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7-11 was the one glaring holdout, not accepting QR payments when nearly every other establishment in Thailand did, in order to keep their parent company's True Wallet relevant. Not a great business decision IMO, it only caused me to avoid 7-11 in favor of Family Mart/Tops, Mini Big C etc who all accept QR. The 10k digital wallet was the last straw, 7-11 couldn't get a piece of the action without accepting QR payments. The timing is clearly related to 7-11 wanting a boost from the digital wallet scheme. That shows nothing about who's running the country, except that perhaps CP isn't quite as powerful an influence as some thought, being unable to own the most popular digital payment platform. The government has acted pretty responsibly RE cashless payments IMO, not allowing banks to profit from the major platform with fees, or CP to dominate while earning profit by holding "top up" balances in True Wallet accounts.

"We" - the 5.5B mobile banking useres - are are a pretty large group. And we're going to outnumber your group of fear mongering technophobes soon. In Thailand more bank account holders use mobile banking than not, and usage will likely increase again with the digital wallet scheme. You're swimming against the tide. RE scanning QR codes, as has already been pointed out that doesn't relate to Prompt Pay. I'll spare you the technicalities (which have already been explained on this thread) and leave it at this. Not using Prompt Pay due to fear of malicious QR codes is roughly equivalent to fear of on-online computer banking (which you claim to be comfortable with) because emails with malicious links are sent to computers. You may want to look for a new place to live soon. Thailand is way ahead of the curve on becoming a cashless society. And the vast majority of Thais don't care what a handful of technophobe fear mongering farangs think about it.

Damn shame that made it harder to cheat people out of money you owe them.

Yes, there are risks associated with mobile apps. There are also risks associated with taking cash from ATM's and carrying it around with you. I take precautions and have never had any issues with either but prefer the convenience of mobile banking. I do acknowledge that guys who struggle with technology are probably better off using cash though, if nothing else for peace of mind. And as some have pointed out, guys who struggle with mobile phone usage probably would slow down check out lines attempting to scan QR codes. We can only hope they've mastered their coin counting skills.

According to a Google search 5.4 billion people worldwide use mobile banking apps. Do you distrust them only in Thailand, or not realize that countries other than Thailand have banks? Meanwhile, Thailand is a nation with one of the highest percentage usage of mobile banks, with 68.1% of Thai bank a account holders using mobile banking. But we're all wrong and you're right.

Ok, I'll admit it. I, along with the other 5 billion people who do banking on line are wrong, in spite of the fact that I don't know a single person who's had a problem with it. To me it's no more or less secure than doing transactions on a computer. RE Thai banks, as mentioned I have 3. I also typically have less than 50k baht spread across the 3, with 99%+ of my financial assets held in US institutions. If all 3 Thai accounts were emptied at the same time it would be a minor inconvenience. I'm far more concerned with international transactions set up from my computer than the perils of scanning QR codes at Big C or to buy 20 baht BBQ sticks from a street vendor.

I have accounts at Krung Thai, Bangkok Bank and TTB, with all three apps on my phone. When I last changed phones I was able to achieve that by.....calling the bank for 2, although I did need to visit a branch for the 3rd; I believe Krung Thai. Upon calling the bank the first menu choice was Thai or English language. The English speakers were very professional and I can't believe they wouldn't have canceled my debit card and QR scanning ability if I asked for that. So you're okay with using computers to make large transfers between banks, but not phones?

Access to my phone is protected by biometrics and pass codes. But if it was stolen I'd still call my banks and inform them, and change pass codes on all accounts I access via computer. How do you protect your accounts, which I assume you don't access via phone or computer, from being accessed by an identity thief? Identity thieves search out accounts not registered for online banking and set up access on their own devices. Exactly that happened to a sibling who was trying to "protect" herself by not setting up online access. To me the best protection is have real time notifications of what is going on on your accounts. All of my accounts and credit cards offer that via messages.

I'm sure on Thai language apps they're complaining about waiting in queue for technophobe farang retirees to fumble through their pockets digging out coins at 7-11. If you know how to use the app correctly (have the phone ready to scan when you approach the cashier) QR scanning takes 1 second, much faster than any cash transaction involving change. But if you have trouble with technology, please continue using cash, which is still an option. I've been managing all of my retirement income accounts via computer and phone for decades. I've never had an issue. And if I did I'd know about it nearly instantaneously. If you don't connect your bank account to your phone, you're enabling someone else to connect it to thier phone. I consider not having immediate digital access to my accounts a huge security risk.

