Background information about Pattaya. Information for life and travel in Pattaya and Thailand
Posted by Alex On August 22, 2023
From July 4, 2023, new rules for making money transfers in excess of 50,000 at a time came into force in Thailand.
Now, to make transfers over 50,000 baht at a time, or 200,000 baht per day, you need to go through face verification.
In English, Thai banks call this verification “Facial (more…)
Posted by Alex On May 8, 2023
If you received a letter from Bangkok Insurance (designed in corporate colors and containing the Bangkok Bank logo), then this means several facts at once:
Posted by Alex On January 20, 2023
In Thailand, you can replenish your own or someone else's bank account (put money into the account) without opening an account and without money transfers. To deposit money into an account, all you need to know is a ten-digit bank account number.
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Posted by Alex On January 20, 2023
Passbook (sometimes also called Bank book) is a document in the form of a small book that is given when opening a bank account in Thailand.
Passbook contains a list of all bank account transactions (incoming and outgoing money), or the total amounts of money incoming and outgoing (more…)
Posted by Alex On January 13, 2023
After opening a bank account with Bangkok Bank and receiving a bank card, I tried to top up my mobile phone balance from this card, and it turned out that the card did not work.
See also: How to open a bank account in Pattaya
I tried to make online purchases using this card, and it (more…)
Posted by Alex On December 5, 2022
In Thailand, on the street, in addition to the actual ATMs, you may come across machines for receiving payments. For example, in this photo there are two ATMs and one Internet service provider payment machine.
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