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If your account will be unused for awhile, it may be a good idea to cancel the debit card so it doesn't charge you the yearly fee. Then the balance won't deplete and as long as you have at least a few thousand baht in it then it should be okay.

I've lived in Thailand for awhile, but would like head to Cambodia and would like to know: 1. What is the easiest way to get a 1 year visa? I've read that you can enter on some kind of visa and then extend it for a year if you show a business license. I do own a small business in my country (that is managed by my employee) and have a business license. Will they accept that? Do I need to write a letter saying I am self employed and then stamp it...or something? 2. I would like to open a bank account at the most useful bank, i.e. the one with the most ATMs and the most useful banking app. Any suggestions? Thanks

Does anyone know which banks offer a "Customer verification document by 'SWIFT Authenticate.'" I suppose this means that in principle, an American bank can send a message to a Thai bank via the SWIFT network, verifying that a particular person is a customer of that bank. Whether it's actually possible to get this letter is from somewhere is what I am asking, and if so which US or Thai bank (and hopefully how). I started to write an explanation of why I need this document but it's a long story and I figure nobody cares.

I'm always impressed by the foreigners who absolutely never have problems with any Thai bureaucracy. Thai people often have trouble with it. These special people must be truly blessed indeed.

I remember that the Thai ATM fees started at 80 baht, but it was like 15 or 16 years ago so I'm not totally sure.

It's not difficult, but I'm still not sure why people do this. There are fees hidden in the exchange rate.

I use online Banking to pay for Lazada and the QR code system to pay for plane tickets. For things in Thailand like that it's better to do that way then mess around with the ATM card. I do use the Bangkok Bank ATM card for GrabPay and that works fine without an phone call each time. I think they sent a code to my phone number registered with Bangkok Bank when I set it up. Now the ap just dings me when I use it. And I use it about 15 times a week.

Use the mobile banking app to do a cardless withdrawal and there is no provincial ATM fee.

Not all street vendors have a QR code hanging there but if you ask if you can "own" then they will produce a slip of paper with an account number to do a transfer. I try to have my phone ready rock and roll when I do this, but my Thai bank's app is poorly optimized and runs slowly even on my decent phone. It would be nice if it was as quick as using WeChat pay in China.

A lot (most?) vendors I see accept "transfer" or have a QR code to scan for payment. I was down South for most of last year without my ATM card (having lost it) and got along fine using only the banking app to pay for things or sometimes getting cash when I could do cardless withdrawal from my bank's ATM.

One of the ways people justify a rip off in Thailand is they say "it's the same in every country!" but it never is. I don't know why they bother defending the rip offs. You can be generally happy, respect Thai people and enjoy your life but that doesn't mean you have to be willfully oblivious when you are taken advantage of.

My point is that it's just a money grab by the banks, nothing else. That's the reason they all introduced the fee at exactly the same time, they colluded to make travelers pay the fee. Banks don't pay interest any more because interest rates are set by central banks, and they have been very low for a long time. I don't see the big deal to notice that it's rip off, like Dynamic Currency Conversion. Banks rip people off sometimes. Everyone knows that...don't they?

There were still loads of ATMs back before there was such a charge. It started in 2005 to 2007 or so. Before then there was no charge for foreign cards.

The menus on my line ap aren't structured that way. Are you using the android version or something?

Well, I messed up and while setting up Rabbit Pay I "verified" my phone number in the Line app. On my previous Line account, this meant that it would delete my conversation history when I swapped phones or SIMs. I had it associated with my Apple ID and so I was able to switch phones and SIMs without a problem, but I've had this stupid app delete my information several times in the past and I would like to avoid that so......how do I delete my phone number from the App? When I Google a solution it tells me to go to tap on options that do not exist.