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 February 1, 2023
After opening a bank account with Kasikorn Bank and receiving a bank card, you can try to use it to pay in online stores, and it may turn out that the card does not work.
See also: How to open a bank account in Pattaya
At the same time, the card works normally for withdrawing cash (more…)
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 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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Posted by Alex On November 29, 2022
The article “How to pay with QR codes in Thailand” tells about a popular payment method among Thais: direct bank transfers from account to account, which are carried out without commission. Account details are contained in a QR code that every seller and every store has (whether it's (more…)