I accept donations of haunted land on Sukhumvit Rd in downtown Bangkok.

I remember when I used to buy petrol. I charge at home instead now.

Illegal activities can be resumed after paying the appropriate authorities.

The country that can't get the portal to do online 90 day reporting to work, aims to be a tech hub...

Having bars and rooms on site, so the women can recoup some of their losses would be a good idea.

At the wife's annual rocket festival the BIB aren't only interested in the whiskey tent. They're also very interested in the betting on which rocket will go farthest.

Seems that severe farang paranoia is one negative side effect of cannabis.

I am on the grid, but just bought an MG4 and am upgrading my solar system from 5 to 10 Kw so I can run my home charging station without drawing from the grid during peak PV generation hours. +1 EV owner powering his car predominantly by solar.

I tried this and it failed at the point where I attempted to link my Thai bank debit card. My guess is because I already have several US bank credit cards linked to Google Wallet. I don't particularly want to de-link them became I use Google Wallet all the time in the US, and not much in Thailand. Not sure if that would help, because Android Auto is already installed on my phone (it was installed in the US where it works on multiple vehicles). It also works sporadically in Thailand, but typically fails in the first couple of minutes of use and can only be restarted by shutting the MG off and on. Can't be restarted while driving. So I'm going with the "cheap Thai registered phone" for now. Looks like I don't need a data plan because I ran it off a phone in airplane mode using data from my primary phone's mobile hot spot.

I did and it works. I'm considering keeping it in the car as my "Android Auto" phone, but it partially negates the point of Android Auto if you lose connectivity with your primary phone and have to pay for data on a second phone to operate it.

When attempting to switch location to Thailand I select the option to link to a debit card, but get the message "something went wrong" before I'm able to enter details of my Krung Thai bank debit card

I did what you suggest, but even after logging in to that account, if I go to Play Store, Settings, General, Account Country it's listed as USA. I try to change to Thailand, attempt to link to my Thai debit card for payments, and the change fails. I'm not even sure that the Play Store country is the problem, it's just the one difference between my phone and the ones that work reliably.

I had; 68 Firebird 400 66 Chevelle SS 396 70 Camaro SS 350 69 GTO Judge 82 Mustang GT 5.0 84 Mustang GT 5.0 88 IROC Z Camaro 90 ZR1 Corvette 94 Cobra Mustang 14 Camaro SS RS and currently have a 2019 Challenger 5.7L RT in the US Engine stories? As a teenager I completely rebuilt the engine of the Firebird 400. It was a convertible so slightly de-tuned vs the same vintage GTO. I discovered that the major difference was the cam shaft, and installed a GTO spec cam upping the horsepower by 25.

I recently purchased an MG4. My first issue with my Android phone was that I couldn't download the MG Thailand app because it was not available in my region, per Play Store. Now some background. My phone is a Samsung S22 Ultra purchased in Thailand. It's dual SIM, 1st being AIS and always active, 2nd a US provider only activated occasionally. But my primary GMail account is apparently US based, which causes Play Store region to be set to USA. I attempted to change the region to Thailand, in spite of the warning that region can only be changed once every 12 months, but got the message "something went wrong" when attempting the change. At this point I gave up and brought the phone to a repair shop who worked some magic and installed the MG Thailand app on my phone, and it appears to work normally. But Android Auto doesn't work well. It typically displays properly for about 30 seconds, but then the screen reverts back to the home screen. After this if I press the Android Auto icon it says "plug phone in USB port first". So I figured it's a bad cable. But tried 5, including a brand new cable purchased from Samsung. I tried a friend's phone and it worked okay, so I thought my cable connecter on the phone must be bad and had a new one installed to no avail. My wife has a Samsung S23 Ultra also purchased in Thailand with AIS as the primary service, but also a US GMail account and similar situation RE Play Store region. Her phone works the same as mine on the MG4; works for a few seconds or minutes and then fails. Meanwhile any phone we borrow from a Thai friend works fine. And both my wife's phone and my own work fine with Android Auto when we are in the US using cars purchased in America. I've spent hours at phone stores and the MG dealership trying to figure out what the problem is. It seems likely it's something related to Android considering our phones to be US based but I suppose it could be something else. Has anyone else had similar problems? I believe the MG Thailand app is used on other MG vehicles, has anyone had similar problems?