never used the app. Register, log in and transact in CIMB OCTO to earn entries. Every 188th customer to activate the app gets RM100, by activation timestamp, and the participant with the most entries over the campaign wins RM1,000. One prize per person.
Worked examples
A new QR user's first week. Pay for five meals or coffees of RM10 or more each by OCTO QR. If you land within the monthly winner counts, the 1st, 3rd and 5th payments earn RM2 each, so RM6 back on payments you were making anyway.
An existing user's weekend. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, pay twice a day by OCTO QR, each payment RM10 or more: six payments in all. If you are among that week's first 250 qualifiers, you earn RM5, credited the next day. Missing one payment on Saturday breaks the streak.
RM9.90 does not count. Every QR Booster+ payment must be at least RM10 on its own. Two RM5 payments do not add up to one qualifying transaction.
Ice cream for two. A RM15 receipt of standard Baskin-Robbins items, paid by OCTO QR after telling the cashier, costs RM10. A receipt of RM14.90, or one made up of promotional items, gets nothing.
Who should bother
Worth it if you already bank with CIMB and use the OCTO app: QR Booster+ pays a few ringgit a week for payments you already make, and the Baskin-Robbins deal is a flat third off a RM15 order.
Skip it if you do not have a CIMB account. The rewards are small and capped, so opening an account just for them is rarely worth the paperwork.
Fine print
- Winner caps run out. Every QR Booster+ reward has a weekly or monthly winner count, and the whole campaign ends early if the RM269,000 pool is used up.
- Refunded or reversed payments do not count towards any campaign.
- The full terms are in CIMB's PDF, linked from each campaign page. Read them before relying on an exclusion that is not listed here.
Getting to LaLaport BBCC now
The festival has left, but the mall is at No. 2 Jalan Hang Tuah, a short walk from the Hang Tuah LRT and Monorail interchange and Merdeka MRT. See our LaLaport BBCC parking guide for the evening free-parking terms.
